Some details of legalized recreational marijuana have changed since California voters approved Proposition 64 in 2016. California is days away from launching a legal marketplace for adults to buy and sell recreational marijuana. On Jan. 1, the state will carry through on a vision voters endorsed by passing Proposition 64 last year. Yet as legal cannabis moves from campaign pitch to reality - amid lots of lobbying by industry groups along the way - some details of the plan have changed. State regulators approved the official rules last month and will update them in about a year. [continues 954 words]
As they come of age and register to vote, Millennials-that enormous generation born since 1981 - are surging so fast they're on the verge of overtaking the Baby Boomer behemoth as a share of the California electorate. And new evidence confirms that, so far at least, the GOP is losing them. Fewer than 1 out of every 5 Millennial voters in California is registered as a Republican. Not that the Republicans' loss is the Democrats' gain. Recent voter data shows that Millennials are the driving force behind the huge growth in Californians registering with no party affiliation at all. They're also more optimistic than other generations - the latest polls show them more approving than their elders of the job the Legislature is doing, and far more supportive of the direction in which California is headed. [continues 670 words]
