✅ Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed AB564 into law. The new law rolls back a 25% tax hike that took effect on July 1st and pauses future tax hikes on adult-use cannabis products until June 30, 2028. The law takes effect on October 1st. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #California
California Gov. Signs Legislation Halting Cannabis Tax Hike
Rolls backs 25% hike that took effect 7/1 and pauses future increases until 6/30/28
norml.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
✅ Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed AB564 into law. The new law rolls back a 25% tax hike that took effect on July 1st and pauses future tax hikes on adult-use cannabis products until June 30, 2028. The law takes effect on October 1st. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #California
🎉 Today, the State Senate passed #AB564, which stops the cannabis excise tax hike!
#CAleg Assembly has until the end of the week to take a final concurrence vote and send #AB564 to Governor Newsom's desk, where he has committed to signing it into law.
MEDIA STATEMENT: https://loom.ly/gwyCA9I
#CAleg Assembly has until the end of the week to take a final concurrence vote and send #AB564 to Governor Newsom's desk, where he has committed to signing it into law.
MEDIA STATEMENT: https://loom.ly/gwyCA9I
September 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🎉 Today, the State Senate passed #AB564, which stops the cannabis excise tax hike!
#CAleg Assembly has until the end of the week to take a final concurrence vote and send #AB564 to Governor Newsom's desk, where he has committed to signing it into law.
MEDIA STATEMENT: https://loom.ly/gwyCA9I
#CAleg Assembly has until the end of the week to take a final concurrence vote and send #AB564 to Governor Newsom's desk, where he has committed to signing it into law.
MEDIA STATEMENT: https://loom.ly/gwyCA9I
On the steps of the California Capitol with other members of @canorml.bsky.social. Today, advocates from all over the Golden State are rallying in support of #AB564, to stop an increase in the cannabis excise rate.
March 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
On the steps of the California Capitol with other members of @canorml.bsky.social. Today, advocates from all over the Golden State are rallying in support of #AB564, to stop an increase in the cannabis excise rate.
A #California Assembly bill introduced this session (AB564) would stop the cannabis sales tax increase that is set to bump the current 15% excise tax up to 19%
Urge lawmakers to vote yes on repealing the cannabis tax increase
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#LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #Sacramento #CA
Urge lawmakers to vote yes on repealing the cannabis tax increase
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#LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #Sacramento #CA
March 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A #California Assembly bill introduced this session (AB564) would stop the cannabis sales tax increase that is set to bump the current 15% excise tax up to 19%
Urge lawmakers to vote yes on repealing the cannabis tax increase
act.mpp.org/a/calif-enco...
#LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #Sacramento #CA
Urge lawmakers to vote yes on repealing the cannabis tax increase
act.mpp.org/a/calif-enco...
#LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #Sacramento #CA
💚 THANK YOU to every cannabis operator who mobilized. Every consumer who testified. Every voice that demanded change.
We secured #AB564, #AB8, and #SB378. And California cannabis still faces huge challenges.
➡️ Help us build a thriving market: https://loom.ly/ToOInH8
We secured #AB564, #AB8, and #SB378. And California cannabis still faces huge challenges.
➡️ Help us build a thriving market: https://loom.ly/ToOInH8
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
💚 THANK YOU to every cannabis operator who mobilized. Every consumer who testified. Every voice that demanded change.
We secured #AB564, #AB8, and #SB378. And California cannabis still faces huge challenges.
➡️ Help us build a thriving market: https://loom.ly/ToOInH8
We secured #AB564, #AB8, and #SB378. And California cannabis still faces huge challenges.
➡️ Help us build a thriving market: https://loom.ly/ToOInH8
NEWS RELEASE: We commend actions by #SonomaCounty and #DesertHotSprings to provide critical tax relief to #cannabis operators struggling to survive this challenging market. Unless #CAleg acts on #AB564, a tax increase threatens to devastate what remains of the industry: loom.ly/BCKpV9E
April 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
NEWS RELEASE: We commend actions by #SonomaCounty and #DesertHotSprings to provide critical tax relief to #cannabis operators struggling to survive this challenging market. Unless #CAleg acts on #AB564, a tax increase threatens to devastate what remains of the industry: loom.ly/BCKpV9E
1/In #CapitolWeekly, Michael Sutton — former CA Fish & Game president - reminds us of one of the MAJOR reasons why voters legalized #cannabis in CA: to generate revenue for #YouthPrevention, #Childcare, law enforcement & #EnvironmentalRestoration.
