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Friday, July 11, 2025

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

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In the wake of the nationwide anti-racist protests, the cannabis industry has been confronted with the reality that it, too, has racial issues.

None of this would have been a problem if the cannabis industry, like every other legal business in the U.S., had access to banking.

While weed stores in some parts of the U.S. have been hard hit by looting this week, only two of San Jose’s 16 dispensaries reported break-ins.

As part of its sweeping public health order, Santa Clara county has made recreational cannabis dispensaries illegal again.

Some pot advocates and peddlers of elixirs now declare that their products can alleviate the symptoms of Covid-19, or even cure it.

If Assembly Bill 1356 passes, it would force cities to allow one cannabis retail permit for every four liquor licenses.

A pending state bill would allow the pot industry in California to finally evolve from an all-cash enterprise.

The program would make San Jose eligible for state funds to incorporate minority and lower-income dispensary workers into the local industry.

Since the city has chosen not to waive its cannabis tax for medical patients, there is no advantage to renewing one’s Rx card.

A $10 million stashbox is set aside for the program as part of the California Cannabis Equity Act, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed last year.

The NFL Hall of Famer and San Francisco 49ers legend sunk a fortune into the rapidly expanding Silicon Valley-based Caliva.

Bay Area voters last week ushered in more than a dozen local weed ordinances, all but one concerning taxes.

In his 16 years as governor, Jerry Brown has signed nearly 20,000 bills, including 1,016 this year and the final one on Sunday.

Thousands of weed-related convictions may be automatically overturned throughout California next year thanks to AB 1793.

Instead of trekking up to Hippie Hill in San Francisco, Silicon Valley locals celebrated the stoner holiday at San Jose pot clubs.

While many neighboring suburbs still cling to cannabis prohibitions, San Jose has become the de facto weed capital of Silicon Valley.