Oakland Strives to Rejuvenate Economically by Becoming California’s Cannabis Capital

The city Gertrude Stein famously dismissed as “no there, there” sees legal marijuana as an opening to address a host of inequities.

The birthplace of the Black Panther Party in 1966, today’s Oakland is home to another disruptive movement: cannabis.

Some call Oakland the cannabis capital of California. Can it sustain that designation against Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco? And, is it a designation the population enjoys?

Well…the city and its relationship with weed goes way back and it looks like recent legislation may just cement it.

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