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Department of Cannabis Control seeks new Redding enforcement office, hemp enforcement and IT integration
Summary
DCC requested funding to add a northern field office and sworn investigators to target the illicit cannabis market, a civil enforcement unit and lab/test capacity to implement AB 8 for hemp cannabinoids, and multi‑year funds to integrate legacy licensing systems; legislators asked about measurement, backlog and consumer outreach.
Clint Kellum, director of the Department of Cannabis Control, told the Senate subcommittee that the department’s proposals would strengthen law enforcement capacity against a persistent illicit cannabis market and modernize its licensing systems.
Kellum said that if the department’s budget proposals are approved its total budget would be roughly $198,000,000, funded by licensing fees and cannabis excise tax revenue. He described a law‑enforcement plan to increase the legal market’s share of consumption and to target organized illicit…
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