Sensi Magazine - Orange County (January 2020)

I ORANGE COUNTY J A N 2020

OK, BOOMER The viral phrase that’s dividing generations

UPLIFTED ORIGINAL Explore the delights of the Original Cannabis Café

NEW YEAR’S REVO LUTION Goals trump resolutions; science tells us why

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The B-Word

Setting focused goals can be exactly what you need to reset.

Is “OK, boomer” a slur, a sign of generational conflict, or just a meme-able mic drop?

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11 EDITOR’S NOTE 12 THE BUZZ News, tips, and tidbits

36 THE SCENE Hot happenings and hip

hangouts around town SECOND TO NONE The nation’s first cannabis to keep you in the loop café proves that nothing beats an original.

NEW COAT OF PAPER Erica Tanov’s botanical HIGH SOCIETY VIP wallpaper collection screening of Amazon Prime Video’s The POTTED PLANTS An Instant Aeronauts Pot cookbook for vegans HIGH PROFILE My Best Bud CALENDAR Taste and helps sick and hurting pets. explore your way through SoCal this month.

OLD TIMEY Vortic watches put history on your wrist.

28 THE LIFE Contributing to your

health and happiness TAKING A TOLL Insane cannabis taxes keep key consumers underground.

RECIPE Infused shakshuka HOROSCOPE What the numbers mean for 2020

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ORANGE COUNTY Tips and tricks for keeping your New Yearʼs “Resolutions.”

SAN DIEGO Chef Andrea Drummer dishes up exciting infused recipes at the Original Cannabis Cafe.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Breathing in the wonderful air

of renewal, turning the page that welcomes in a new chapter is what a new year signifies. This year will mark an onslaught of change, political uncertainty, a call-to-action on climate consciousness, and it’s an opportunity for us all to fix past mistakes and begin with a clean slate.

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.” T.S. Eliot’s words resonate with me. We all operate on our own frequency, and the world around us affects each one of us differently, but how lovely would it be if for a while, we could come together and unite with a common goal: live with kindness and create a sense of community.

That is what this January issue encompasses. We cover the “OK, boomer” meme—and having a sense of humor about it— basking in the first-ever original cannabis café and the culinary splendor it offers, and setting goals with intention versus getting bogged down with resolutions. Venturing down the rabbit hole of cannabis tax, we explore what the repercussions of an ever-rising cannabis tax means to the legal market.

January also touches on the importance of slow fashion, authentic designers, the potential benefits of cannabigerol for our pets, and we invite readers to get your freak on, play outdoors, and look within.

This month, while you wrap your head around the fact that yet another year has flown by, I encourage all of you to leave divisiveness behind and take 2020 as an invitation to come together as a united front.

After all, the greatest winds of change result in surrendering to the potential of possibility. Happy New Year!

Be brave, be bold, be open,

The world around us affects each one of us differently, but how lovely would it be if for a while, we could unite with a common goal.

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Fresh Look Inspired by nature, San Francisco–born designer Erica Tanov brings texture and gorgeous tones of teals, metallics, and neutrals to your home with her latest line of wallpaper and matching linens and clothing. Tanov’s Botanicus line is an expression of her love of nature and our connection to it, with silk garments, bedding, fabrics, ceramics, furniture, and wallpaper, which can be found online and at her stores in LA and San Francisco.

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nostalgia. The result is a collection that is extravagant and boasts truly beautiful color combinations with lavish depth.”

For 25 years, Tanov has explored her creativity through clothing, but it’s her lifestyle brand that lends a timeless appeal to her line of home decor. Her opulent textiles and wallpaper have a dream-like feel with fine details that deliver a certain sensitivity and thoughtfulness. Each piece is constructed with precision, utilizing high-end materials and environmental themes. Lines such as Botanicus bring joy, warmth, and a sense of belonging whether you use it in a bedroom, living area, or even a bathroom. $210–$230 per roll / shop.ericatanov.com/collections/wallpaper

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Designer Erica Tanov launches botanical wallpaper to kick off the decade lavishly.

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This vegan cookbook proves that plants and pots go together.

Nisha Vora may be one of the most brilliant and flavor-forward, down-to-earth vegan chefs youʼll come across. She has devoted her life to finding delicious, nonboring ways to make plant-based eating the greatest thing since vegan sliced bread. Though she started out as a lawyer, her story isnʼt unlike most. She worked hard, joined a legal team, but after two years realized that she wasnʼt happy. So, she threw caution to the wind, quit her job, and she and her partner backpacked around the world for six months. In that time, she gained a totally new perspective on life, which included transitioning to veganism. Not only did Vora adjust her own lifestyle, she started blogging about it, learning the art of food photography, and launched a highly successful platform sharing her thoughts, her poems, her musings, and her recipes for living an intentional life.

The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook features 90 recipes meant to be made in an Instant Pot pressure cooker and includes cooking tips and cooking guides. Between the YouTube tutorials, brand partnerships, and overall awareness raised around the joy of cooking, Vora is doing more than making plant-based eating appealing. Sheʼs making it downright gorgeous and practical.

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THE BUZZ

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This pet wellness company is doing so much to ensure the wellness of animals.

