North Coast Cannabis Industry Conference 2020: California taxes $1B, smoke & harvest, appellations
Channel: North Bay Business Journal
Date: 2020-12-14

With it poised to rake in about $1 billion in annual tax revenue for California by the end of 2020, the cannabis culture and economy have come a long way in the handful of years since the state legalized adult, recreational use in 1996.

Read a news report on the conference: http://nbbj.news/cannabis2020b

That’s one in a series of assessments made Dec. 10 at the North Bay Business Journal’s second virtual North Coast Cannabis Industry Conference of 2020, surrounding the industry’s past, present and future issues. Those range from legal guidelines and a new California appellation law to COVID-19’s impact and growing government support.

* Keynote speaker: Nicole Elliot, senior adviser for cannabis, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

Panel:
* Paul Cebulak, vice president for client success, Confident Cannabis
* Ross Gordon, policy director, Humboldt County Growers Alliance
* Kristi Palmer, co-founder, Kiva Confections
* Christian Sweeney, chemist, Sonoma Lab Works
* Cynthia Castillo, cannabis specialist attorney, Farella Braun + Martel