Jonathan Wall spent over $500,000 building out a licensed cannabis grow in Hollister, California, only to have the property rezoned and the license effectively revoked before a single plant was grown.
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After recreational legalization in California, Wall makes a serious attempt to go legitimate. He finds a Hollister barn through a city council referral, installs 150 Gavita grow lights, commercial HVAC systems, builds a second story — spending over $500,000. The city council had cleared the license. Then, just before the lights go on and plants go in, the property is rezoned inappropriate for cannabis cultivation. Wall is certain the landlord bribed local officials; Calaveras County did the same to many operators. He's hemorrhaging $25,000 a month in rent with no recourse. The experience — combined with watching private equity firms and pharmaceutical executives colonize the legal cannabis space — kills his belief that the system will ever let him in. He pivots to scaling the illegal pipeline.
Wall spent over $500,000 building a licensed cannabis grow in Hollister, California — including 150 high-end grow lights and commercial HVAC — only to have the property rezoned and his license voided before a single plant was grown. It was a common scam: local officials took money and then pulled permits.
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