Oakland & Measure F - Harbingers on Cannabis
This Tuesday, we'll discover the results of Oakland's mail-in ballot including Measure F - a 1.8% tax on the gross receipts of all cannabis related business within the city's limits. This is only the...
View ArticleOakland's Measure F Passes Overwhelmingly
The citizens of Oakland today overwhelmingly passed, via mail-in ballot, Measure F - a first of its kind 1.8% local sales tax on medical cannabis sold at the city's four medical cannabis...
View ArticleWhat are These Jokers Talking About?
The San Francisco Chronicle today ran a front page, above the fold piece on the 2010 California gubernatorial (potential) candidates' opinions on legalizing cannabis. While the opinions themselves...
View ArticleIconic SF Public Art Piece - Defenestration - Saved
13 years ago San Francisco public artist Brian Goggin inspired 100 or so of his friends to turn the exterior of the derelict Hugo Hotel in SF's South of Market District into a surreal sculpture of...
View ArticleCA Prop 19 at 50/50 Odds - Poll
In spite of recent polls showing support for California's Proposition 19 (Tax and Regulate Cannabis) waning, there is still hope for supporters. And it lies primarily with younger voters (under 35) who...
View ArticleCA AG - Harris (D) Declares Victory (Updated)
Didn't see this posted yet. Good news out of California. Though the race has yet to be called, Kamala Harris (D) has apparently squeaked out a victory over Steve Cooley (R) for California's Attorney...
View Article[CA-AG] Harris (D) Lead Widens - SF Perspective
Following up on ArthurPoet's Saturday update, Kamala Harris' (D) lead over Steve Cooley (R) swelled to 31,000 Monday night:Kamala D. Harris (Dem) 4,138,170 46.0% Steve Cooley (Rep) 4,107,173 45.6% With...
View Article[CA-AG] Provisional Ballot Battle Heading to Court?
With Kamala Harris (D) leading Steve Cooley (R) by just over 30,000 in the epic vote count to determine California's next Attorney General, the campaigns are engaged in heated exchanges over...
View ArticleGov Brown's Shameless Industrial Hemp Veto
On his final day to act on bills, California's Governor Brown shamelessly vetoedSB 676 (Leno) - Industrial Hemp Farming Act. Even though the bill was specifically designed to withstand federal...
View ArticleCalls for Legalization Intensify
Last week, while the Obama administration was dealing with the embarrassment of the Secret Service scandal at the Summit of Americas in Columbia, developments on the far more important issue of the...
View ArticleObama Ramping up War on Drugs (Cannabis) Not Ending It
As an Obama supporter I am deeply troubled by recent developments on the national drug policy front - cannabis in particular. Statements by the President in a new Rolling Stone interview and his...
View ArticleMitch McConnell - Industrial Hemp's Newest Booster
Mitch McConnell is seeing green. Yep, today the Senate Minority Leader announced his enthusiastic support for Kentucky's legislative effort to add the versatile industrial hemp crop to its farmers'...
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