Questions for Nicole Elliott, California’s pot czar

Nicole Elliott, executive director of California's Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has the toughest job in weed. She oversees a tremendous market where all the legal industries' challenges have compounded into something near unmanageable. Many of these challenges were baked in before Elliott took the helm and/or are beyond her power to change.

Still, Elliott is as prepared for the job as anyone reasonably could be. She was San Francisco's first top regulator then served as Gov. Newsom's liaison to the industry. We spoke about her top priorities, her recent visit to the . . .