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ACTION ALERT On Tuesday, November 12 the Oakland City Council will vote on a nonsmoking ordinance. The proposed ordinance would ban smoking or vaping of tobacco or cannabis at outdoor bars in the city, and also ban smoking/vaping in multiunit apartment dwellings with (as written) an exemption for cannabis. The Council will consider two options: …
Cal NORML has compiled votings records of California legislators on cannabis bills in the 2023/24 session. Based on these, other past records, and responses to our candidate questionnaires, we have assigned candidates grades at the NORML Smoke the Vote Guide. Below are candidates who, because of their past record and/or stance on cannabis reform, are …
Cal NORML has compiled the voting records of California’s legislators on key cannabis bills in 2023 and 2024, assigning grades based on weighted scores for their votes. Lawmakers with the worst voting records are in our “Hall of Shame” (designed in red); our “Honor Roll” (in green) is for legislators with the best records, and/or …
In our 2023 Membership Survey, 47% of respondents said their vote is “Always” strongly influenced by a candidate’s position on marijuana, and another 34% said it “Usually” is. Also, 63% said they consulted our 2022 voter guide. If you appreciate getting voting information from Cal NORML, please consider supporting us with a personal or business …
There’s been much enthusiasm about the new law, which will take effect on January 1, 2025. It’s a good time for supporters to join Cal NORML and get involved with local NORML chapters to ensure that local governments will allow cannabis lounges. Cal NORML has been tracking cannabis lounges and hopes to see more open. …
UPDATE September 30, 2024 – Governor Newsom has signed the California NORML-sponsored “cannabis café” bill to allow California cannabis lounges to sell food and event tickets. It will take effect on January 1, 2025. Cal NORML supporters sent in over 700 letters of support on the bill, nearly 200 of them to the Governor. Thanks …
In a letter to the California Office of Administrative Law and Department of Public Health, Cal NORML has asked that Gov. Newsom’s proposed emergency regulations banning the sale of hemp products be modified to allow continued sale of non-intoxicating hemp CBD extracts that are widely used by medical patients in California. The letter does not take issue …
Cal NORML supporters have sent over 2500 letters in support of (or opposed to) cannabis bills in California this year, and our annual Lobby Day in May brought citizen lobbyists from across the state to meet with their lawmakers. Please support Cal NORML with a personal or business membership to help us to continue advancing …
GOVERNOR SIGNS CANNABIS COMPASSION BILL Governor Newsom has signed AB 2555, the cannabis compassion bill, as part of a package of bills supporting veterans in California. The high cost of medical cannabis, particularly its taxation, has made it impossible for many patients who are financially challenged to obtain a sufficient and steady supply of their …
Please support NORML’s work by donating to our 60th Anniversary – Keith Stroup Celebration fund OAKLAND – The Emerald Cup will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Oakland by conferring its Lifetime Achievement Award to NORML founder Keith Stroup, sixty years after the world’s first marijuana freedom protest in San Francisco started a worldwide movement to …