My Best Bud co-founders, Irena medicine that maximizes the enRaskin and Irena Hauser (the two tourage effect to successfully treat Irenas), are serial entrepreneurs arthritis, neurologic disease and with backgrounds in aerospace endisorders, anxiety, spinal or brain gineering, biomedical science, and trauma, and other health conditions. biochemistry as well as law. My Best The products are also free of toxins Bud offers scientifically formulated, and additives. “Pet owners most pharmaceutical grade, cannabis-de- commonly tell us that our products rived health and wellness products offer significant relief and return made specifically for animals. their pets back to their former Working with leading veterinary selves. At My Best Bud, we want medicine specialists, its core misnothing less than to revolutionize sion is to advance cannabis-derived pet wellness,� says Raskin. Commit16 SOU T HE R N CA LI FO R NIA

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My Best Bud offers three CBD-toTHC product ratios: 20:1, 4:1, and 1:1, available in 15 mL and 30 mL bottles.

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Every new year means growth for Shyanne (our daughter), and new experiences for us (my husband, Shyanne, and me) like travel, learning new things with each other, our friends, and for ourselves.

This will be a milestone year for me. My daughter turns 18 and starts college, my one son will be starting high school, I’m turning 50, and I’m looking forward to new opportunities in my career and volunteering my time.

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Having peace about all areas of my life, an internal peace that is immovable by external circumstances, evident in the way I live my life. I hope it will shine through me and into others—that’s what I’m looking forward to most.

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The Race For Potus

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It’s going to be a strange and curious ride.

If you have a pulse, you know we’re in the throes of a rather colorful—and heated—presidential race for 2020.

It’s hard to ignore the many things happening in our nation’s political arena, so rather than focus on the chaos, let’s take a look at some of the Democratic candidates and how they stand on one particular issue: marijuana and cannabis legalization.

With 11 states that have fully legal markets and Illinois just joining the ranks, the topic of legalization is one of great debate. Looking at a breakdown done by politico.com, these Democratic candidates have a spectrum of thought on the topic. Despite believing that marijuana/cannabis is a “gateway drug,” former Vice President Joe Biden supports it being downgraded to a Schedule II of the Substance Abuse Act and decriminalizing it at the federal level, though states could still prosecute its use as a punishable offense. Indiana’s mayor of South Bend, Pete Buttigieg, is a strong supporter of legalizing, as is Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, New Jersey senator Cory Booker, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

“We will take executive action to de-schedule and legalize marijuana nationwide and expunge as many prior marijuana-related convictions as possible,” wrote the Sanders campaign in response to a questionnaire supplied to all presidential candidates on what executive actions they would commit to. Warren wrote on prospect.org, “I support delisting marijuana as a Schedule I drug to limit federal intervention when states have already legalized marijuana … I also support the full legalization of marijuana and restorative justice for those unjustly jailed for marijuana crimes.” Her office confirmed that this was an endorsement of administrative de-scheduling.

Cannabis has become too big to ignore in terms of its economic impact, its health benefits as an alternative to opioids, and use as an agriculture necessity. From food to medicine to pet wellness to stress relief, cannabis is here to stay, and we’re well on our way to changing the stigma.

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ew Year’s resolutions are the thing everyone either anticipates or dreads. The promise of resetting after a month (or three) of overeating, letting the gym membership collect ample cobwebs due to its neglect, and indulging in sweets, cannabis, alcohol, or whatever else you’re into can be what leads to the urgency of a total body, mind, soul reset.

So, does fasting for a week or promising to hit that boot camp you’ve been eyeing really translate into life-changing results?

Not so much, but creating a goal and taking all the necessary steps to get there absolutely can be the difference between proclamation and action.

According to motivational speaker Brian Tracy, setting goals is mandatory if you want to see results in your life. Author of more than 70 books on subjects ranging from productivity to public speaking, Tracy has become the resource for getting things in order—mentally, personally, and professionally. On his website (briantracy.com), Tracy lays out six steps of why setting goals is paramount to your life’s journey.

“Goals help you measure success, stay motivated, keep you focused, help you beat procrastination, achieve more, and determine what you want in life. It is, therefore, the act of setting, achieving, and surpassing goals that makes living your best life possible.”

During the days when her show ruled the airwaves, Oprah

introduced a concept of vision boards and manifesting the life you want. Her advice was to create a vision board with specific goals, wants, and successes. The thought process behind making a vision board is steeped in the law of attraction; that if you manifest it, you can attract it. While this is definitely not a practice that science will confirm as reliable and true, it caused a wave of people around the world setting specific goals and putting photos of things they wanted to attain on a board hoping to make those ideas a reality. Photos of supermodel bodies, a winning lotto ticket, your dream house, a new car, a happy family, whatever the ultimate “thing” you wanted to obtain in life, it was on that board. To this day people are firm believers in the power of vision boards.

According to an article written by psychotherapist Amy Morin in Inc. magazine, vision boards hinder more than help. “While my anecdotal evidence shows that vision boards backfire, research also shows that focusing on attaining your goal—as opposed to the effort it will take to succeed—will increase your chances of failure. There are a multitude of studies that show athletes, students, and musicians perform worse when they visualize themselves succeeding, as opposed to visualizing themselves going through the steps it takes to succeed.”

