Native Americans,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jun. 6, 2018
Cannabis regulation and tribal sovereignty: Why not both in California?
California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control force upon tribes a Hobson’s choice: waive sovereignty in order to participate in the commercial cannabis economy, or maintain sovereignty but be excluded from this growing market.
Blaine I. Green
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Email: blaine.green@pillsburylaw.com
Blaine leads the firm's Native American Law practice, representing tribes and companies doing business with tribes.
Kevin J. Ashe
Associate
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Email: kevin.ashe@pillsburylaw.com
Kevin advises clients on environmental and land use issues involved in the planning, financing and acquisition of large-scale development projects, including transportation projects, mixed-use developments, and renewable and traditional energy facilities.
As a matter of state law, since Jan. 1 of this year, Californians are allowed to grow, purchase and possess marijuana for recreational use. But the state's new legal framework for the recreational cannabis industry has left out some groups: notably, the state's more-than-100 sovereign Native American tribes.
Rather than respecting tribal sovereignty -- the tribes' authority to adopt their own laws and be governed by them -- Californi...
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