Selling Cannabis to Asians

A few years ago, State Controller Betty Yee went to the funeral of her close friend’s mother, who had died of cancer.

At the service, after prayers and eulogies had been made and the proper respect paid to the deceased, Yee’s friend stood up. Instead of more words of comfort, she issued a proclamation that shocked her mother’s straight-laced, “very conservative” family and friends.

“I just want you all to know,” she said, according to Yee’s retelling, “that my mom died really…