PROFILE

Christy Getz
Researcher
Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
Division of Society and Environment, UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
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Christy studies the political economy of food and agriculture with a focus on farm labor, governance and sustainability.
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Publications

Final Report to DCC – Cannabis Bans, Local Control, the Effects & Efficacy Of Prop 64

2024

Getz, C., Petersen-Rockney, M., Polson, M

Berkeley Cannabis Research Center

Although adult-use cannabis was legalized by state voters in 2016, more than two-thirds of localities have opted to ban its cultivation.

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Interim Report: Cannabis Bans, Local Control and the Effects and Efficacy of Proposition 64

2023

Getz, C., Petersen-Rockney, M., Polson, M.

After investigating the causes and effects of local cannabis cultivation bans, we recommend policy change.

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Smaller Cultivation & California Cannabis Policy: Recommendations for a Multi-Scale Cultivation Sector

2023

Polson, M., Bodwitch, H., Corva, D., Getz, C., Laudati, A., Petersen-Rockney, M., Runsten, D., Taylor, K.

Left unaddressed, smaller businesses and farms will likely collapse. Of all actors in the cannabis market, the impacts of this current moment rest most heavily upon smaller producers.

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First known survey of cannabis production practices

2019

Wilson, H., Bodwitch, H., Carah, J., Daane, K., Getz C., Grantham, T. E., & Butsic, V.

California Agriculture

Cannabis legalization opens opportunities to study and share best practices. Our survey of growers reveals starting points.

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Growers say cannabis legalization excludes small growers, supports illicit markets, undermines local economies

2019

Bodwitch, H., Carah, J., Daane, K. M., Getz C., Grantham, T. E., Hickey, G. M., & Wilson, H.

California Agriculture

Small cannabis farms are common. Permit licenses are not. A survey of grower incentives and economic implications of California's cannabis legalization.

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