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someone will expend energy trying to turn their fantasy into a reality. “Positive thinking only works when it’s combined with positive action,” Morin writes in Inc. So why set goals versus making New Year’s resolutions? Let’s start with the reason we all make resolutions in the first place. Most of the time we make resolutions because we’re tired of a certain part of our lives. We’ve made promises to ourselves to diet consistently, work out five days a week (to look like we did when we were 18 and had no stress), eat more healthily (avoiding that trough of nachos), practice meditation (we swear we’ll do 10 to 20 minutes a day), stop falling in love with every person we meet (because, you know, Tinder), and not drink as much (because the year of drinking benders caught up to us), etcetera, etcetera. We make grand declarations, and we’re convinced this is the year we’ll stick with it and not quit—but sadly, studies show quitting usually happens before January ends. Yah, we’re not so great at resolutions.

In an article written in Lifehack. org by Daniel Wallen, he informs readers that 12 percent of people making resolutions will actually see them through. In doing the math, by his estimation, roughly 156 million people will give up their resolutions long before January sees its midpoint. Wallen’s piece makes some valid points.

“You’re treating a marathon like a sprint,” Wallen warns. “Start with something easy like committing to drinking more water that first week of the new year, and build from there.” In that same article he also reminds readers

We make grand declarations, and we’re convinced this is the year we’ll

stick with it

and not quit—but sadly, studies show quitting usually happens before January ends.

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that the only way to defeat doubt is to believe in yourself. In other words, take your time, have realistic expectations and don’t assume you can change every bad eating or workout habit instantaneously. Instead, try applying a Mister Miyagi–like mindset. Remember, the karate kid—Daniel-san—had to wax on and wax off a whole lot before he could successfully kick the Cobra Kai’s ass. Well, until the reboot anyway.

“Habits seem to be more than behaviors—they seem to be part of who we are,” writes Julie Layton on science.howstuffworks. com. “Changing a habit is never that simple. If it were, overeaters would all be thin, alcoholics would never relapse, and everyone would be up early enough to eat a healthy breakfast before work.”

So, this month while you faithfully commit to making changes, try setting goals instead. Once you know what you want, write down all the steps it’s going to take to make those goals a reality and start there. Lastly, don’t be in a hurry. The mindset of self-improvement is a day-by-day process and respecting that while making daily strides will lead you to being the best possible you imaginable.

Now go. Set the hell out of those goals.

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Is “OK, BOOMER” a slur, a sign of increasing generational conflict, or just a meme-able mic drop?

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aitlin Fisher, an Ohio writer who describes herself as “queer as hell, autistic, prone to sudden outbursts of encouragement” and a lover of avocados, cats, plants, and soy chai lattes, released a new book this year, The Gaslighting of the Millennial Generation, based on a blog post by the same name that caught Twitter’s fancy and went viral in 2016. “The millennial generation has been tasked with fixing the broken system we inherited and chastised for not doing it right or daring to suggest improvements,” she wrote in the original post. “If you think we’re doing a bad job, ask yourself how it got this way in the first place.”

For Fisher, “OK, boomer”—the catch phrase that has surfaced as a way to dismiss stubborn, intolerant older folks—is nothing new. “We live in a meme culture, and this is a viral punchline,” she says. “It’s the new ‘whatever,’ a mic drop of, ‘I’m not dealing with this anymore.’”

Most boomers were blissfully unaware of the phrase “OK, boomer” until this fall, when a 25-year-old member of the New Zealand Parliament let it fly during a speech about climate change and the New York Times ran a “Style” section piece on it. Nearly every mainstream media outlet followed suit. Establishment boomers, publicly butt-hurt, declared intergenerational war, culminating in 60-year-old radio host Bob Lonsberry calling the phrase “the n-word of ageism” in a tweet he later deleted. Reaction was swift, fierce, JANUARY 2020

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TALKING ’BOUT MY GENERATION Pundits break US generations into generally accepted categories, though thereʼs hardly universal agreement about when one ends and the next begins. Age can be a powerful predictor of attitudes and behaviors because it denotes where someone was in their lifecycle during specific time periods and historical events. “Boomers” born after 1960 were toddlers during Woodstock and Vietnam and are more likely to identify with The Breakfast Club, not The Big Chill. And the lines between millennials and Gen Z are as fluid as its members. They share a lot of characteristics and have quite a bit in common with their great-grandparentsʼ generation as well.

GREATEST GENERATION: 1901–1925 Conservative, security-oriented, grew up in Depression and came of age during WWII SILENT GENERATION: 1925–1945 Thrifty, moral, conformist, patriotic, came of age as America became a superpower BABY BOOMERS: 1946–1964 Indulged, self-centered, iconoclastic, goal-centric, competitive, came of age during post-WWII boom GENERATION X: 1965–1980 Freedom-loving, family-oriented, multicultural, jaded, grew up as latch key kids after Watergate and Vietnam MILLENNIALS (A.K.A. GEN Y): 1981–1996 Technological, independent, image-driven, open-minded, ethnically diverse, grew up during peaceful times but lost innocence to 9/11, Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, and the Great Recession

GENERATION Z: 1997–2012 Traditional, family- and security-oriented, image-driven, open-minded, collaborative, most diverse (52% non-Hispanic whites), grew up with global terrorism, school shootings, smartphones, and social media

and often hilarious. “You can’t say that, #boomer is our word,” @JazzHendrix tweeted. “But you can say booma.”

