November 16 2016 in Legal Blog, Media Coverage, Medical Marijuana
Attorney Jessica McElfresh was interviewed by the San Diego Union Tribune about the prospect of recreational marijuana sales in the city and how that might be handled through retail shops. Voters on Nov. 8 approved Proposition 64, a California marijuana legalization measure that permits the use, cu...
August 16 2016 in Media Coverage, Medical Marijuana
Jessica McElfresh is a cannabis attorney working with local medical marijuana businesses in California. Understanding the complex regulations governing legal marijuana is crucial for a dispensary’s success. Jessica represents three of the eight San Diego dispensaries. She recently commented on ob...
July 29 2016 in Media Coverage, Medical Marijuana
Attorney Jessica McElfresh was interviewed by Inc. about licensed, legal medical marijuana businesses raided recently by law enforcement in California. McElfresh represents the owner of Med-West Distributors, a medical cannabis extraction company that provides hundreds of dispensaries in the state ...
July 8 2016 in Criminal Defense, Legal Blog, Media Coverage, Weapons Crimes
In a considerable victory for gun control advocates, a recent 7-4 ruling by California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stated that the Second Amendment does not include the right to carry a concealed handgun in public, thereby allowing state restrictions such as California’s requirement to show...
June 28 2016 in Marijuana Charges, Media Coverage, Medical Marijuana
San Diego attorney Jessica McElfresh was interviewed by Cannabis Radio about a proposal to tax marijuana businesses in San Diego. The proposal is specifically designed to tax businesses that may sell recreational marijuana in the future. California voters likely will have the opportunity to conside...
May 27 2016 in Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Media Coverage, Medical Marijuana
Jessica McElfresh, a medical marijuana lawyer in San Diego, will be a speaker at the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo in Oakland, CA this June. The conference, which is billed as “America’s Most Important Cannabis Event of the Year,” is a three-day event starting June 20 that brings togeth...
May 16 2016 in Media Coverage, Medical Marijuana
Cannabis attorney Jessica McElfresh continues to be an advocate for business owners and patients seeking a San Diego medical marijuana business permit, as well as those operating throughout California. McElfresh recently spoke at a meeting of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to oppose a m...
May 5 2016 in Media Coverage
Jessica McElfresh will be speaking on the topic of marijuana legalization at the "Ask Mom About Marijuana 101" panel put on by A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing). The conversation will take place at Foundations San Diego, 3930 Fourth Avenue, Ste 301 in San Diego and will explor...
February 29 2016 in Media Coverage
Numerous communities in San Diego County have reaffirmed medical marijuana bans on dispensaries and added bans on cultivation and delivery of medical marijuana. New laws passed in California that went into effect this year created a regulatory framework for medical marijuana businesses, including t...
January 4 2016 in Media Coverage
New laws within San Diego may allow legalized marijuana cultivation for the first time ever. Cultivation would be regulated through the city, most likely with a temporary moratorium. Jessica McElfresh said, “It would provide clarification to the entire population of the city of San Diego where peo...
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