SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the vetoes of several bills over the weekend.
A push to use cannabis to help revitalize California’s struggling downtowns went up in smoke as Newsom vetoed the measure to allow Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California.
San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney authored the legislation.
It would have let local governments license cannabis shops to offer food and beverages and sell tickets to live performances.
Newsom has also vetoed a bill aimed at decriminalizing the possession and personal use of several hallucinogens, including psychedelic mushrooms.
The legislation vetoed Saturday would have allowed those 21 and older to possess psilocybin, the hallucinogenic component in what’s known as psychedelic mushrooms. It also would have covered dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and mescaline.
The bill would not have legalized the sale of the substances and would have barred any possession of the substances on school grounds. Instead, it would have ensured people are neither arrested nor prosecuted for possessing limited amounts of plant-based hallucinogens.
