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...