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The topic of medical marijuana access was a discussion item during a recent Vista City Council meeting. City Council directed city staff to research medical marijuana delivery as well as a “limited number” of medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits. As part of this, Assistant City...

The Nevada City Council approved the application procedure and fee structure for medical cannabis businesses – excluding dispensaries – Wednesday night, with a slight tweak to the price tag. An initial staff report said prospective business owners would have to pay up to $4,500 in fees. The...

The Taft City Council is almost certain to pass ordinances banning retails sales of cannabis products in the city. But there has been no definitive indications on which way the council is going to decide on industrial cannabis production One pair of local entrepreneurs is looking at Taft...

Studio420, an Englewood marijuana club, has been ordered to shut down following an administrative hearing. The business is planning to appeal the latest negative ruling in a years-long fight with the city that dates back to a time when it was called iBake Englewood and fronted by an entrepreneur...

The City Council will consider putting a referendum on the ballot to ban the sale of recreational marijuana. Local attorney William Barry put forth a petition to ban marijuana retail shops. However, he wrote it before the state had passed a reworked version of the law that requires such a...

As California braces for the impact of relaxed marijuana laws that allow recreational use for adults, several small, financially strapped cities in southeast Los Angeles and elsewhere are at the forefront of efforts to seize business opportunities — despite pushback from some residents. In Los...

Medical marijuana users in Morro Bay soon may have two locations to buy pot in town, but the city was not so accommodating for those who want to get high just for fun. Under the gun to have local rules on the books before the state begins issuing marijuana business licenses in January, the City...

With over half a million in marijuana tax revenue since 2014, Union Gap is closing out its second year of a First through Seventh grade summer camp, funded by a portion of the money. The Union Gap City Council decided the best way to spend the marijuana money was to give it to youth programs...

City Commissioners are nearing a final vote on a change to land development regulations allowing medicinal marijuana outlets in commercial areas. On Monday night, the City Commission held a public hearing on the marijuana issue and on changes to land development regulations requiring lots to...

Huber Heights residents are split over medical marijuana, according to the results of two city-commissioned surveys. The surveys – one conducted online, the other by phone – reveal the severe division in opinion held by residents as the city struggles to determine how to move forward on the...

Morro Bay could be home to up to two brick-and-mortar medical marijuana dispensaries soon, but residents hoping for recreational store fronts in the coastal community likely shouldn't hold their breath. Those were among the findings of a city council subcommittee tasked with making...

Some parts of Grover Beach may become a lot more green as the city gets closer to opening two cannabis dispensaries. Just getting the ball rolling in the application process took some organizations out of the running however, as each application was $8,100. "We felt it was an appropriate...

Salinas recently issued another cannabis business permit, making it the ninth permit for the city. Harkins Grow Inc. received a cultivation permit for its location at 1156 Harkins St. after appealing to the city's Planning Commission. Harkins was initially denied the permit because of its...

Questions related to commercial marijuana operations, and the city's interest in a permitting plan for the drug's cultivation for personal use were among the queries that came up during the first of a series of community meetings about pot. About 40 people gathered at Washington Park...

The City Council is poised to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in commercial areas throughout New Port Richey, with the exception of downtown. During a meeting this week, the council voted 4-0 to approve on first reading a medical marijuana ordinance that would lift a moratorium on...

Activists and marijuana dispensary owners turned in 300 signatures Monday afternoon calling for a ballot measure opting in to the state’s new medical marijuana licensing laws. The petition was turned in the day before all petitions for municipal ballot issues were due for the Nov. 7 election...

Earlier this month, the Alameda City Council voted 4-1 in favor of a referral from Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer to instruct staff to draft preliminary ordinances that would reverse the ban on cannabis cultivation and dispensaries within the city, and replace them with a regulatory framework that...

The City of Arcata will review a permit request asking that the city allow "Yes We Cann," a cannabis-themed event, to parade through the streets and gather in the Arcata Ball Park Saturday, Aug. 12. During the July 19 Arcata City Council meeting, city staff identified three key legal areas...

Marijuana will be back on the agenda for the Lompoc City Council on Tuesday, as the governing board is expected to hash out the parameters it would like to see implemented in a new city policy. The cannabis discussion is slated to be followed by another high-interest topic: continued...

The city of Davis has approved of the first cannabis manufacturing facility in the city. Blessed Extracts will produce wholesale products in a non-descriptive laboratory located on the 2100 block of 2nd Street in the Davis Commerce Park. The company will also conduct research and testing...