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COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT

Calif. regulator’s tenure dogged by diversion questions

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DCC director Nicole Elliott, Art by @shehitsback

By Alex Halperin
11/25/2025 01:17 PM GMT-0700
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This is the second in a three part series about Nicole Elliott's tenure California's top cannabis regulator. The first story is here.

In September 2021, retailer Catalyst sued the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) over what it alleged was the state market’s “worst kept secret.”

The lawsuit landed only months after the DCC had been formed from the merger of three agencies. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) had appointed Nicole Elliott, who had worked in . . .

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