Updates
Category: Advocacy Federal
HCGA Policy Committee Nomination Period Now Open
The nomination period for the 2025 HCGA Policy Committee is now open! ️Nomination Window:Tuesday, January 21 – Friday, January 31, 2025, at 5 PM Following the nomination
Legacy Cannabis Producing Regions Join Forces to Become California’s Largest Cannabis Advocacy Organization
Humboldt County Growers Alliance (HCGA), a trade association representing 275 licensed cannabis businesses in Humboldt County, announced today that HCGA has formally joined Origins Council
2022 HCGA Policy Survey: Summary of Results
Each year since 2019, HCGA has conducted a policy survey in the fall with the goal of identifying the most urgent challenges facing licensed Humboldt
Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act: Comments from Legacy California Cultivation Regions
On Tuesday morning, HCGA’s policy committee voted unanimously to approve comments in response to proposed federal cannabis legislation, the Cannabis Opportunity And Administration Act (CAOA),
Legacy Cannabis Cultivation – Letter for Sens. Booker, Schumer, and Wyden
In February, U.S. Senators released a statement announcing their intention to pursue federal cannabis legalization through the U.S. Senate in 2021. HCGA, in coalition with other legacy producing regions, sent the Senators a letter requesting to be included as stakeholders as the details of this legislation is developed
Federal Legalization MORE Act Comments
On Monday 1/11/21, HCGA’s policy committee approved an initial set of comments on the MORE Act by unanimous vote. These comments will be shared with policymakers and form a basis for an initial HCGA federal policy platform.
2021 HCGA Policy Strategic Plan
Based on the results of the HCGA policy survey, discussions with membership, historic HCGA policy priorities, and a sense for the policy issues most likely to emerge in 2021, staff has proposed, and HCGA’s policy commitee has approved, the following policy priorities.