California Cannabis Operators Association
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CaCOA represents California's licensed cannabis operators across the supply chain who ensure safe, tested, and accessible cannabis for consumers every day: cacoa.org.
California cannabis leaders: 2025 brought wins. Help us shape 2026 advocacy priorities. Share your voice on policy, legislative, and regulatory issues: https://loom.ly/qVUhqk4
California Cannabis Advocacy Wins and Future Directions
If you missed our recent webinar, here's what you need to know about the latest California cannabis advocacy wins and where we're heading next.
www.cacoa.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
California cannabis leaders: 2025 brought wins. Help us shape 2026 advocacy priorities. Share your voice on policy, legislative, and regulatory issues: https://loom.ly/qVUhqk4
California cannabis leaders need reliable industry intel. Subscribe to the CaCOA newsletter for policy updates, market insights, and advocacy news shaping our sector. Stay informed: cacoa.org/subscribe
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
California cannabis leaders need reliable industry intel. Subscribe to the CaCOA newsletter for policy updates, market insights, and advocacy news shaping our sector. Stay informed: cacoa.org/subscribe
By 2028, AB 8 fully integrates industrial hemp into California’s licensed cannabis system—ensuring products are produced, tested, and taxed under one unified framework.
➡️ Dive deeper in our policy guide: https://loom.ly/axbdEkM
➡️ Dive deeper in our policy guide: https://loom.ly/axbdEkM
February 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
By 2028, AB 8 fully integrates industrial hemp into California’s licensed cannabis system—ensuring products are produced, tested, and taxed under one unified framework.
➡️ Dive deeper in our policy guide: https://loom.ly/axbdEkM
➡️ Dive deeper in our policy guide: https://loom.ly/axbdEkM
ICYMI: California state officers have seized/destroyed $1.2B+ in illicit cannabis products through the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force. The $609M seized in 2025 represents an 18-fold increase since 2022: https://loom.ly/2kb49PM
California tops $1.2 billion in illegal cannabis seizures, up 18x since 2022 | Governor of California
State of California
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January 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
ICYMI: California state officers have seized/destroyed $1.2B+ in illicit cannabis products through the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force. The $609M seized in 2025 represents an 18-fold increase since 2022: https://loom.ly/2kb49PM
California cannabis businesses thrive when operators work together. CaCOA members get early intelligence on policy changes, proven advocacy strategies, and a community of leadersworking together to solve problems.
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JOIN US: cacoa.org/membership
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
California cannabis businesses thrive when operators work together. CaCOA members get early intelligence on policy changes, proven advocacy strategies, and a community of leadersworking together to solve problems.
JOIN US: cacoa.org/membership
JOIN US: cacoa.org/membership
Facing crushing taxes, illicit competition, and regulatory chaos? You're not alone. CaCOA members get advocacy, intelligence, and community.
Now is the time to join the largest cannabis trade association in California: cacoa.org/membership
Now is the time to join the largest cannabis trade association in California: cacoa.org/membership
MEMBERSHIP | CaCOA
The California Cannabis Operators Association's dynamic coalition of forward-thinking operators is united in a shared vision: to unify California’s diverse cannabis operators in advocating for policies and regulations that support the growth, sustainability, and success of the legal cannabis industry. Together, we are shaping the future of cannabis and driving economic growth for the Golden State.
www.cacoa.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Facing crushing taxes, illicit competition, and regulatory chaos? You're not alone. CaCOA members get advocacy, intelligence, and community.
