Joint Informational Hearing on Prop 64 / AUMA – Assembly Committee on Business and Professions (Chair, Rudy Salas), Assembly Committee on Health (Chair, Jim Wood) and Assembly Committee on Agriculture (Chair Anna Caballero).
Editors Note: I thought it would be useful to cut the three hour policy discussion on California’s Prop 64 rollout in January 2018 into discreet segments and put them on youtube to make them accessible to more people.
Introduction
Robert Sumner – California Department of Justice
Rich Desmond – California Highway Patrol (CHP)
State Perspective
Lori Ajax – Chief, Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation
Awet Kidane – Director, Department of Consumer Affairs
Jim Houston – Undersecretary, Department of Food and Agriculture
Dr. Karen Smith – Director and State Public Health Officer, Department of Public Health
Local Perspective
Tim Cromartie – Legislative Representative, League of California Cities
Cara Martinson – California State Association of Counties
Chief Ron Lawrence – Chief of Police, Citrus Heights Police Department
Sheriff Steve Moore – San Joaquin County Sheriff
Captain Jerry Alejandre – San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office
Industry Perspective
Kristi Knoblich, Co-Founder Kiva Confections and Board of Directors, California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA)
Hezekiah Allen, Chair and Executive Director, California Growers Association
Keith Stephenson, Executive Director, Purple Heart Patient Center
Public Comments