We'd like to share our story of the city of Sonoma and the politics of local control. It is currently being posted in episodic fashion across multiple social media platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram,...
Last week, we showed you the video of Erich Pearson, CEO of SPARC defaming our group in front of the Sonoma City Council. Here is the letter we sent to Emily Paxhia of Poseidon Investment Management, his major funding...
Just to remind, our first email to Emily Paxhia, Managing Partner of Poseidon Investment Management, outlined how our advocacy organization had been libeled by Erich Pearson, CEO of SPARC, one of Poseidon’s major...
In our previous post we noted our email exchange with Emily Paxhia of Poseidon Investment Management who is also a part owner of Erich Pearson’s (SPARC) Sonoma dispensary. We allowed four weeks for response, and because we did not receive...
Watch two city councilmember/attorneys trade verbal blows over charges of conflict of interest in a small-town dispensary scheme. This is the taproot of a poisoned process that continues to plague the citizens of the Sonoma...
Our previous post featured two Sonoma city Council members arguing over a possible conflict of interest regarding a second dispensary in the city. Here now, the discussion continues.Though the city council finally voted to...
Racism finds its spots in all walks of life. One might like to believe that it's a bit less prevalent in cannabis. Is there room for hate in the practice of healing? This is the 7th installment of our very complicated tale of access in the city of Sonoma. There should...
All about Erich Pearson Coming Soon
From Josette Brose-Eichar, SVCG Policy Group member:Did you know that they city of Sonoma’s cannabis ordinance was updated in 2021 to allow and license a second dispensary? Did you know the present Sonoma city council placed putting the second dispensary out for bid...
“I want to encourage you to contact city hall and gently, but forcefully, lean on them to get it on the agenda for the first meeting in April.” Nothing is ever perfect. We only do the best we can. We’re made of hopes and dreams and the stage is ours, until it’s not....