Though new to the mainstream media, #OKBoomer has been around awhile. Its first recorded use is in 2015 on 4chan, and it made its way to Reddit by 2017, according to Know Your Meme. In 2018, it erupted in a flurry of tweets responding to politicians criticizing millennials and their successors, Gen Zs, and it’s now a Twitter and Reddit standby.

On the subReddit r/BoomerTears, 17,400 members post “any sour or garbage logic from boomers explaining why they’re special or complaining.” #BoomerAdvice, blasting out-oftouch words of wisdom from you know who, trends pretty regularly on Twitter. And of course, there’s a viral TikTok of a white-haired boomer ranting while a teenager scribbles “OK, Boomer” (flanked with hearts) on his notebook as well as an “OK, booomer” song that has spawned 4,000 TikToks.

Hoodies, t-shirts, phone cases, and stickers emblazoned with the phrase are available on Redbubble and Spreadshirt.

This is not your father’s generation gap; memes

like “OK, boomer” spread exponentially faster in 4G. “We can talk to people across the world, and we have the power to create whole new movements and share information really fast,” Fisher says. “Teenagers are no longer rolling their eyes at the dinner table. Now, teenagers are joining the revolution.”

WHAT IS THIS REVOLUTION? Millennials—along with their predecessors, Gen X, and successors, BEFORE IT WAS OK Gen Z—are angry. And The term baby boomer was first used in a 1963 whether they deserve it Salt Lake City Tribune or not, boomers are takarticle about the spike ing the blame for social of births that occurred and historical factors that during the decade following World War II. haven’t been kind to the generations that followed them. Boomers got college degrees “for the price of a McChicken,” according to one Redditor, while millennials are strapped with record student loan debt. The climate crisis and the rising tide of nationalism, inequality, and economic uncertainty all happened under the boomers’ watch. They elected Donald Trump.

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decades have seen and known what is coming but have decided that it is more politically expedient to keep it behind closed doors? My generation and the generations after me do not have that luxury,” Chlöe Swarbrick told the New Zealand Parliament in her climate speech just before she dropped the OK bomb.

Even more maddening, boomers won’t acknowledge that younger generations are being forced to operate in a completely different economy, without the equity and safeguards boomers had and with huge fear about the future. “The world is just different,” says 30-yearold Lindsey Turnbull, who owns an empowerment company for teen and tween girls, MissHeard Media. “We need the adults to acknowledge that and not brush kids’ very real worries off as hormones.”

These millennials are quick to point out that not every boomer is a “boomer” (thank God!).

And furthermore, anyone who is intolerant to new ideas and unwilling to unlearn their biases can be “OK, boomered.”

It’s more about attitude than ageism.

“I know how exhausting it can be to debate with people, especially online, who are really adamant

about not seeing another point of view,” says Turnbull. “‘OK, boomer’ just says you’re not wasting all that time and emotional energy trying to come up with a well-thought-out response when the person on the other side doesn’t listen.”

hoarded all the wealth and polluted the planet in the process; they haven’t had to witness—or deal with the ramifications of—old age and precarity for millions of working people in that generational cohort,” he writes in the Guardian. “Instead they get to revel without self-reflection in oedipal TRENDING ON angst about their elders— WHITE TWITTER many of whom were kind One of the biggest issues many people see with this enough to pass them their ill-gotten privileges.” meme-inspired revoluFisher doesn’t distion is that its guerrillas agree. “It’s important to tend to be of a type—upacknowledge that ‘OK, per-middle-class white youth—and they’re com- boomer’ is about priviplaining about issues like leged older people, baby boomers in Congress who lack of economic opporkeep voting to give themtunity and silencing that people of color have been selves pay raises but don’t dealing with for centuries. want poor older people to have affordable health Black Twitter sees #Okcare,” she says. “While Boomer as nothing more than disrespect for elders. we’re fighting against the “White Brogressives never ‘royal boomer’ we can’t cared about income ineq- ignore the needs of older uity when it was just black people in our communities. Ageism is really serior brown folks on the ous. There’s elder abuse, wrong end of it,” @Wonderbitch82 posted. and medical debt is bankBhaskar Sunkara, found- rupting older Americans. er of Jacobin magazine and We can’t point to all older author of The Socialist Mani- people and say they are the problem the way they festo: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme point to our generation and say we are the probInequality, believes white lem. We have to open up upper middle-class youth the conversation.” who find themselves shut The conversation opens out of the housing market up for Turnbull, who lives and exploited by the gig economy should aim their angst at investment bankers, not boomers. “These young people are surrounded by baby boomers who’ve

in Washington, DC, when she mingles with people of all ages during political marches and protests.

But in many places in the US, opportunities for cross-generational conversation are becoming rare as children are shunted into age-based sports and activities while the elderly are sent to care facilities, says Timiko Tanka, an associate professor of sociology at James Madison University. “As is said in an African proverb, ‘It takes a village to raise a child,’” she says. “But today, many children are growing up without such a community.”

Tanka says intergenerational care centers, which are starting to crop up across the country, have been proven to be useful in reducing age-based prejudice and stereotyping. In her Social Gerontology course, students spend at least 20 hours interacting and becoming comfortable with elderly people—so comfortable that by the end of the semester, they’re playing cards together. Schools, care facilities, and municipal governments need to create more opportunities for people to share different perspectives, she says. “‘OK, boomer’ is a warning that we need to find a bridge, not a wall, and have meaningful conversation,” says Tanka.

