LOS ANGELES — When the calendar flipped to 2025, new rules came into place for some cannabis cafe owners in the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on bill AB1775, which allows cannabis cafes to sell food that doesn’t come pre-packaged and non-alcoholic drinks.
Jay Handal owns The Woods WeHo, a dispensary that is now able to give customers the option to buy pastries and fresh coffee.
“I think it’s one of the smarter things the state has allowed in the cannabis industry,” Handal said. “It obviously increases the business because it broadens the number of people able to come here and enjoy as a community group as opposed to having to just split up, and saying, well I can’t go there cause I don’t smoke, or I can’t go there cause I don’t do THC.”…