Josh Malgieri, vice president at Sonoma Cannabis Company, checking the growth of pot plants, in Santa Rosa, Calif.
Josh Malgieri, vice president at Sonoma Cannabis Company, checking the growth of pot plants in Santa Rosa, Calif., March 15, 2017. Sonoma County has become a seedbed of cannabis experimentation, despite threats from the Trump administration to increase enforcement against recreational use. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)