GARBERVILLE — Leann Greene’s rose-colored glasses are scratched, cracked, sitting askew, but still firmly planted on her face during her latest monthly open house for the Humboldt Workforce Coalition. For three hours this Wednesday afternoon in a sunny conference room at the public library, apprehensive cannabis workers, lured by a segment on the community radio station KMUD, … [Read more...] about ‘Dream big:’ Cannabis workers search for new futures as Emerald Triangle economy withers
Humboldt County
Emerald Triangle communities were built on cannabis. Legalization has pushed them to the brink
HAYFORK — It’s shortly before 8 a.m. and a touch above freezing at the Trinity County Fairgrounds. The food bank’s February distribution won’t begin for another half hour, but the line of cars already stretches into a third row of the parking lot. Joseph Felice, his red Dodge pickup idling with the heat cranked up, arrived around 7 to secure a spot near the front — eighth, to … [Read more...] about Emerald Triangle communities were built on cannabis. Legalization has pushed them to the brink
How Cannabis Legalization Killed This Town’s Economy
The town of Garberville in Humboldt County was once the poster child for California’s green rush. Today, it’s an example of the green collapse. “The economy here has crashed,” Laura Lasseter, Director of Operations for the Southern Humboldt Business and Visitors Bureau, told SF Gate. “...The economy in Southern Humboldt is in crisis mode, and 90% of that crisis mode is because … [Read more...] about How Cannabis Legalization Killed This Town’s Economy
