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After the famed Oakland-based marijuana dispensary Harborside went public in 2019, long-term employees noticed a change within the company: a cultural shift from the activist roots of Harborside’s founders to a more buttoned-down corporate atmosphere.

They didn’t like it.

“It changed, and a lot of us left because it was no longer the same culture,” said one former Harborside staffer who requested anonymity to discuss the company history.

“The big change was that most of the family members that were involved in C-suite positions had to exit out. That was the start of the push of the legacy operators no longer being involved in operations,” the former staffer said, referring in part to Steve and Andrew DeAngelo, the longtime CEO and chief operating officer who were virtually synonymous with the company.

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