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Dear friends and community,

Please consider making a donation to Ron Leggett to help rebuild his small equity owned business that was targeted by armed robbers over the weekend of May 30th to June 1st. The robbers were operating under the cover of protests and looting that was happening in Oakland and surrounding cities.  

Ron’s business was broken into twice during these protests within 24 hours and it was a total loss of assets, but more importantly devastating to Ron and his family as they have worked so hard to build this business to provide wonderful service to his customers and community

Because the police did not respond, the robbers had all the time they needed to breach all security measures in place, and therefore cleaned him out. He has nothing left except a few small boxes of important business documents and his Oaksterdam diplomas.  

Ron has been a vital part of our community. He is a former firefighter, founder of the Oakland Food Pantry, a husband, and a dad who is struggling to save his small equity owned business.

Ron has put everything he has into this business and is determined to recover from this horrible set back, but the loss was severe and he needs our help to make a full recovery.

Please consider making a donation to help Ron rebuild Chiefing. Every donation counts and every donation will be greatly appreciated by Ron. Please share this with your friends and family as Ron needs our community's assistance to rebound.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/small-equity-business-looted-and-needs-help

Thank you!

Chiefing was founded October 18, 2017 and is the first Native American owned California State Licensed Non-Volatile Type-6 cannabis manufacturer located in Oakland California to open since Prop 64 passed in 2016.  Our Mission is to establish an innovative recognizable brand by providing quality products at an affordable price. Our CEO, Ron Leggett (Pomo/Wailaki) is a renowned Community Developer, former non-profit Executive Director, and cannabis retail and production expert who co-founded the Oakland Food Pantry, the most successful non-denominational food pantry in the city of Oakland. A first generation urban Native American, Ron was born in Oakland after his parents were relocated to Oakland as part of the United States Indian Relocation Act of 1956.

Chiefing’s introductory product is the “Numero Uno” pre-roll. The “Numero Uno” is comprised of .7 grams of a specialized blend of cannabis packaged and labeled in compliance with the State of California Bureau of Cannabis Control. The “Numero Uno” will be the first of a line of products designed by Chiefing, and will provide a quality preroll at a price that everyone can afford.

Chiefing Prerolls are made of individually selected cannabis strains to create specialize blends for our customers enjoyment. Chiefing intends on manufacturing a quality line of prerolls for the cannabis enthusiast who enjoys a fine taste without the high price.  Our cannabis for our prerolls is sourced from responsible earth conscious licensed cultivators who value quality over quantity, and our experienced team of buyers are educated and trained to select only the finest quality of lab tested cannabis for our products.

Our team’s goal is to provide a vast range of products and price points to service the needs of cannabis consumers and connoisseurs. The team will continue to remain at the forefront of the industry by utilizing their extensive network and team of advisors to identify the highest quality producers and distributors available.

Our CEO Ron Leggett is a renowned Community Developer, non-profit Executive Director, and cannabis retail and production expert who co-founded the Oakland Food Pantry, the most successful non-denominational food pantry in the city.  Ron has over 30 years’ cannabis cultivation and manufacturing experience, and has developed a craft that focuses on cannabis genetics, due to his family’s longstanding history with cannabis production in Mendocino and Humboldt counties. Using his entrepreneurial, community leadership and networking savvy, he quickly rose to prominence as an expert on equity program development within the cannabis industry and has advised on the formation of state, national, tribal and global programs that acknowledge the damage done to communities of color by the War on Drugs and facilitate their ability to enter into the legal industry.