Generationalism: the systematic appeal to the concept of generation in narrating the social and political as a way of explaining political and social shifts.

SOURCE: Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict by Jenny Bristow (2015)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robyn Griggs Lawrence is the author of the bestselling Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook and the recently released Pot in Pans: A History of Eating Cannabis.

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Soaring Prices How the increased California cannabis tax could make the black market far too opportunistic.

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This month California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) opted to raise the cannabis tax once again.

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effective January 1, 2020, the mark-up rate will be set at an astounding 80 percent.

“The role of the CDTFA is to administer the law, educate taxpayers, and ensure the

proper amount of tax is collected.

Proposition 64, as approved by voters, requires a 15 percent excise tax on the gross receipts of cannabis sales.

That 15 percent excise tax rate re-

mains unchanged.

When implementing the proposition, the legislature moved the incidence of the tax from the retailer to the distributor, requiring CDTFA to determine the av-

erage markup rate every six months,” says Casey Wells of the CDTFA Office of Public Affairs.

The CDTFA went on to say, “The purpose of the markup is to have the actual tax

addition, I request CDTFA to provide the analysis used to justify the newly adjusted cultivation tax rates.”

He goes on to add, “Legal cannabis business are in critical need of fewer taxes, not more. The past two years, members of the legislature focused intensely on protecting the vulnerable legal market.” The letter concludes with Lackey identifying that the mark-up match the 15 permonth period (as rates, tax increascent gross receipts is allowed per veres, and outrageous rate approved by biage in Prop 64). business costs envoters. After anaThe steady increase courage businesses lyzing thousands is what leads to to avoid the legal of transactions in more black market market altogether. the state’s Track opportunism. State According to the and Trace system, Assemblyman Tom CDTFA, “Total tax CDTFA analysts Lackey agrees. In revenue reported have determined an open letter to by the cannabis that the required CDTFA Director industry is $163.5 markup rate for the Nicolas Maduros, million for third period beginning Lackey writes, “I quarter returns January 1, 2020, is am requesting the due by October 31, 80 percent.”

CDTFA to provide 2019. This does While the state its analysis of state- not include tax website cites that wide market data revenue collected the explanation to justify the new by each jurisdicfor the increase 80 percent wholetion. Previously is based on inflasale mark-up rate reported revenue tion, it seems that of cannabis sales for 2nd quarter is an astronomical set to go into effect 2019 returns was hike in a short six- January 1, 2020. In revised to $156.9

“Widening the price disparity gap between illicit and regulated products will further drive consumers to the illicit market at a time when illicit products are demonstrably putting people’s lives at risk.”

—California Cannabis Industry Association statement in response to the CDTFA tax increase

million, which included $75.8 million in cannabis excise tax, $22.9 million in cultivation tax, and $58.2 million in sales tax. Revisions to quarterly data are the result of amended and late returns, and other tax return adjustments. Since January 2018, total program revenue to date is $845.3 million, which includes $411.3 million in cannabis excise tax, $98.9 million in cultivation tax, and $335.1 million in sales tax.”

Additional tax increases are added to the already high sales tax Californians are paying.

While living in this gorgeous state is wonderful, the taxes we pay can leave a horrid taste in your mouth and give a sucker punch to your bank account. In fact, according to communitytax.com, California’s top marginal income tax rate of 13.3 perJANUARY 2020

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cent is the highest in the country.

(Cue jaw drop.)

Now add an additional 11 to 15 percent on top of that for cannabis taxes, and what once was a $10 purchase quickly becomes double the price.

What that means in layman terms is not only will the cannabis retail tax be increased, the increase in the cultivation tax means the following change: flower will be 40 cents per dry-weight ounce, leaves will be 12 cents per dryweight ounce, plant will be 6 cents per ounce.

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Cannabis Industry Association is outraged. “As California’s regulated market spirals towards collapse from taxes on cannabis consumers, local bans, onerous regulations, slow growth, and a thriving illicit market, we believe that the CDTFA’s decision to increase tax burdens on compliant cannabis operators is counter to developing a safe industry. Widening the price disparity gap between illicit and regulated products will further drive consumers to the illicit market at a time when

illicit products are demonstrably putting people’s lives at risk.” The CCIA continues, “We encourage the Administration

and the Legislature to reconsider this decision and to partner with the industry on comprehensive policies that allow the

As of 2018, California’s top marginal income rate is

regulated cannabis market to survive under these dire circumstances.”

As the repercussions of the tax increase plays out, we will continue to inform readers on how to navigate through the costly cannabis terrain. cdtfa.ca.gov

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THE LIFE RECIPE

MEET THE CHEF Andrea Drummer is a world-class Le Cordon Bleu–trained chef and a pioneering leader in the culinary and cannabis industries. She is the impetus behind the Original Cannabis Cafe.

Chef Drummer has appeared in Netflix originals Chelsea Does! and Cooking on High. Sheʼs currently the editor of cannabismd.com. She was recently named a Top-Ten Cannabis Chef by digital magazine GreenState.

Shakshuka Fusion Serves: 6 / 11.6 mg cannabis per serving

Dishing with Drummer Taste this fresh take on a traditional Mediterranean dish.

