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How much is too much? As Hanford prepares to dive head-first into the cannabis business, the City Council decided how many cannabis permits the city is willing to take on. Council approved a resolution that established the application procedures, fees, forms and permits for the commercial...

Someday soon, more businesses could grow marijuana in the city of Sacramento than there are Starbucks and McDonald's restaurants combined. More than 100 businesses are seeking special permits from the city to run indoor marijuana growing operations. From North Sacramento to South Land Park...

When California voters last year passed Proposition 64 legalizing marijuana, they also allowed cities to make up their own minds about how much of the change they would accept. In Whittier, that could soon mean bans on all marijuana sales and most forms of growing. On Monday, the Whittier...

More than 100 businesses have applied with the city of Sacramento for permits to grow marijuana crops indoors. These sites would be used to grow recreational marijuana once it becomes legal in California on Jan. 1. They are much larger than the indoor grows currently allowed in the city for...

San Francisco is slated to approve the establishment of an Office of Cannabis on Tuesday, less than six months before the office will start approving permits for business owners to sell marijuana to adults for recreational use. Included in Mayor Ed Lee's budget proposal, the $700,000 office...

Three proposed ordinance changes would address new medical marijuana laws signed late last year. The Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in September 2016, gives Michigan cities the option to allow five types of medical marijuana facilities to be established...

Oakland's attempt to fix racial inequality in the cannabis industry by giving permits to ex-convicts to sell, grow or transport the drug for which they were once criminalized is off to a surprisingly good start by most accounts. The city has received 72 applications for pot business permits...

As one area Michigan community is opting to keep potential medical marijuana dispensaries out of its central business district, another might make room for them in its downtown. The city of Buchanan has been working to finalize a proposed ordinance to regulate medical marijuana businesses and...

Despite Proposition 64, most marijuana activity will be restricted in Sierra Madre, city leaders have decided. In response to the state's legalization of marijuana in November's election, the City Council decided Tuesday to update the city's policy on marijuana, completely prohibiting...

Let’s get the jokes out of the way first. We’re not renaming the city “Pot Hueneme” or “Port Highneme.” Nor are we rebranding the city to “Port Hueneme, Where the Grass is Greener” or “Hueneme Isn’t Just About Higher Education.” And no, Cheech and Chong will not be filming their sequels here...

Longmont's City Council on Tuesday night is to resume discussions of the restrictions and requirements they might apply to retail marijuana sales establishments – if any are eventually allowed to operate within the city limits. The city staff is seeking further direction about what zoning...

The Planning Commission has approved a permit to allow a medical marijuana dispensary to set up in the location of UJ's Restaurant on Pacific Avenue. The action, which was unanimous, was taken during a meeting Thursday night. Other actions included denying a general alcohol permit to a...

The birthplace of the Black Panther Party in 1966, today's Oakland is home to another disruptive movement: cannabis. Some call Oakland the cannabis capital of California. Can it sustain that designation against Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco? And, is it a designation the population...

Los Angeles is a leading light in the new era of legalized marijuana that resists the feds and provides money, jobs and happiness to our communities. On June 8, the city issued its Draft Commercial Cannabis Activity Requirements, which propose who will be allowed to grow, distribute and sell...

After a new state law put limit on how local governments can regulate medical cannabis dispensaries, Coral Gables has taken a step toward banning the businesses in the city. The City Commission on Tuesday gave initial approval to a citywide ban on shops that sell medical marijuana. It...

More than seven months after Florida voters overwhelmingly supported an amendment legalizing medical marijuana, Gov. Rick Scott finally signed off on the law late last month. But critics have pounced on the law's shortcomings. Megalawyer John Morgan, who sponsored the amendment, is now suing the...

With California’s recent passage of the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA“), we finally know California will be combining its regulatory oversight of medical and adult use cannabis. We also know potential licensees no longer need to prove prior compliance with...

For seven years, Alameda has held in place a city-wide ban on commercial cannabis businesses. But that is about to change. In May 2010, the City Council enacted a prohibition on all medical-marijuana dispensaries or cannabis cultivation. But last week, the council voted 4-1 to draft a new...

The Hanford City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to allow the commercial cultivation of marijuana, becoming the first major population hub in the central San Joaquin Valley to embrace cannabis after California voters approved its legalization in November. Kings County's largest city...

Orlando city leaders on Monday will discuss a proposed ordinance that would ban any new medical marijuana dispensaries from opening in the city limits. The vote is in reaction to a new state law that requires local governments to regulate dispensaries no more harshly than pharmacies...