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Arroyo Grande will ban all medical marijuana cultivation in the city, following similar decisions made by two other San Luis Obispo County cities last week, while Morro Bay followed Grover Beach's lead by exempting some at-home cultivation. The Arroyo Grande City Council voted 3-1 Tuesday...

Tacoma officials have agreed to temporarily stop issuing permits and business licenses to marijuana shops, including those that have been licensed by the state. The News Tribune reports that the City Council approved the moratorium on new pot businesses Tuesday. It will last until the...

Wasilla's bid to prohibit marijuana businesses inside city limits took a step forward Monday night. The city council voted to set an amendment to Wasilla's marijuana regulations for public hearing on Jan. 25. The amendment would ban retail storefronts and commercial cultivation of marijuana...

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits commercial distribution and growing of medical marijuana, and the city of Modesto is set to take up the issue as well. Despite the 7-0 vote in favor of the ordinance, the board also agreed to...

Should Elko allow medical marijuana establishments within the city limits? The Elko City Council wants to hear from you. The Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to table a resolution extending a two-year ban on those businesses until 2018. "I see this as an opportunity the City ought to consider,"...

Guadalupe's City Council voted in favor of prohibiting cultivation, processing and transport of medical marijuana and also moved to create an advisory committee on economic development at its meeting Tuesday. Over several months, the council has worked to meet a March 1 deadline to establish...

In Los Angeles, selling medical marijuana is illegal. It's just that it's tolerated. You see, voters passed the city's Proposition D in 2013. But it doesn't really legalize pot shops. It simply provides "limited immunity" from prosecution for less than 135 of them. There are no permits for...

The city of Coalinga is moving forward with plans to allow a medical marijuana dispensary and other services within the city limits. Last Thursday the Coalinga City Council voted unanimously to allow a medical marijuana dispensary, commercial cultivation and delivery services within the small...

Continuing the ban on medical marijuana dispensaries — and a possible prohibition on all medical marijuana cultivation in Fairfield — will go before city planning commissioners when they meet Wednesday. A new state law requires cities to have ordinances in effect by March 1 to prohibit or...

Don't expect the aroma of reefer to overtake this city any time soon. The City Council on Monday unanimously passed an 18-month ban on commercial marijuana cultivation, though in doing so it made clear it was open to a deeper inquiry into the issue down the line. The ban was precipitated...

It's an about face in Altamonte Springs on medical marijuana. Tuesday night, city leaders took a vote that represents a victory for business owners and their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. City leaders in December voted to ban 27 words which they did not want to see in the names...

D.C. Council member Charles Allen had just voted his conscience Tuesday. It didn't matter anymore, he thought, if pot clubs formed in the nation's capital. The freshman lawmaker decided at the council meeting that nearly a year after the city legalized marijuana, there was good reason to give...

On Jan. 19, the Grass Valley Planning Commission will begin the initial step of reviewing a potential marijuana ordinance that might alter the cannabis landscape in town, officials said. Council members are also finalizing the meeting schedule of an ad-hoc subcommittee to gather public...

Tucson City Council has adopted major changes in the way medical marijuana is grown and distributed. The members approved increasing the size of indoor cultivation sites during the city council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 5. The city council increased the permitted size to 4,000 square feet. The...

Despite apprehension from some around the table, the planning advisory committee has lit up bylaw amendments aimed at sheltering the city from improper medical marijuana production and sale. City council will now have to decide if the committee recommendation to clearly define how and where...

The Asbury Park Press' Dec. 24 editorial, "Don't gamble with marijuana in Atlantic City," opposing my proposal to bring recreational marijuana to the city only demonstrates the ever-expanding problems with the gaming industry. The Press seemed eager to embrace establishment-fed alternatives...

An interesting David-and-Goliath dynamic is taking shape across Colorado's burgeoning commercial cannabis sector, with tiny communities friendly to the sale of recreational marijuana living in the shadow of large – and totally pot-shop-free – neighbors. Manitou Springs, just a few miles from...

The Pittsburgh City Council on Monday voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, falling in line with a growing number of municipalities that have taken similar actions in recent years, city officials said. Under the ordinance passed with a 7 to 2 vote, police in...

The La Cañada Flintridge City Council has adopted regulations prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivation and delivery inside the city limits. California cities and towns have until March 1 to maintain local regulatory authority over medical marijuana. After that, the state's...

The La Cañada Flintridge City Council has adopted regulations prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivation and delivery inside the city limits. California cities and towns have until March 1 to maintain local regulatory authority over medical marijuana. After that, the state's...