https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3MzhQHIqcc This is the guy who 2 of our city council members suggested other investors team up with to help him overcome financial difficulties in opening two dispensaries outside of Sonoma. According to the Press Democrat, “At...
All politics is local. Decisions made by city councils, mayors and commissioners have a direct and immediate impact on the lives of residents in their communities. Per California’s DCC, 56 percent of cities and counties prohibit the licensing of all cannabis business...
Unfortunately, the city of Sonoma created, and continues to support, a monopoly that favors Sparc’s dispensary and limits service to our local patient community. Regardless that there is now service here, its availability remains seriously limited, no thanks to many...
In her latest column for the Sonoma Sun, "If it works for veggie burgers…", SVCG member Josette Brose-Eichar writes, "Do we need a second cannabis dispensary in the City of Sonoma? My little personal story, I think points out, yes we do." It's well worth the read. Her...
During last week's council meeting, Vice Mayor Kelso Barnett acknowledged that so-called community benefits are not required for any other type of business, "…If we're trying to normalize cannabis businesses, we should treat (them) like any other business and to...
There are good people doing good things in this industry. In the 30+ years spent advocating for medicinal marijuana, I have been fortunate to work with many right-minded, compassionate, ethical human beings who labor very hard every day to provide relief for those...
Sometimes pictures can be worth much more than words. Our infograph tells the story of why we need the dispensary process to begin ASAP. We’ll forward this to the City Council.
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters this week began mailing vote-by-mail ballots for the Nov. 2, 2021. So a small group of us came together as a mayoral candidate review committee to suggest an endorsement. We’ve done a lot of research on backgrounds and four of us...
The 200+ member Sonoma Valley Cannabis Group continues to work to prevent a monopoly of service within the city of Sonoma. 1. Great weave by Josette Brose-Eichar of the Mattson issue with the dispensary process. 2. Mayor almost skips over my Zoom public comment 3....