Kresimir Peharda

Kresimir Peharda is a California attorney whose practice includes cannabis and marijuana law, based in Santa Monica. Admitted 30 years ago, Peharda studied law at Pepperdine Univ School of Law and Pepperdine University School of Law. Peharda additionally takes on entity formation, ownership structures and investor agreements for licensed operators, real estate matters, where distance requirements and zoning often decide whether a site is usable and capital raising and investor disclosure for cannabis ventures.

Cannabis is lawful for adults in California and commercially regulated, which means the legal questions tend to be regulatory ones: who may hold a license, what a licensed premises may do, and how state rules interact with local authority. Regulation runs through the Department of Cannabis Control. California stands out as the largest regulated market in the country, where state licenses sit on top of a separate local approval in every city and county.