#AB564 betrays that promise. #CALeg
#AB564 betrays that promise. #CALeg
September 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
1/In #CapitolWeekly, Michael Sutton — former CA Fish & Game president - reminds us of one of the MAJOR reasons why voters legalized #cannabis in CA: to generate revenue for #YouthPrevention, #Childcare, law enforcement & #EnvironmentalRestoration.
#AB564 betrays that promise. #CALeg
#AB564 betrays that promise. #CALeg
California consumers are juggling impossible costs everywhere. And now the #CAleg Senate has piled on a 25%+ cannabis excise tax hike, leaving consumers and patients holding the bag.
There is hope. Urge your state senator to VOTE YES on #AB564: https://www.cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
There is hope. Urge your state senator to VOTE YES on #AB564: https://www.cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
July 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
California consumers are juggling impossible costs everywhere. And now the #CAleg Senate has piled on a 25%+ cannabis excise tax hike, leaving consumers and patients holding the bag.
There is hope. Urge your state senator to VOTE YES on #AB564: https://www.cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
There is hope. Urge your state senator to VOTE YES on #AB564: https://www.cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
This week’s Club Sesh is about cannabis taxes: AB 564, 280E, and why legal weed’s getting squeezed.
Wanna know where your weed money really goes?
Join me at 4:20 PT.
#ClubSesh #AB564 #WeedTaxes #EdiblesClub
www.youtube.com/live/nPV4kB2...
Wanna know where your weed money really goes?
Join me at 4:20 PT.
#ClubSesh #AB564 #WeedTaxes #EdiblesClub
www.youtube.com/live/nPV4kB2...
Cooking the Books: How Weed Funds the System That Excludes It
YouTube video by Vanessa Lavorato
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May 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This week’s Club Sesh is about cannabis taxes: AB 564, 280E, and why legal weed’s getting squeezed.
Wanna know where your weed money really goes?
Join me at 4:20 PT.
#ClubSesh #AB564 #WeedTaxes #EdiblesClub
www.youtube.com/live/nPV4kB2...
Wanna know where your weed money really goes?
Join me at 4:20 PT.
#ClubSesh #AB564 #WeedTaxes #EdiblesClub
www.youtube.com/live/nPV4kB2...
1/Must-read Sacramento Bee editorial by Pulitzer-winner Tom Philp: CA’s “affordability crisis” isn’t #cannabis — it’s the cost of abandoning our commitments to kids & communities.” #AB564 #AB8 #CALeg
Learn why gutting #Prop64 for #BigCannabis is a disaster: www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
Learn why gutting #Prop64 for #BigCannabis is a disaster: www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
What if the only thing California Democrats can make more affordable is weed? | Opinion
Failing to tackle more central problems to the California economy, lawmakers now focus on a cannabis tax that was supposed to fund youth programs.
www.sacbee.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
1/Must-read Sacramento Bee editorial by Pulitzer-winner Tom Philp: CA’s “affordability crisis” isn’t #cannabis — it’s the cost of abandoning our commitments to kids & communities.” #AB564 #AB8 #CALeg
Learn why gutting #Prop64 for #BigCannabis is a disaster: www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
Learn why gutting #Prop64 for #BigCannabis is a disaster: www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...
2/"When voters legalized #cannabis in CA, they were promised taxes would fund #YouthPrevention, the environment & enforcement (enormously successful programs). Keeping this promise is essential to protect our children.” — Dr. Lynn Silver, @phidotorg/@GetItRightonMJ
#CALeg #AB564
#CALeg #AB564
May 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
2/"When voters legalized #cannabis in CA, they were promised taxes would fund #YouthPrevention, the environment & enforcement (enormously successful programs). Keeping this promise is essential to protect our children.” — Dr. Lynn Silver, @phidotorg/@GetItRightonMJ
#CALeg #AB564
#CALeg #AB564
@governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom signed #AB564, which eliminates a 25% tax increase on California's legal cannabis industry-boosting this maturing industry, & building on the Administration's ongoing work to ensure the long-term success of the legal cannabis market
September 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom signed #AB564, which eliminates a 25% tax increase on California's legal cannabis industry-boosting this maturing industry, & building on the Administration's ongoing work to ensure the long-term success of the legal cannabis market
Next week, #CALeg will vote on #cannabis tax cut bills (#AB564 & #AB8) that break #Prop64’s promise & slash funds for childcare, youth prevention & environmental restoration.
Watch press event featuring youth advocacy, #PublicHealth, & environmental groups (Passcode: 2Rnfuv=*): bit.ly/4mCRXXu
Watch press event featuring youth advocacy, #PublicHealth, & environmental groups (Passcode: 2Rnfuv=*): bit.ly/4mCRXXu
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Next week, #CALeg will vote on #cannabis tax cut bills (#AB564 & #AB8) that break #Prop64’s promise & slash funds for childcare, youth prevention & environmental restoration.
