One of the greatest champions of cannabis in Sacramento is now California’s new Attorney General.
Rob Bonta, who has served as a California state assemblyman for the East Bay’s 18th District since 2012, has a long history with cannabis. Much of Oakland’s industrial Green Zone falls in the heart of his district, just across the water from his hometown in Alameda. He would end up being one of the industry’s biggest assets. But it’s not just the weed crowd that’s happy. Bonta’s work on other issues including immigration detention centers and wider criminal justice reform have progressives across the spectrum giving Gov. Gavin Newsom a thumbs up after some shaky months during the pandemic.
As Xavier Becerra packed up shop last week after being confirmed as the Biden Administration’s Health and Human Services Secretary, the focus shifted to who would fill the seat that has proven a christening to higher office for many. As many have noted, that includes the current vice president and the state’s previous governor. Now that we have Bonta, arguably the most progressive person to ever sit at the desk, where does the road go from here?
There is so much work to be done for an Attorney General that won’t regularly have to sue the leader of the free world 100 times. How does pot weigh into the grand scheme of things now that Bonta is the state’s top cop?
Well, when it comes time for Bonta to speak on cannabis, he’ll certainly be able to do so with an authority…
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One of the greatest champions of cannabis in Sacramento is now California’s new Attorney General.
Rob Bonta, who has served as a California state assemblyman for the East Bay’s 18th District since 2012, has a long history with cannabis. Much of Oakland’s industrial Green Zone falls in the heart of his district, just across the water from his hometown in Alameda. He would end up being one of the industry’s biggest assets. But it’s not just the weed crowd that’s happy. Bonta’s work on other issues including immigration detention centers and wider criminal justice reform have progressives across the spectrum giving Gov. Gavin Newsom a thumbs up after some shaky months during the pandemic.
As Xavier Becerra packed up shop last week after being confirmed as the Biden Administration’s Health and Human Services Secretary, the focus shifted to who would fill the seat that has proven a christening to higher office for many. As many have noted, that includes the current vice president and the state’s previous governor. Now that we have Bonta, arguably the most progressive person to ever sit at the desk, where does the road go from here?
There is so much work to be done for an Attorney General that won’t regularly have to sue the leader of the free world 100 times. How does pot weigh into the grand scheme of things now that Bonta is the state’s top cop?
Well, when it comes time for Bonta to speak on cannabis, he’ll certainly be able to do so with an authority…
