Cannabis Blog

DCC accusations are litigated under the California APA — and the 15-day Notice of Defense deadline can end the case before it begins. A complete procedural map: citations, informal conferences, OAH hearings, burden of proof, the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel, and writ review. Baghoomian Law: (818) 514-9272.

Received a DCC Notice to Comply? It is not a fine — but it is the first page of an enforcement file. Step-by-step response guide from a California cannabis attorney: deadlines, evidence packets, preserving disputes, and avoiding escalation. Baghoomian Law: (818) 514-9272.

Law enforcement seized your licensed cannabis in California? Under B&P Code section 26037, licensed product is not contraband — but six deadlines start running immediately. The full recovery playbook: preservation demand, ex parte TRO, and the motion for return of seized property. Baghoomian Law: (818) 514-9272.

Few documents land harder on a California cannabis operator than a Notice of Emergency Decision and Order from the Department of Cannabis Control. It can suspend a license and order a business to cease all commercial cannabis activity within hours, often before any accusation is even filed. Buried in that notice, however, is a short,…

A California cannabis license can be revoked over something that looks minor on paper — a few grams that never made it into the track-and-trace system, a security camera down for a weekend, a delivery driver working a shift before their badge cleared. Under the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) Disciplinary Guidelines, these are not…

Every plant and product in California’s legal market is supposed to be traceable from seed to sale, and the system that does it is METRC. Your discipline with it is one of the clearest signals to the DCC of whether you run a tight operation or a problem waiting to surface. Track-and-trace discrepancies are a…

You submitted your California cannabis license application, waited weeks, and finally received an email from the Department of Cannabis Control. You opened it expecting approval and instead found a list of things that are wrong, missing, or unclear. Take a breath: what you’re holding is a deficiency notice, and it is one of the most…

Labeling and packaging look like the tedious corner of compliance — right up until a citation arrives over a missing symbol or a package a regulator decides appeals to children. These violations are common precisely because they feel minor, and they’re almost entirely avoidable once you understand what the rules are trying to accomplish. What…

If you plan to run more than one cannabis activity — cultivating and selling, or manufacturing and distributing, for example — you face an early structural choice that’s easy to get wrong. Do you pursue a Type 12 microbusiness license, or stack separate licenses for each activity? The decision shapes your costs, your flexibility, and…

You can do everything right with the DCC and still be squeezed by two problems that have nothing to do with state licensing. Both trace back to cannabis’s federal status, and both shape your margins from the very first day. Plan for them early. Problem one: banking access Because cannabis remains federally illegal, many banks…