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State of the States: 2020 Ballot Initiative Efforts

NORML

Activists have been working for months registering new voters, collecting signatures, and educating the public, in hopes of giving voters in their state the opportunity to make their voices heard and cast their vote for marijuana. Status : Minimum # of signatures collected. Issue : Adult use marijuana. North Dakota.

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MJ Biz : Oakland sends social equity marijuana licensees to collections over unpaid loans

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana regulators in Oakland, California, have begun referring a handful of social equity licensees to the city’s collections department after they defaulted on loans intended to help get their companies started. million in loans from the city that were issued beginning in late 2018. MJ Biz report.

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Senate Coalition Urges SBA to Support Small Cannabis Businesses

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States collected an estimated $1.3 billion in tax revenue from legal cannabis sales in 2018. Some states, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, have legalized both the recreational and medicinal use of cannabis.

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Cannabis Media: The Arcview Group Announces New Chief Executive Officer: Jeffrey Finkle

Cannabis Law Report

Most recently, Finkle led Arcview Ventures as CEO and co-founded The Arcview Collective Fund in 2018. I look forward to working with our industry leading team to build on the great foundation that has been created over the last decade through events, investor memberships, consulting, research, and industry advocacy.”

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Nevada NORML: A Year in Review

NORML

With a new year on the horizon, members of Nevada and Las Vegas NORML wanted to take time to shine light on 18 of our most memorable moments from 2018. (It January 2018: Protested Jeff Sessions. February 2018: Dr. Dabber became a sponsor. January – March 2018: Partnering with Harrison House.

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A Look Back at California Cannabis in 2022

Canna Law Blog

Under state law, CDTFA collected both a cultivation tax and an excise tax. These taxes were not collected from cultivators and retailers as one would expect, but instead from middle-men distributors, making collection and reporting a huge mess. In 2022, that all changed when the state adopted tax reforms.

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California County Supervisors (Santa Barbara) hit pause on Cannabis Tax Reform

Cannabis Law Report

Amid plummeting prices for cannabis “flower” in the Golden State, Santa Barbara County is likely to collect only $10.8 The tax structure approved by county voters in 2018 sets a four percent tax on gross sales revenues from cannabis cultivation, as reported every quarter to the county Treasurer-Tax Collector by the growers themselves.