Now is the time to join the largest cannabis trade association in California: cacoa.org/membership
Now is the time to join the largest cannabis trade association in California: cacoa.org/membership
“Hopefully with the decrease in taxes and potentially the opening of new consumers and investment dollars … cannabis companies are able to reduce prices and compete against the black market and reduce its market share."
https://loom.ly/PwuQUvs
https://loom.ly/PwuQUvs
High Hopes for Cannabis - Los Angeles Business Journal
In light of President Donald Trump’s December executive order urging for the reclassification of cannabis to a Schedule III narcotic, the nation likely
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January 27, 2026 at 3:05 PM
“Hopefully with the decrease in taxes and potentially the opening of new consumers and investment dollars … cannabis companies are able to reduce prices and compete against the black market and reduce its market share."
https://loom.ly/PwuQUvs
https://loom.ly/PwuQUvs
Thank you, Asm. Jacqui Irwin, for amending #AB762 to remove integrated cannabis vapor devices. Your leadership provides consumers with regulated products, and ensures those sales generate tax revenue for California rather than enriching illicit retailers: loom.ly/ChvbY_w8
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Thank you, Asm. Jacqui Irwin, for amending #AB762 to remove integrated cannabis vapor devices. Your leadership provides consumers with regulated products, and ensures those sales generate tax revenue for California rather than enriching illicit retailers: loom.ly/ChvbY_w8
Five years ago, Redwood City made a bet on legal cannabis. While other Peninsula municipalities blocked stores, Redwood City moved forward, opening the area's first in 2023. Evidence now shows the gamble is paying off: https://loom.ly/4k9dHrI
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Five years ago, Redwood City made a bet on legal cannabis. While other Peninsula municipalities blocked stores, Redwood City moved forward, opening the area's first in 2023. Evidence now shows the gamble is paying off: https://loom.ly/4k9dHrI
Thank you, Asm. Jacqui Irwin, for amending #AB762 to remove integrated cannabis vapor devices. Your leadership provides consumers with regulated products, and ensures those sales generate tax revenue for California rather than enriching illicit retailers: https://loom.ly/ChvbY_w8
January 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Thank you, Asm. Jacqui Irwin, for amending #AB762 to remove integrated cannabis vapor devices. Your leadership provides consumers with regulated products, and ensures those sales generate tax revenue for California rather than enriching illicit retailers: https://loom.ly/ChvbY_w8
Many in town say the struggle to transform Scotia mirrors a larger struggle in Humboldt County, which has been rocked, first by the faltering of its logging industry and more recently by the collapse of its cannabis economy: https://loom.ly/uJ6tkY4
From timber wars to cannabis crash: Scotia's battle to survive as California's last company town
The redwood wars are long over. Pacific Lumber is no more, but the company town it built endures in Humboldt County. Can it find a new life as a hidden real estate gem?
www.yahoo.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Many in town say the struggle to transform Scotia mirrors a larger struggle in Humboldt County, which has been rocked, first by the faltering of its logging industry and more recently by the collapse of its cannabis economy: https://loom.ly/uJ6tkY4
#CALleg: Vote NO on #AB762. Legal all-in-one vapes are tested, regulated, and safe.
Banning them drives cannabis consumers to dangerous illicit products, defeating both environmental and public health goals. Choose regulation over prohibition: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
Banning them drives cannabis consumers to dangerous illicit products, defeating both environmental and public health goals. Choose regulation over prohibition: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
#CALleg: Vote NO on #AB762. Legal all-in-one vapes are tested, regulated, and safe.
Banning them drives cannabis consumers to dangerous illicit products, defeating both environmental and public health goals. Choose regulation over prohibition: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
Banning them drives cannabis consumers to dangerous illicit products, defeating both environmental and public health goals. Choose regulation over prohibition: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
#AB762 won't reduce e-waste. It'll drive California cannabis consumers from safe, tested products to untested illicit vapes.
Call #CAleg Assembly Approps TODAY, and urge them to vote NO. Prohibition isn't the solution: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
Call #CAleg Assembly Approps TODAY, and urge them to vote NO. Prohibition isn't the solution: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
#AB762 won't reduce e-waste. It'll drive California cannabis consumers from safe, tested products to untested illicit vapes.
Call #CAleg Assembly Approps TODAY, and urge them to vote NO. Prohibition isn't the solution: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
Call #CAleg Assembly Approps TODAY, and urge them to vote NO. Prohibition isn't the solution: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
Cannabis leaders: Contact #CAleg Assembly Approps Cmte members before Jan 22, and urge them to vote NO on #AB762.