Watch press event featuring youth advocacy, #PublicHealth, & environmental groups (Passcode: 2Rnfuv=*): bit.ly/4mCRXXu
Watch press event featuring youth advocacy, #PublicHealth, & environmental groups (Passcode: 2Rnfuv=*): bit.ly/4mCRXXu
1/The #CALeg just passed #AB564, betraying voters’ intent in #Prop64.
Instead of funding childcare, youth prevention, environmental restoration & public safety as promised, this bill hands #BigCannabis a massive tax break & raises serious questions of legality. #cannabis
Instead of funding childcare, youth prevention, environmental restoration & public safety as promised, this bill hands #BigCannabis a massive tax break & raises serious questions of legality. #cannabis
September 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
1/The #CALeg just passed #AB564, betraying voters’ intent in #Prop64.
Instead of funding childcare, youth prevention, environmental restoration & public safety as promised, this bill hands #BigCannabis a massive tax break & raises serious questions of legality. #cannabis
Instead of funding childcare, youth prevention, environmental restoration & public safety as promised, this bill hands #BigCannabis a massive tax break & raises serious questions of legality. #cannabis
1/#CALeg must reject tax cuts for #BigCannabis & oppose diverting #Cannabis Tax Fund $—meant for kids, #PublicHealth & environment—to cover industry costs.
These corporate giveaways are @ expense of youth. Stand up for #Prop64’s promise. @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
No on #AB564 & #AB8 (parts).
These corporate giveaways are @ expense of youth. Stand up for #Prop64’s promise. @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
No on #AB564 & #AB8 (parts).
June 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
1/#CALeg must reject tax cuts for #BigCannabis & oppose diverting #Cannabis Tax Fund $—meant for kids, #PublicHealth & environment—to cover industry costs.
These corporate giveaways are @ expense of youth. Stand up for #Prop64’s promise. @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
No on #AB564 & #AB8 (parts).
These corporate giveaways are @ expense of youth. Stand up for #Prop64’s promise. @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social
No on #AB564 & #AB8 (parts).
🎉 We stopped the worst in 2025. #AB564 rolled back the 26%+ tax hike. #AB8 closed the hemp loophole. #SB378 established platform accountability.
🌱 Now we’re fighting to expand cannabis access and build the market California deserves.
➡️ JOIN US: https://loom.ly/ToOInH8
🌱 Now we’re fighting to expand cannabis access and build the market California deserves.
➡️ JOIN US: https://loom.ly/ToOInH8
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🎉 We stopped the worst in 2025. #AB564 rolled back the 26%+ tax hike. #AB8 closed the hemp loophole. #SB378 established platform accountability.
🌱 Now we’re fighting to expand cannabis access and build the market California deserves.
➡️ JOIN US: https://loom.ly/ToOInH8
🌱 Now we’re fighting to expand cannabis access and build the market California deserves.
➡️ JOIN US: https://loom.ly/ToOInH8
📈 California: where your tax rate is higher than your customers. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Tell #CAleg Senate: Vote YES on #AB564
Together, we can defeat this #cannabis excise tax hike - LET'S GO!
➡️ cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
Together, we can defeat this #cannabis excise tax hike - LET'S GO!
➡️ cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
July 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📈 California: where your tax rate is higher than your customers. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Tell #CAleg Senate: Vote YES on #AB564
Together, we can defeat this #cannabis excise tax hike - LET'S GO!
➡️ cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
Together, we can defeat this #cannabis excise tax hike - LET'S GO!
➡️ cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
1/Friday’s CA Senate Approps vote in favor of #AB564 is a stark reminder of #BigCannabis’ oversized & corruptive influence.
#CALeg bought the false narrative of an “industry in peril”—while the real cost is cuts to youth prevention, #publichealth, & environmental programs.
#CALeg bought the false narrative of an “industry in peril”—while the real cost is cuts to youth prevention, #publichealth, & environmental programs.
August 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
1/Friday’s CA Senate Approps vote in favor of #AB564 is a stark reminder of #BigCannabis’ oversized & corruptive influence.
#CALeg bought the false narrative of an “industry in peril”—while the real cost is cuts to youth prevention, #publichealth, & environmental programs.
#CALeg bought the false narrative of an “industry in peril”—while the real cost is cuts to youth prevention, #publichealth, & environmental programs.
"I recently had a customer who manages their chronic pain with cannabis share with me, 'I never thought I'd have to choose between groceries and pain relief.'"
