Roll Up For Equity nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2025 San Diego Film Awards
JM Balbuena’s Roll Up For Equity was nominated last week for the Best Documentary Short at the 2025 San Diego Film Awards. “Roll Up for Equity” is a short film exposing San Diego’s struggle for social equity within its regulated cannabis industry, highlighting passionate local advocates pushing for accountability and change in America’s Finest City. Director […]
Santee Dispensary Picture Comes Into Focus
The Santee cannabis picture is coming into focus. The city’s September – October 24 application period resulted in 1400 applications. By January 30, 16 applicants were notified they were able to progress to Phase II. Ultimately, Santee will award as many as 4 retail licenses. After a public records request, coordinating locations to applicants was […]
VOSD: How a Barber Became the Unwitting Owner of a Cannabis Company
Voice of San Diego: How a Barber Became the Unwitting Owner of a Cannabis Company How a Barber Became the Unwitting Owner of a Cannabis Company A barber in National City says a San Francisco-based cannabis chain used her identity to gain a local retail license by claiming she was the company’s local owner. She […]
Sessions By The Bay Now Opening Late March
Sessions By The Bay had adjusted its opening date to the end of March, according to Sessions By The Bay lounge manager Veronica Aguilera. Aguilera said “We had a great outpouring of interest and support at the job fair so it’s taking a little bit to get through the applications and schedule interviews and staff […]
Catalyst launches business hub above Kearny Mesa shop
January 19 saw the soft opening of Catalyst on Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa. CEO Elliot Lewis was proudly showing his new storefront, and why not: the Kearny Mesa location is the 30th. But what few expected, the tour would expand onto the floor above. Having bought the building, Lewis decided to open up the […]
County cannabis SKU’s are up 15% since June, but not for everyone
In a continued trend, County cannabis SKU’s are up 15% since June, but not for everyone Cannabis consumers had even greater choice as county SKU’s increased 15% since June. Buoyed by an additional 3 retail storefronts, consumers had more than 11,000 new SKU’s countywide. Even with the addition of Wellgreens (Home Ave), Siesta Life and […]
Cannabis demand skewing away from Flower toward Vape Pens and Pre Rolls
Cannabis demand skewing away from Flower toward Vape Pens and Pre Rolls Are 1/8’s a dying breed? Based on our most recent dispensary rankings, the once dominant Pre Pack Flower category is no longer king of dispensary shelf space. (Pre Pack Flower is defined as flower weighing from 1 gram to 1 ounce.) Just 4 months […]
“Lazy Stoner” to run Rock N Roll Marathon
UPDATE: Shaggy completed the marathon and finished a poetic 4,420th. San Diego budtender and influencer Shaggy Bullock has been training for the run of his life, San Diego’s Rock & Roll Marathon on June 2. The Cannabist floor manager known for his groovy podcast series “A Trip Down Stoner Drive“, is motivated for myriad reasons, […]
City of San Diego Bans Sales of Delta-8 & Delta-10
The City of San Diego recently notified local smoke shops and related businesses that unlawful cannabis sales or unlawful hemp product sales may be prosecuted under state and local law, and may be subject to additional civil penalties. Products that purport to be “Delta-8 THC” or “Delta-10 THC” and other, similar synthetically derived “hemp-based” products, as well […]