I think this article is making a mountain out of a mole hill. I’ve visited a number of pot shops over the last couple of months (looking for pure CBD actually), and there’s plenty of buds at all of them. The supply chain is going to be inherently funky until it’s legalized on the federal level, but it’s working pretty well. The reason that illicit hasn’t been eliminated yes is both because of parts of the supply chain are still illegal, and as a result the price hasn’t dropped very far yet.
The penalty for an illegal grow of 6 plants in Sacramento County (outdoors) is a written warning on first offense.
$100 per incident thereafter.
You may find similar punishments in the other counties.
And that’s why nobody pays any attention to them.
“looking for pure CBD actually”
tons of reputable manufacturers sell pure CBD online to pretty much all comers
this is one gets consistently good reviews and is the least expensive:
https://www.lazarusnaturals.com/