Cannabis chair sues state treasurer to block her suspension; charges treasurer took side of out of control, vicious staffers who resent oversight
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Shannon O'Brien today sued state Treasurer Deb Goldberg to try to keep Goldberg from firing her as chair of the state Cannabis Control Commission, saying that Goldberg doesn't even have the authority to fire her, let alone because of allegedly bogus allegations of wrongdoing by staffers who don't want anyone telling them what to do. Read more.

From her filing:

Chair O'Brien soon became aware that a "playbook" existed at the [Cannabis Control Commission] where it became apparent that there was an entrenched bureaucracy at the CCC that would assert baseless allegations in order to cause lengthy internal investigations that were designed to force resignations. …

At least one CCC employee, after her appointment, informed Chair O'Brien that she would be "Hoffman 2.0."

On another occasion, in October, 2022, the Executive Director informed Chair O'Brien that he was keeping a file to use against another CCC commissioner if she "ever gave him trouble."