A weekly series on the regulations operators actually deal with — Title 4, METRC, Title 16, CEQA, the citations that get written, the documents that pass inspection. We read the regs, translate them into operating practice, and show what each one looks like when it's done right. Built for Type 6 and 7 manufacturers, distributors, cultivators, and microbusinesses.
New posts ship most weeks. Each one anchors on a specific section of California cannabis regulation, explains what it actually requires, and walks through what it looks like when the documentation is real — not theater.
Every California cannabis licensee is required to reconcile METRC against physical inventory every 30 days. Almost no operator runs that cadence. Here’s what § 15051 actually requires, why the three-way reconciliation (METRC, physical, financial) is the discipline that runs the business, and what the December 2025 court ruling in Catalyst Cannabis vs. DCC means for the operators who already take the cadence seriously.
Read the postCalifornia cannabis manufacturers face DCC citations under §§ 17214–17216 constantly. Here's how the three foundational manufacturing documents — the Product Quality Plan, the Master Manufacturing Procedure, and the Batch Production Record — actually become your operational backbone when you stop treating them as paperwork.
Read the postIf a specific section of Title 4 is what you're facing — or if your documentation simply wouldn't survive an inspection — the Diagnostic is where the work starts. Two to three weeks, $7,500 fixed, and you leave with a prioritized remediation roadmap.