Harborside is a California cannabis retailer founded in Oakland in 2006 by Steve DeAngelo and Dress Wedding. It opened as a nonprofit medical-cannabis patient collective and now trades as a recreational dispensary chain with stores in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose and San Leandro, plus online ordering for pickup and delivery.
Stores, licences and delivery
Harborside publishes five California retail licence numbers: C10-0000463-LIC in Oakland, C10-0000982-LIC in San Francisco, C10-0000435-LIC in San Jose, C10-0000681-LIC in San Leandro and C10-0000396-LIC in Desert Hot Springs. Delivery reaches Oakland, San Jose, Redwood City and Marin County towns including Mill Valley, Novato, San Rafael, Larkspur and Sausalito.
What the stores carry
Menus run across flower, pre-rolls, vapes, edibles, concentrates, drinks and wellness products, with third-party California brands including Alien Labs, CBX, Dimebag, Kingpen and Smokiez. The company also operates a 47-acre farm in Monterey County. Shoppers earn points through Stash Rewards, and a paid membership tier carries a standing 40% discount.
Medical-cannabis roots
Harborside was awarded one of the first six medical-cannabis licences granted in the United States. The company says it counts more than 250,000 registered customers over its history, that it was the first cannabis retailer in the country to demand rigorous product testing, the first to offer CBD-rich products, and among the first to fund education programmes for seniors and veterans.
The federal forfeiture case
In the summer of 2012, Northern District of California U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag filed civil-forfeiture actions against the landlords of Harborside's two locations in an effort to evict the dispensary. The City of Oakland backed Harborside's defence. In May 2016 the Department of Justice dropped the four-year case, and the stores stayed open throughout.
Adult-use sales
On 1 January 2018, the Oakland store sold the first gram of legal adult-use cannabis in California. Adult-use retail has run alongside medical service since, with anyone 21 or over holding valid ID able to shop.
StateHouse Holdings and receivership
Harborside's parent renamed itself StateHouse Holdings and acquired Urbn Leaf and Loudpack. On 25 September 2024 Pelorus Fund REIT, LLC began receivership proceedings in San Diego Superior Court, and a receiver was appointed by stipulation on 9 October 2024 to preserve the California business. StateHouse Holdings Inc., the Canadian parent, entered bankruptcy proceedings in Canada on 10 October 2024 and moved toward delisting from the Canadian Securities Exchange.
The receivership sale
Receiver Kevin Singer, founder of Receivership Specialists, is overseeing the disposition through San Diego brokerage Green Life Business Group. The portfolio on offer covers 11 stores under the Harborside and Urbn Leaf banners, ten of them trading, and the Harborside, Harborside Farms, Urbn Leaf, Loudpack, Kingpen, Kingroll, Smokiez, Dime Bag and Fuzzies brands.