"The second fatal flaw is local control, or the requirement that cannabis businesses receive permits from both the local jurisdiction and the state. That sounds reasonable. But in practice, it’s led to cannabis retail bans in much of the state. By allowing...

In protecting a city-sponsored monopoly, Sonoma refuses to begin the process for its second dispensary.Healdsburg and Sonoma each have a population of 11,000. Their "Greater Trade Areas" both account for populations of 40,000-50,000.The nearest dispensaries outside of...

Would like to remind that if it wasn't for our Sonoma Valley Cannabis Group constantly lobbying the city council over five long years for all our medical patients and consumers, Erich Pearson's sparc would never have opened for business in Sonoma. Just one example is...

Like most industries, the cannabis trade harbors its share of pretenders and opportunists, greedy to exploit any opportunity to make a buck at the expense of vulnerable patients and consumers. Nor is government exempt from the temptation to profit. From the halls of...

Healdsburg has the same population as Sonoma,11,000+. The city council was told years by its own consultant, HdL, that the city could sustain 2 dispensaries. So why would the city council dilute by half its potential for more revenue to Sonoma that could benefit its...

Column by Friend Josette Brose-Eichar in the Sonoma Valley Sun: Last month the Sonoma City Council addressed the issue of issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a second cannabis dispensary within city limits. The city’s cannabis ordinance was changed two years ago...

Two of us spoke to the Sonoma City Council two nights ago. As was pointed out to me earlier, only council member Ron Wellander was involved in the 1st dispensary and then as a Planning Commissioner, not a council member, while we, collectively, followed and...