NEW BUDGET ENDS LICENSING THREAT, ADDS CEQA EXEMPTION

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The “extinction level” threat looming over the state’s legal cannabis operators no more. Gov. Newsom’s 2019-2020 budget contains language that extends the provisional licensing structure through 2025. Operators sweating the prospect of being expelled from local lists of legitimate cannabis businesses are seeing a few clouds of uncertainty clear away.Sacramento Bee

• In addition to remedying the temporary license imbroglio, the trailer bill -- part of the Governor’s $214B spending package -- clarifies how licenses are obtained and . . .
  

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