A marijuana pioneer changes course: Q&A with Harborside co-founder Steve DeAngelo
Steve DeAngelo is one of the marijuana industry’s most high-profile pioneers. But earlier this month, DeAngelo and the Oakland, California-based company he […]
Category: social equity
7 regulatory-related factors for marijuana companies to consider in a debt transaction
2020 saw several high-profile debt transactions in the cannabis industry, with major companies raising hundreds of millions of dollars through such financings. […]
Massachusetts fills two open seats on state Cannabis Control Commission
The main body regulating legal marijuana in Massachusetts is gaining two more members. Massachusetts fills two open seats on state Cannabis Control […]
Trials minorities face raising marijuana capital: Q&A with DC dispensary owner Linda Mercado Greene
Linda Mercado Greene, co-founder and CEO of Anacostia Organics, was already a successful businesswoman and a veteran political strategist when she decided […]
Los Angeles selects 200 social equity cannabis retail license finalists
Los Angeles regulators issued the much-anticipated list of 200 finalists in the contentious battle for social equity marijuana retail permits. But it’s […]
Cannabis SPAC acquires Caliva and Left Coast Ventures, hires Jay-Z
New York-based Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company, said it has acquired two California cannabis companies and hired rapper and […]
New Jersey recreational cannabis bill advances, but differences remain
Two key New Jersey legislative budget committees advanced a recreational cannabis implementation measure, but differences in the Assembly and Senate versions must […]
Two more lawsuits filed over L.A.’s social equity cannabis licensing
Lawsuits filed by two former social equity applicants brings the total to at least six that have been filed against Los Angeles […]
Rescoring of retail marijuana licenses in Illinois allowed to proceed
An Illinois judge rejected a request to stop state regulators from rescoring retail marijuana license applications, moving a seemingly never-ending saga closer […]
San Francisco cannabis market expands slowly but surely via social equity program
San Francisco is the birthplace of the modern medical marijuana industry. But the city’s cannabis industry has been fairly stagnant the past […]