Legal all-in-one vapes are tested/regulated. Banning them drives patients and consumers to dangerous, illicit products instead: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
Legal all-in-one vapes are tested/regulated. Banning them drives patients and consumers to dangerous, illicit products instead: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Cannabis leaders: Contact #CAleg Assembly Approps Cmte members before Jan 22, and urge them to vote NO on #AB762.
Legal all-in-one vapes are tested/regulated. Banning them drives patients and consumers to dangerous, illicit products instead: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
Legal all-in-one vapes are tested/regulated. Banning them drives patients and consumers to dangerous, illicit products instead: https://loom.ly/AdLa4xE
CSU East Bay is now enrolling for its online cannabis education program. Students can earn certification as specialists in cannabis cultivation, product development, retail sales, compliance, medical cannabis, and related fields: https://loom.ly/QoGSFCM
CSU East Bay offers online cannabis training amid California industry shifts • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
Adults can enroll in self-paced courses covering cannabis operations and regulations.
mendovoice.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
CSU East Bay is now enrolling for its online cannabis education program. Students can earn certification as specialists in cannabis cultivation, product development, retail sales, compliance, medical cannabis, and related fields: https://loom.ly/QoGSFCM
LAist spoke with several Los Angeles cannabis business owners that month who said competition against illegal businesses who do not pay those taxes was nearly pushing them out of the market: https://loom.ly/AlR_U-M
California rolled back cannabis tax, but LA businesses say they're still struggling
Federal rescheduling of marijuana products could make a bigger change.
laist.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
LAist spoke with several Los Angeles cannabis business owners that month who said competition against illegal businesses who do not pay those taxes was nearly pushing them out of the market: https://loom.ly/AlR_U-M
In an exit interview with Cannabis Wire, Nicole Elliott was candid about California cannabis taxes, enforcement, the illicit market, and what’s next: https://loom.ly/tVtSP3E
California’s Departing Cannabis Regulator Reflects on Leading the Nation’s Biggest Market - Cannabis Wire
In an exit interview with Cannabis Wire, Nicole Elliott was candid about taxes, enforcement, the illicit market, and what’s next.
cannabiswire.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
In an exit interview with Cannabis Wire, Nicole Elliott was candid about California cannabis taxes, enforcement, the illicit market, and what’s next: https://loom.ly/tVtSP3E
NEW California grant will fund studies on synthetic cannabis, cardiovascular effects, flavor regulations, and the unregulated cannabis market: https://loom.ly/RebHTko
UCLA receives $7.3M for wide-ranging cannabis research
UCLA receives $7.3M for wide-ranging cannabis research
www.uclahealth.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:05 PM
NEW California grant will fund studies on synthetic cannabis, cardiovascular effects, flavor regulations, and the unregulated cannabis market: https://loom.ly/RebHTko
Jenkins warned that removing regulated cannabis vapes from California store shelves would push consumers further into the unregulated and unsafe illicit market, which faces none of the legal, environmental, or product safety requirements: https://loom.ly/7ZdOE6Q #AB672 #CAleg
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Jenkins warned that removing regulated cannabis vapes from California store shelves would push consumers further into the unregulated and unsafe illicit market, which faces none of the legal, environmental, or product safety requirements: https://loom.ly/7ZdOE6Q #AB672 #CAleg
⚠️ #AB762 won't eliminate all-in-one (AIO) cannabis vapes from California: it will move them to the illicit market, where there's no testing, taxes, or accountability. We already have a better solution: AB 1894.
🚫#CAleg, vote NO TODAY: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
🚫#CAleg, vote NO TODAY: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
⚠️ #AB762 won't eliminate all-in-one (AIO) cannabis vapes from California: it will move them to the illicit market, where there's no testing, taxes, or accountability. We already have a better solution: AB 1894.
