Cannabis Farm Navigates Pandemic Without Federal Relief Access

Deemed essential, it has supported tax revenue in California

Wellfounded Botanicals’ cannabis farm, located near Buellton, California.

Photographer: Sarah Fretwell/Bloomberg
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Crushed by plummetingBloomberg Terminal sales-tax revenue, state and local government budgets are being propped up by sales of cannabis, an industry that many states have deemed essential despite pandemic-related lockdowns.