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Nevada City could be the site of the first medical marijuana dispensary in the county as soon as February, if council members choose to move forward with the issue at their meeting today. There are many steps the city would have to take, though, before medicinal cannabis users could walk away...

The Willits City Council had a spirited discussion at a special meeting Monday night at which Mayor Bruce Burton refused to allow a new ad hoc committee to be formed to study marijuana policy in the city. Burton has steadfastly held the position that no marijuana cultivation or processing...

East Lansing - Residents will get a say on proposed changes to East Lansing's marijuana ordinance. In a city council meeting Tuesday, city officials scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 11 to discuss a change that would allow people over the age of 21 to use, possess or transfer less than an...

First the city fast-tracked the formerly incarcerated for weed licenses; now - new rules would make Oakland part-owner. On Tuesday night in Oakland, community members and longtime cannabis professionals will go head to head with the Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee on how the term...

The situation for medical marijuana collectives in the City of Los Angeles is a jumble under Proposition D, a zoning and city registration measure meant to control and limit the number of collectives within city limits. The cannabis lawyers at my firm have written extensively about Proposition D...

DeKalb — Aldermen reached a consensus Monday that the city's cannabis possession ordinance needs to be revised, but how much different it looks compared with the new state law and in other college towns remains to be seen. "What was once considered a crime, not only has now become very socially...

Belpre, Ohio - A city council meeting discusses a controversial topic on Monday. We are talking about the legalization of medical marijuana in Ohio. Belpre's City Council talked about the possibility of allowing legalized marijuana to be sold in Belpre. A handful of locals sat and listened to...

Belpre, Ohio - A city council meeting discusses a controversial topic on Monday. We are talking about the legalization of medical marijuana in Ohio. Belpre's City Council talked about the possibility of allowing legalized marijuana to be sold in Belpre. A handful of locals sat and listened to...

Upland - A pro-medical marijuana group is alleging Upland Police Chief Brian Johnson stole political campaign signs that support allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. However, a city official refutes that claim. Roger Jon Diamond, the attorney representing Regulate Upland...

Upland - A pro-medical marijuana group is alleging Upland Police Chief Brian Johnson stole political campaign signs that support allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. However, a city official refutes that claim. Roger Jon Diamond, the attorney representing Regulate Upland...

The Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee should have at least two items on hand when it meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday to debate changes to the "equity" permits in its new medical cannabis regulations: An update on state medical cannabis legislation and a copy of the U.S. Constitution. A...

DeKalb — The state recently passed laws related to possession of small amounts of marijuana and now the DeKalb City Council will look at local ordinances to possibly make changes in fines. The issue is scheduled to be one of two points of discussion for aldermen during the City Council...

The marijuana market in Pullman and Whitman County may soon be saturated. In the span of about a week, one business owner has applied to set up a pot shop in Whitman County and two have applied for spots in Pullman. If the businesses get the green light, both the city and county will reach...

Victoria's marijuana retailers lost no time in applying for zoning and business licence approvals after the city's new regulatory regime took effect Friday. Several applications for rezoning and business licences had been submitted by midday, said city clerk Chris Coates. An estimated 39...

Reading Mayor Wally Scott may be sympathetic to the idea of decriminalizing marijuana in his city, but when it comes to changing the local law, he's a little more businesslike. When asked Thursday about an ordinance by Council Vice President Donna Reed and Councilman Chris Daubert that would...

The Santa Maria City Council voted Tuesday night to extend a current ban on marijuana-related activities and to snuff out smoking in public areas in Santa Maria. The council unanimously voted to extend a ban on manufacturing, processing, laboratory testing, labeling, storing and the wholesale...

San Clemente's City Council, anticipating that California voters may lift statewide bans on marijuana by passing Proposition 64 on Nov. 8, will try to maintain some local controls. The City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to require a city permit for anyone who grows up to six marijuana...

The medical marijuana provider that backed off a proposed Kondelin Road site in the face of intense neighborhood opposition has filed new plans to open a potential second local dispensary in a building in Blackburn Industrial Park. Representatives of the Boston-based Mayflower Medicinals, who...

The medical marijuana provider that backed off a proposed Kondelin Road site in the face of intense neighborhood opposition has filed new plans to open a potential second local dispensary in a building in Blackburn Industrial Park. Representatives of the Boston-based Mayflower Medicinals, who...

The "times are a changing" and perhaps cotton will no longer be king in Kings County. Hanford is weighing a proposal by an Oakland company to use a 1 million square-foot vacant Pirelli Tire (Armstrong) plant building to cultivate medical marijuana indoors. The building, in Hanford's...