SF Gate’s latest article highlights the decimation of small cannabis farms in California
Legalization has shuttered thousands of pot farms across Northern California, destroying multi-generational cannabis businesses and leaving rural towns boarded up.
Farmers see a trail of broken promises and betrayal from the state government. Few people blame Newsom entirely, but his long involvement in state government when decisions were made that they say hurt the industry have made him the focus of particular ire. That includes a decision seven years ago to allow massive farms in the state and his recent veto of a bill that would give farmers more access to sell their pot.
Newsom, through a spokesperson, declined to be interviewed for this story or answer a list of questions; instead, his office directed SFGATE to the Department of Cannabis Control, which shared a lengthy statement saying, in part, that the state “continues to stand by his early commitment to protect small farms.” The spokesperson pointed to $40 million in grants the state has given to support small farms, the DCC helping farmers get licenses in Mendocino, and Newsom signing a law that eliminated a cultivation tax.
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