But the celebration comes amid new financial strain. California’s excise tax on legal cannabis recently increased from 15% to 19%. The excise tax is applied before standard sales taxes. "The 4-percent is huge. I think it affects the consumer, the consumers the most," Chu said.

After being so successful last year, the area where people can purchase and smoke marijuana at the California State Fair grew.

After rising quickly with legalization and the pandemic, data shows legal cannabis sales have cooled in some large counties. But elsewhere, sales are booming.

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli skewered Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday for railing

Clashes erupted outside Glass House farm on Thursday as protesters trying to stop the raid confronted federal agents.

President Donald Trump directed Homeland Security to allow ICE agents to use "whatever means necessary" against protesters during operations at California cannabis farms.

Ten illegal migrant youths, most of them unaccompanied, were found at a California marijuana farm during a tense immigration raid on Thursday, prompting federal officials to launch an investigation into possible child labor violations.