WATCH: loom.ly/1FoniK8
#CAleg: VOTE YES on #AB564: cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
WATCH: loom.ly/1FoniK8
#CAleg: VOTE YES on #AB564: cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
July 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"I recently had a customer who manages their chronic pain with cannabis share with me, 'I never thought I'd have to choose between groceries and pain relief.'"
WATCH: loom.ly/1FoniK8
#CAleg: VOTE YES on #AB564: cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
WATCH: loom.ly/1FoniK8
#CAleg: VOTE YES on #AB564: cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes
2/KTVU segment also highlights why #CALeg must reject #cannabis tax cuts that would drain funding from #YouthHealth, #DrugPrevention & toxic cleanup programs.
Say NO to #AB564 & the tax cut provisions in #AB8.
We need #PublicHealth–driven policy — not profit-driven rollbacks.
Say NO to #AB564 & the tax cut provisions in #AB8.
We need #PublicHealth–driven policy — not profit-driven rollbacks.
July 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
2/KTVU segment also highlights why #CALeg must reject #cannabis tax cuts that would drain funding from #YouthHealth, #DrugPrevention & toxic cleanup programs.
Say NO to #AB564 & the tax cut provisions in #AB8.
We need #PublicHealth–driven policy — not profit-driven rollbacks.
Say NO to #AB564 & the tax cut provisions in #AB8.
We need #PublicHealth–driven policy — not profit-driven rollbacks.
2/We oppose #AB564 + the tax cut in #AB8 (Billion Dollar Boondoggle). As our Dr. Silver told the Mercury News: “The industry has whitewashed #cannabis harms + marketed it as wellness.”
One youth featured in piece lost years to daily high-potency use. These are the lives prevention programs protect.
One youth featured in piece lost years to daily high-potency use. These are the lives prevention programs protect.
June 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
1/CBS Sacramento’s Brady Halbleib interviews our own Dr. Lynn Silver on @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's signing #AB564 — a bill that breaks #Prop64’s promised funding for youth, prevention & the environment.
A big tax break for #BigCannabis, nothing to fix the real drivers of the illicit market.
A big tax break for #BigCannabis, nothing to fix the real drivers of the illicit market.
September 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
1/CBS Sacramento’s Brady Halbleib interviews our own Dr. Lynn Silver on @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's signing #AB564 — a bill that breaks #Prop64’s promised funding for youth, prevention & the environment.
A big tax break for #BigCannabis, nothing to fix the real drivers of the illicit market.
A big tax break for #BigCannabis, nothing to fix the real drivers of the illicit market.
📣 DYK? The #CAleg Senate decided YOU should pay over 25% higher cannabis excise taxes at the register, at a time of economic uncertainty, inflation, and cost-of-living challenges throughout California.
➡️ Help us stop the tax hike today: cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes. #AB564
➡️ Help us stop the tax hike today: cacoa.org/dont-raise-taxes. #AB564
September 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
2/Our Dr. Silver notes in the Bee editorial: “This is an immense boondoggle for the #cannabis industry that is coming at the cost of kids…While the...industry is crying poverty, they are spending copiously to heavily lobby lawmakers.” @senatorashby.bsky.social
#CALeg: No on #AB564/#AB8
#CALeg: No on #AB564/#AB8
July 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
2/Our Dr. Silver notes in the Bee editorial: “This is an immense boondoggle for the #cannabis industry that is coming at the cost of kids…While the...industry is crying poverty, they are spending copiously to heavily lobby lawmakers.” @senatorashby.bsky.social
#CALeg: No on #AB564/#AB8
#CALeg: No on #AB564/#AB8
The cannabis tax increase — from 15% to 19% — took effect today
The bill to rescind the hike, AB 564 passed the Assembly
The next step for AB 564 will be a hearing on July 9
If passed the tax would return to 15%
🚨Tell your senator to vote YES on AB564
act.mpp.org/a/take-actio...
#California #CA
The bill to rescind the hike, AB 564 passed the Assembly
The next step for AB 564 will be a hearing on July 9
If passed the tax would return to 15%
🚨Tell your senator to vote YES on AB564
act.mpp.org/a/take-actio...
#California #CA
July 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The cannabis tax increase — from 15% to 19% — took effect today
The bill to rescind the hike, AB 564 passed the Assembly
The next step for AB 564 will be a hearing on July 9
If passed the tax would return to 15%
🚨Tell your senator to vote YES on AB564
act.mpp.org/a/take-actio...
#California #CA
The bill to rescind the hike, AB 564 passed the Assembly
The next step for AB 564 will be a hearing on July 9
If passed the tax would return to 15%
🚨Tell your senator to vote YES on AB564
act.mpp.org/a/take-actio...
#California #CA