By Matthew Carr The Golden State has long been the land of plenty for investors and wealth seekers.
In the mid-1800s, fortune hunters rushed to California in search of gold.
A little more than half a century later, Hollywood’s film industry was born. To this day, people flock to Los Angeles to seek their fortunes as stars on the big screen.
And since the 1980s, Silicon Valley has churned out more innovators, millionaires, billionaires and venture capitalists than almost anywhere else in the world.
But our current multibillion-dollar California dream began in 1996, when the state legalized medical marijuana. This was the first bud of the green …read more
