January 31, 2020 By Simone Bradley on behalf of the social equity coalition, a 501c3 organization There is nothing little about Kelly Lytle Hernandez. Not only is she a UCLA professor of History, Director of the African American Studies Center, and don’t forget, a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellow- she is now…
January 31, 2020 By Simone Bradley on behalf of the social equity coalition, a 501c3 organization It’s been a month since the Association of Deputy District Attorneys of Los Angeles (ADDA) filed suit against LA County DA, George Gascón because of new policies put in place to lower the over-crowding…
January 20, 2020 By Allison Margolin Esq., and Raza Lawrence Esq. (Margolin & Lawrence) In the words of poet Amanda Gorman ( local hero, New Roads ‘16 and Harvard grad, in her poem she delivered at the inauguration today, “We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, Would…
January 7, 2020 By Olivia Hartman | Policy Analyst (Margolin & Lawrence) A green wave spread across the U.S. following the excitement from the 2020 election. South Dakota, Montana, Arizona, and New Jersey all legalized the recreational use of marijuana; however, specific legal language in its legislation is yet to…
December 30, 2020 By Olivia Hartman | Policy Analyst, Allison Margolin Esq. (Margolin & Lawrence) Two of Georgia’s Senate seats are up for grabs as a result of the non-conclusive results from the 2020 election. Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are both on the Jan. 5 ballot (Tuesday)…
December 30, 2020 By Raza Lawrence Esq. (Margolin & Lawrence) New Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon has drawn a lot of attention for his progressive new policies that are a sharp break from what most of us are used to hearing from traditionally law-and-order, lock-‘em-up prosecutors. On his…
December 26, 2020 By Raza Lawrence Esq. (Margolin & Lawrence) Los Angeles is open for cannabis business – a land of opportunity in these uncertain times. The commercial cannabis industry is rocketing forward in Los Angeles, as much of the rest of society has stagnated amidst the coronavirus pandemic and…
December 18, 2020 By Raza Lawrence Esq. (Margolin & Lawrence) The cannabis industry reached a significant milestone on December 4, 2020, when for the first time ever, the House of Representatives passed a bill to end federal cannabis prohibition. Notably, the MORE (Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement) Act de-schedules cannabis,…
December 17, 2020 By Allison Margolin Esq., Gohar Tahmizian, Zachary Tucker (Margolin & Lawrence) Psychedelic companies going public on the Nasdaq stock trading market are getting increased attention from investors burgeoning into its own financial sector. Due to greater government decriminalization and positive mainstream attention, companies in the psychedelic sector…
November 7, 2020 By Raza Lawrence Esq. (Margolin & Lawrence) Despite all the negativity this year involving politics, COVID-19, and police brutality, 2020 is shaping up to be a bombshell year for cannabis businesses and consumers in America. Yes, cannabis remains illegal under federal law (which trumps any conflicting state…
