1 California Worker Dead, Hundreds Arrested
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Clashes erupted outside Glass House farm on Thursday as protesters trying to stop the raid confronted federal agents.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the worker wasn’t being pursued by federal authorities when he climbed onto the roof of a green house and fell.
Trump team defends ICE raid at California marijuana farm where children were allegedly found working
President Donald Trump’s administration has defended violent immigration raids targeting cannabis farms in California, where masked federal agents discovered allegedly undocumented minors who are victims of “exploitation” and “potentially human trafficking or smuggling,” according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Ventura issued permits for six cannabis dispensaries and three have opened so far. The other three won't open, since their permits expired June 30.
California senators have advanced a bill to put a pause on a newly enacted take hike on marijuana products. On Wednesday, members of the Senate Revenue And Taxation Committee approved the Assembly-passed measure from Assemblymember Matt Haney (D) that would delay the tax increase by five years.
Gov. Newsom allocates $35M in California to combat impaired driving, with funding for law enforcement, training, and public education.
Three unlicensed cannabis cultivation sites in Turlock were among several raided across California during a coordinated enforcement effort led by the Department of Cannabis Control on June 26, officials said.
Advocates in California are celebrating the golden anniversary of marijuana decriminalization in the state, noting that it was 50 years ago—on July 9, 1975—that then-Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a bill into law that reduced the state’s felony possession law down to a citable misdemeanor,