Most Calif. cannabis growers don’t have licenses
By Riley McDermid, San Francisco Business Times
A report has found that less than 1 percent of California’s cannabis growers have registered with the state’s new legal licensing system, because the costs associated with new regulations and a host of local laws banning grows are too prohibitive.
The massive 38-page report from the California Growers Association, titled “An Emerging Crisis: Barriers To Entry In California Cannabis,” warns that many of the regulations and zoning laws put in place by California towns have put a deep freeze on the industry going legal, because growers must register with their local municipalities before they can receive state licenses.