TEXT DAWN GARCIA RECIPE ANDREA DRUMMER

Shakshuka (SHOCK-shoo-kah) was born centuries ago and has flavors that speak of comfort, warmth, and robustness.

Traditionally the dish is made with slow poached egg in a tomato bath, with chili peppers, garlic, cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg. Over time and through culinary interpretations, shakshuka has become a popular vegetarian option. Drummer has taken this Mediterranean staple one step further by infusing it with cannabis.

1 teaspoon rosemary minute. (chopped finely) • Add the rosemary and ¼ cup olive oil ½ tablespoon soy chorizo. Cook until 1 teaspoon cannabis oil tomato powder chorizo is firm. Stir 2 Thai chili peppers (or substitute frequently.

1 small yellow onion ½ tablespoon of • Add diced tomatoes, (chopped) tomato paste) along with ½ cup of 5 cloves of garlic Crusty bread for water and tomato (minced) serving powder.

1 teaspoon ground cumin • Reduce heat to INST RUCT IONS medium, simmer, and ½ tablespoon • In a large saucepot, paprika stir occasionally until heat the olive and ½ tablespoon slightly thickened. cannabis oils on smoked paprika • Crack eggs over the medium high heat.

1 tube soy chorizo sauce and cover.

• Add chopped chili (Trader Joe’s brand) Cook until whites are peppers and onions; 1 can (28 ounces) cooked through and cook until soft and diced tomatoes, the yolks are set. slightly golden. un-drained • Serve with crusty • Add cumin, paprika, Kosher salt to taste. bread and enjoy! smoked paprika, ½ cup diced potatoes and garlic; cook for 1 (cooked al dente) INGREDIENTS

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mona Van Joseph has been predicting the potential of her clients since 2002. She is an author and columnist who hosts Psychic View Radio weekly. mona.vegas

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ANNUAL FOURCAST

The number 2020 vibes to the number four. How will that affect the coming year?

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The sum of the numbers of the last year of the decade is four. Four is the number of foundation and structure.

This is the year of establishing your legacy. Wills, trusts, inheritances, and the settling of old affairs will be a priority. The faster any pending legal issues are concluded, the better it will be for you moving forward.

This is where you leave your home each day with the vibration that things are squared away.

Do not worry about those people who haven’t taken care of their issues; just gently remind them that you are

taking care of yours.

This is not a time of preaching what you know to be right for you. Wait until you are asked for your advice. Each of us knows what’s right for us (if we are still enough to relax into our spirit).

Think of the things and people around you as treasures.

They are your foundation for the upcoming years.

This decade is ending on the vibration of setting things in order, so that means that you are establishing the energy for the next decade (beginning in 2021) with the structure of what you set in place in 2020.

Also, 2020 can be considered a “Master Year,” because of the number 22.

It resonates with the master builder, so think of large projects where the attention to detail is respected, honored, and celebrated. The number 22 is also the only master number where its digits can be multiplied or added together to reach the sum of four. Because the energy revolves around setting things in order, you will find that your awareness of what’s most important will be what attracts your attention.

Some cultures resist the number four

in the same way we avoid the number 13.

In languages such as Mandarin and Japanese, the word “four” sounds identical to the word for “death.” In this case, however, that death is not an actual ending of life; it is the end of irresponsibility. It is the freedom that comes from being disciplined enough to plan, from here, your future.

The year 2020 will be one for checking the details of everything before making any decision and not a year of shortcutting anything.

Purge away any old, unused items and sage your home on New Year’s Day

(or as close to the beginning of the month as possible).

It’s a lovely ritual to cleanse away any negativity from the previous year.

Have flat surfaces in your home become a cluttered menagerie where dust bunnies lurk?

Then it’s time to get rid of that clutter. Even those clothes that still have the tags on them could be returned or donated to an organization that helps people restart their lives.

THINK OF THE THINGS AND PEOPLE AROUND YOU AS TREASURES. THEY ARE YOUR FOUNDATION FOR THE UPCOMING DECADE.

See your individual astrology forecast for January 2020 at vegasastrology.com, and download the Dice Wisdom app to keep you focused on what’s most important to your spirit in 2020.

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No More Smoke Screen The nation’s first cannabis café is groundbreaking.

The term original cannabis café is unique because in the United States, there is only one location that can proudly claim that title in the last 100 years and it’s Lowell Cafe, newly renamed the Original Cannabis Cafe.

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in a new era and taking the lead on a long overdue movement toward cannabis’ acceptance as a regular part of living, dining, and overall wellness.

“Since we opened, our guests and employees have colloquially referred to the restaurant as the Cannabis Cafe, when talking about us to their friends

and on social media. We’re excited to make the name change official as we focus on the community,” says Ami Gan, VP of marketing and communications.

Owned by Chef Andrea Drummer, social activist Renee Nahum, and 710 Labs and Famous Farms, the café broke barriers when the city of

West Hollywood greenlit its opening and allowed the first cannabis consumption restaurant license to be issued. West Hollywood is an advocate for creating unique experiences for locals and travelers alike and Cannabis Cafe falls in line with that vision. The city created eight cannabis consumption

licenses, working directly with county and state officials to ensure every license was above board and fully compliant. Out of 300 applicants, Cannabis Cafe is the first business in the United States that has been granted a fully legal cannabis consumption license.

