California’s legal cannabis laws still have restrictions when it comes to serving prepared food and holding music events in licensed cannabis lounges. However, there is hope that the regulations may become less onerous with the introduction of three proposed bills that could permit these activities. Leafly Senior Editor David Downs speaks to National Public Radio affiliate KCRW about the bills and the legal lounge landscape in the state in a recent interview. Listen to the interview via the playbar below and read KCRW’s post ‘Food and live music could come to cannabis lounges under CA bill’ for further information.
Leafly Senior Editor David Downs, who received a Literary Excellence Award from Oaksterdam University in 2022, has been on the cannabis beat since 2009. Downs is the author of several celebrated books on cannabis and has lectured at many prestigious institutions. He has contributed to various publications, including Rolling Stone, Scientific American, and The New York Times. Downs holds a bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Barbara and was a Fellow at the Medill School of Journalism’s Academy of Alternative Journalism in Chicago.
