Supernova Women’s Down with the Taxes, Uplift the People Rally Photo Gallery
In response to the May 13 release of Governor Newsom’s 2022 California state budget, Supernova Women — an Oakland nonprofit that works to create opportunities for Black and Brown people in the cannabis space — hosted a Capitol steps “Down with the Taxes, Uplift the People” Rally and Press Conference on Thursday, June 2, 2022. Organized by chairman and executive director of Supernova Women, Amber Senter, who spearheaded the November 29, 2021 Oakland City Hall Rally and Press Conference following the vandalization and robberies of 15 licensed social equity cannabis businesses as well as the January 13, 2022 #NODRUGWARV2 Rally and Press Conference with Origins Council , Thursday’s 2 “Down with the Taxes, Uplift the People” Rally and Press Conference highlighted three urgent asks of the Governor and the Budget and Finance Committee ahead of their July 1, 2022 budget deadline: repeal the excise tax for social equity retailers across the state, reduce the excise tax to 5% for all ot...