The Original Cannabis Cafe is

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incredibly special not only because it’s the first mainstream cannabis café coloring the LA landscape with a cutting-edge concept, it’s serving cuisine crafted by the very talented Chef Drummer, whose culinary renderings rival some of the best restaurants in town, including her impressive plantbased dishes.

“This important social and historical establishment should belong to the cannabis community and industry, not any single cannabis corporation. By no longer being branded with a single company, our Cannabis Cafe will focus on its goal of presenting our diners with as diverse a range as possible of cannabis from small independent growers and entrepreneurs,” Drummer says.

The experience begins the moment you pull into the parking lot, where a valet greets you, parks your car, and directs you toward the café entrance. The

exterior is warm and inviting with mixed mediums of wood, concrete, and foliage, and the cannabis plumes dancing through the air set the stage for an unforgettable experience.

The interior design of the café is much like a well-imagined cinematic scene.

The space itself tells a story from the exposed brick to the living wall to an extraordinary use of vintage pieces. There are old radios and telephones inserted amid shelves of living plants and streetlamps that once lit streets over a century ago. There are hand-painted tiles that have both a Spanish and Moroccan feel, spray-painted vintage rails that surround tufted rounds and ample seating, sustainably sourced wooden accents, and walls and walls of blackand-white photos inspired by Prohibition, including shots of Mick Jagger and David

Bowie. It is inspiring and cozy while creating a sense that you’ve entered into another world where cannabis menus and cool people were always the norm.

The Original Cannabis Cafe offers a flower menu that a tableside flower host will thoroughly go over to help you choose from more than 100 strains of cannabis cultivated by more than 45 growers. The flower menu also includes infused drinks, including Kikoko teas, CBD honey shots, packs, and singles from brands like Good Brands, Centurion

EAT, SIP, REPEAT Chef Andrea Drummerʼs fare is a pleasant departure from a typical LA lunch.

I sat down with Ami Gan to try Kikoko Tranquili-tea canna-tea (3 mg THC), Kikiko Chill CBD-infused honey (10 mg CBD), the baby kale salad (served with toasted walnuts, local figs, goat cheese, mango citrus vinaigrette, and hemp oil), and the Seriously Better Than Vegan, Vegan Nachos (cauliflower meat, black beans, follow-your-heart cheese sauce, red onion, guacamole, pico de gallo, and house chips (I substituted fries for the chips).

If you want to feel bliss, order this secret menu item: the fries in place of traditional chips made this so indulgent we polished off every last bite.

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A BUSTLING LUNCH Guests come in droves to dine, smoke, and enjoy at the bar, in the dining room, and on the outdoor patio.

Extracts, The Cure Company, Pure Beauty, Lola Lola Cannabis, Candescent, LAKush, 710 Labs, and more.

The flower menu is just as carefully and thoughtfully laid out as the dining menu, setting the standard of service in a brand-new field of hospitality.

When it comes to hunger, Chef Drummer has your back—and your stomach, and your many food preferences. The menu is very much like a culinary dance from light

and airy to rich and hearty— from gorgeous salads sourced from local farms, paying tribute to the commitment to farm-to-table cuisine, to nachos, smash burgers, vegan Banh Mi, or the Fruity Pebbles bread pudding.

The flavor profiles span the gamut but by no means take the sophisticated palate of Angelenos for granted. Every dish is beautifully put together, and Drummer has so effortlessly curated plates that not only

pair seamlessly with cannabis should you partake, but they all stand alone as exceptional in taste, texture, presentation, and a clear love of cooking.

Her expertise in the kitchen is evident in every bite.

While revolutionizing the cannabis and culinary industries, Original Cannabis Cafe is ushering in even more for the canna-curious to enjoy in the coming months, including brunch service as well as yoga, live music,

and comedy shows.

Be sure to check the website for an updated calendar of events.

Original Cannabis Cafe | 1201 North La Brea, LA | HOURS: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily cannabis.cafe @ogcannabiscafe @canna_queen71

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Up and Away Amazon Prime Video launched the original film The Aeronauts with a premier VIP screening in Los Angeles. The evening took guests back to 1862 with its old Victorian Fair. The evening included popcorn carts, a tarot card reader, the Sweet Shoppe, hot air balloon rides, an apothecary bar, and a science experiment tent. The movie was shown on three outdoor screens, including a state-of-the-art, first-of-its-kind 20-foot LED screen wrapped 360 degrees around a second hot air balloon. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, The Aeronauts is a beautiful film full of adventure and thrills.

Its story shows the origins of meteorology, made possible by early scientists who dared to explore nature from new heights.

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TASTE OC Vegan Fest Jan. 5, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

The Yost Theater Parking Lot, Santa Ana Free Info on Eventbrite

Variety is the best way to experience SoCal. TEXT ELI DUPIN WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY SUSAN HORNIK

Southern California has never been a boring place to live, and the ample opportunity to awaken many of the curiosities you have without judgment is one of its most endearing qualities. This month, you’re invited to get creative with what you eat, to stop making excuses, to let your freak flag fly, and to usher in a new year with sheer determination and an open mind.

