Policy Committee voted unanimously to adopt a position on hemp with three principles: 1) there should be testing parity (for pesticides, heavy metals, etc). between hemp and cannabis, 2) the state should close legal loopholes that allow high-THC products to be sold as “hemp,” and 3) the quantity of active cannabinoids in hemp products should be physically labeled on hemp products.
March 2, 2021 Dear Directors Colson, Salama, and Parrott, On behalf of Humboldt County Growers Alliance (HCGA), representing over 250 state-licensed cannabis businesses based in
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.
HCGA 2020 Cannabis Legislative Recap After a year of legislative work in California, the deadline for Governor Newsom to sign or veto legislation was today,
In November, HCGA’s members completed a survey on their top legislative and regulatory policy priorities for 2021.
Based on survey responses and other input, staff will develop a strategic plan to guide HCGA’s policy priorities in 2021. Once developed, the strategic plan will be voted on by the HCGA policy committee.
The analogy gets used so often it’s practically a cliché: Humboldt County is (or perhaps still aspires to be) to cannabis what Napa Valley is
On October 19, HCGA’s policy committee approved public comment on CDFA’s second set of proposed appellation regulations.
Background on Proposed Regulations On February 21, 2020, CDFA released its first set of proposed regulations for the establishment of cannabis appellations. In coalition with
This fall, HCGA will be updating its regulatory platform to submit to state regulators in anticipation of potential changes to state regulations.