🚫#CAleg, vote NO TODAY: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
🚫#CAleg, vote NO TODAY: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
🚨 DYK? California cannabis patients with arthritis, chronic pain, and mobility challenges depend on regulated vaporizers. #AB762 would ban them, jeopardizing public health and safety.
➡️ We urge #CAleg to vote NO on Tues, Jan 13th: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
➡️ We urge #CAleg to vote NO on Tues, Jan 13th: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🚨 DYK? California cannabis patients with arthritis, chronic pain, and mobility challenges depend on regulated vaporizers. #AB762 would ban them, jeopardizing public health and safety.
➡️ We urge #CAleg to vote NO on Tues, Jan 13th: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
➡️ We urge #CAleg to vote NO on Tues, Jan 13th: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
📉 #AB762 will eliminate 12% of legal cannabis sales and cost California $75M+ in tax revenue.
☢️ #CAleg bill won't remove all-in-one cannabis vapes: it just moves them underground to illicit sellers who don’t test products or pay taxes.
➡️ We strongly oppose - join us: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
☢️ #CAleg bill won't remove all-in-one cannabis vapes: it just moves them underground to illicit sellers who don’t test products or pay taxes.
➡️ We strongly oppose - join us: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
January 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
📉 #AB762 will eliminate 12% of legal cannabis sales and cost California $75M+ in tax revenue.
☢️ #CAleg bill won't remove all-in-one cannabis vapes: it just moves them underground to illicit sellers who don’t test products or pay taxes.
➡️ We strongly oppose - join us: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
☢️ #CAleg bill won't remove all-in-one cannabis vapes: it just moves them underground to illicit sellers who don’t test products or pay taxes.
➡️ We strongly oppose - join us: https://loom.ly/jicN28o
California officials have awarded nearly $30 million in grants for marijuana-focused academic research, including cannabis use by older people, effects of THC beverages, compounds/flavoring, tribal participation, and the environmental impact: https://loom.ly/RYdDWQo
January 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
California officials have awarded nearly $30 million in grants for marijuana-focused academic research, including cannabis use by older people, effects of THC beverages, compounds/flavoring, tribal participation, and the environmental impact: https://loom.ly/RYdDWQo
🚨 On Tuesday, Jan 13th at 9am, California's Assembly Business and Professions Committee will vote on #AB762 to ban all-in-one (AIO) cannabis vapes and shift $75M+ to the illicit market.
➡️ Read our letter and urge #CAleg to vote NO: loom.ly/jicN28o
➡️ Read our letter and urge #CAleg to vote NO: loom.ly/jicN28o
AB 762 Would Ban Cannabis Vapes and Empower California's Illicit Market: Here's What Retailers Need to Know
This Tuesday, January 13th, the Assembly Business and Professions Committee will consider Assembly Bill 762 (Irwin), legislation that would prohibit the sale of all-in-one (AIO) cannabis vapes in Cali...
loom.ly
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
🚨 On Tuesday, Jan 13th at 9am, California's Assembly Business and Professions Committee will vote on #AB762 to ban all-in-one (AIO) cannabis vapes and shift $75M+ to the illicit market.
➡️ Read our letter and urge #CAleg to vote NO: loom.ly/jicN28o
➡️ Read our letter and urge #CAleg to vote NO: loom.ly/jicN28o
Recently the San Diego City Council voted to increase the city's cannabis business tax from 8% to 10% to fill a budget hole. Now city finance officials say they likely overestimated how much revenue the tax hike would generate: https://loom.ly/Vb0uisw
San Diego's 10% cannabis business tax comes up short
San Diego's cannabis business tax has doubled since it was approved by voters in 2016. Retailers in the city face competition from the illicit market and lower-tax suburbs.
www.kpbs.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Recently the San Diego City Council voted to increase the city's cannabis business tax from 8% to 10% to fill a budget hole. Now city finance officials say they likely overestimated how much revenue the tax hike would generate: https://loom.ly/Vb0uisw