Top 5 Healthiest Foods Class Jan. 14, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Wine Vault & Bistro, San Diego $45 katieshealingkitchen.com

Learn how to cook with five of the healthiest foods on

the planet. Class includes a cooking demo, full dinner, and a recipe packet.

San Diego Restaurant Week Jan. 19–26 Various restaurants, San Diego $10–$60 sandiegorestaurantweek.com

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Pacific Symphony Plays Mozart with Dennis Kim & Benjamin Smolen Jan. 19, 3 p.m.

Soka Performing Arts Center, Aliso Viejo soka.edu $45–$85

The Dandelions Call to Me: The Diego. This is an offers a strong, ambi- will appeal to those Living History of Terezin affordable way to try tious, and supportive who seek out all a diverse range of cuisine from Argentinian to gluten-free and during this special restaurant week, the flavors of the city will come to life.

community of women working together and identifying three goals: personal, political and business, and getting honest feedback.

CULTURE

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Têˇt Festival Jan. 24–26 OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa tetfestival.org

Jan. 11, 1:30–3:30 p.m.

Yoga Shakti Studio, Irvine $45 yogashaktistudio.com

Jan. 6–Feb 3, 3–6 p.m.

Virtual sessions $197 do-the-damn-thing.com

Jan. 22, 4:30–6 p.m.

Seuss Room, Geisel Library, San Diego calendar.ucsd.edu

Fun Home Jan. 31–Mar. 1 Chance Theater, Anaheim chancetheater.com

This Tony Award– winning musical is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel.

The Czech town of Terezin was a unique cultural hotbed of music, visual arts, and poetry among Nazi ghettos and camps during WWII. This event will celebrate

Boomshaka 2020 Music Festival

Tê´t Nguyên Đán, is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. This festival will honor Vietnamese traditions and culture.

Do the Damn Thing

things weird. From taxidermy, preserved specimens, original artwork, antiques, handcrafted oddities, quack medical devices, clothing, jewelry, skulls, bones, and so much more, you can get your freak on and you’ll be in strange and unusual company.

the remarkable and contrasting community that offered benevolence at a horrid time in history.

Jan. 18, 7 p.m. to midnight Pechanga Arena, San Diego $90 irationmusic.com

The Oddities & Curiosities Expo Jan. 18, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Del Mar Fairgrounds, San Diego $10–$180 odditiesandcuriositiesexpo.com

This five-week accountability session For the hyper for feminist creatives curious, this expo

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he acronyms CBD and THC have become commonplace, so when a new one hits the market, it stirs a healthy curiosity. Revered as the “mother of all cannabinoids,” cannabigerol (CBG) is not as well-known as its siblings, yet it still can contribute a great deal in terms of the medicinal benefits of cannabis. But what exactly is it?

While it may seem complicated, CBG acid (CBGA) is produced as a precursor of THCA, CBDA, and CBCA. Cannabis enzymes turn CBGA into THCA, CBDA, or CBCA, then decarboxylate them (activate them through light/heat). This removes the acidity and breaks them down into THC, CBD,

or CBC. After decarboxylation, the remaining CBGA converts to CBG, so CBG tends to be more abundant in low-THC cannabis.

In order to maintain high levels of CBG during the plant’s maturation process, farmers are now breeding specific strains so the buds have high amounts of CBGA. Like CBD and others components found in cannabis, CBG is still being studied, but the results so far are very promising. As a nonpsychoactive cannabinoid, its benefits aren’t just useful for us, they’re particularly appealing for our pets. There are several conditions CBG can potentially treat in our beloved pets, including neurological

diseases, skin disorders or infections, chronic pain, bone repair, high blood pressure, and inflammation.

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Cannabigerol provides many benefits directly, but a significant amount of those come from the synergy between cannabinoids. It is an exciting development in the market and one that could offer a better quality of life for our pets, and for us as well.

The Sensi Advisory Board comprises select industry leaders in a variety of fields, from education to cultivation. They are invited to share specialized insight in this dedicated section.

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Feeling Bleu Find inspiration with an art deco–inspired jewelry line by a California native.

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piece could change an outfit intoxicated her imagination. Years later, Light-Caba created her own line of jewelry that brings

old Hollywood glamour to modern-day fashionistas.

Inspired by the craftsmanship and materials used in the 1940s to the 1960s, Brooklyn Bleu Vintage’s Gatsby line has caught the attention of young celebrities such as Zendaya Coleman and big-named department stores such as Macy’s. Light-Caba was adamant that her designs comprised American-made materials, down to the crystals and rhodium-plated metals. Her creations have adorned denim and red-carpet evening gowns alike.

Brooklyn Bleu began in Light-Caba’s Brooklyn brownstone where she would host private shopping events for friends and family to showcase her designs. As her collection expanded, she began doing weekend flea market events throughout Brooklyn. In 2011, a two-week pop-up at the Chelsea Market turned into a full-time lease agreement for more than eight years.

By 2019, Light-Caba secured another pop-up at Topshop’s 5th Avenue location, where she broke concession records, becoming the number-two concessionaire at the store. That led to the Macy’s Los Angeles pop-up, inevitably securing her brick-and-mortar retail shop, The Oculus, located in the World Trade Center.

Light-Caba is excited for what’s ahead. “This year, Brooklyn Bleu will be launching its multimedia platform, which will include tutorials, fashion tips, and education on vintage maintenance and restoration,” she says.

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