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  1. Katelyn Baker

    OR: Pendleton Voters Will Have Say On Marijuana

    Three referendums on marijuana sales are now in the hands of Pendleton voters, but not before a health scare during Tuesday night's city council meeting. Pendleton City Council received passionate testimony from several members of the audience before unanimously voting to pass a series of...
  2. Katelyn Baker

    Troy Halts Medical Marijuana Permits

    Troy - With Ohio's medical marijuana bill going into effect Sept. 8, Troy City Council adopted emergency legislation to declare an 180-day moratorium on permits to establish retail dispensaries, cultivators and processors of medical marijuana within the city limits on Monday. Council member...
  3. Katelyn Baker

    Troy Halts Medical Marijuana Permits

    Troy - With Ohio's medical marijuana bill going into effect Sept. 8, Troy City Council adopted emergency legislation to declare an 180-day moratorium on permits to establish retail dispensaries, cultivators and processors of medical marijuana within the city limits on Monday. Council member...
  4. Katelyn Baker

    Portland Signs Off On Marijuana Festival Featuring Free Samples

    It's legal to possess, grow and buy marijuana in Oregon, but state clean air laws and local rules have put a damper on public festivals featuring giveaways and consumption. The Oregon Cannabis Association has found a way to host a summer fair where members of the public - as long as they're...
  5. Katelyn Baker

    Grover Beach Moves Forward With Marijuana Tax Plan

    Grover Beach, California - The Grover Beach City Council directed staff on Monday to move forward with a measure to tax marijuana. City Manager Matt Bronson said the November ballot measure would cover all commercial cannabis activity. For marijuana-related activities except cultivation and...
  6. Katelyn Baker

    City's Medical Marijuana Ban Upheld By Appellate Court

    Long Beach, California - On Tuesday July 12, 2016, the Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's order dismissing a class-action lawsuit brought by two Medical Marijuana dispensaries, challenging the City's ordinance banning medical marijuana facilities within the City. In a 43-page complaint...
  7. Katelyn Baker

    City's Medical Marijuana Ban Upheld By Appellate Court

    Long Beach, California - On Tuesday July 12, 2016, the Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's order dismissing a class-action lawsuit brought by two Medical Marijuana dispensaries, challenging the City's ordinance banning medical marijuana facilities within the City. In a 43-page complaint...
  8. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Rio Dell To Revisit Pot Land Use Ordinance

    In what Rio Dell Mayor Frank Wilson called a "rare move," the City Council will consider an amended cannabis land use ordinance on Tuesday after it rejected the original last month in a 3-2 vote. The ordinance would put a regulatory framework for commercial cannabis growing within city limits...
  9. Katelyn Baker

    Merced City Council Passes Medical Marijuana Ordinance

    Fresno, California - Medical marijuana cleared another hurdle Monday night in Merced. A city council ordinance passed 4 to 3. It allows people with medicinal marijuana cards to grow up to six plants. It also allows four dispensaries in professional or commercial office zones. They must...
  10. Katelyn Baker

    Merced City Council Passes Medical Marijuana Ordinance

    Fresno, California - Medical marijuana cleared another hurdle Monday night in Merced. A city council ordinance passed 4 to 3. It allows people with medicinal marijuana cards to grow up to six plants. It also allows four dispensaries in professional or commercial office zones. They must...
  11. Katelyn Baker

    OH: City Moves To Ban Pot Dispensaries

    Lancaster - The Lancaster Law Director's Office is working on legislation to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from opening in the city limits after local law enforcement officials and the city administration. Lancaster City Council's Law Committee met Wednesday to discuss how to be...
  12. Katelyn Baker

    OH: City Moves To Ban Pot Dispensaries

    Lancaster - The Lancaster Law Director's Office is working on legislation to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from opening in the city limits after local law enforcement officials and the city administration. Lancaster City Council's Law Committee met Wednesday to discuss how to be...
  13. Katelyn Baker

    BC: Pot Dispensary Shuttered

    The operator of a medical marijuana dispensary in Penticton has closed his doors for now, after the city issued a notice of non-occupancy Wednesday. Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said Herbal Greens Apothecary was given the notice to cease operation as the city is currently suspending the business...
  14. Katelyn Baker

    Marijuana Dollars Are Having A Huge Impact On The Civic Soul Of Edgewater

    Edgewater - This may not be the city that cannabis built, but Colorado's most famous cash crop could soon be the driving force behind construction of a $7 million, 40,000-square-foot civic center in this tiny community wedged between Lakewood and Denver. Edgewater is exploring using sales tax...
  15. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Adelanto To Send Proposed Medical Marijuana Tax To Voters

    Adelanto - The City Council agreed Wednesday night to put a proposed medical marijuana tax in the hands of voters, an easy decision for city leaders that could ultimately have long-lasting reverberations for Adelanto's economic future. The up-to 5 percent excise tax on all medical marijuana...
  16. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Adelanto To Send Proposed Medical Marijuana Tax To Voters

    Adelanto - The City Council agreed Wednesday night to put a proposed medical marijuana tax in the hands of voters, an easy decision for city leaders that could ultimately have long-lasting reverberations for Adelanto's economic future. The up-to 5 percent excise tax on all medical marijuana...
  17. Katelyn Baker

    Temple Terrace Should Mellow Out On Marijuana Float

    Oh, we got trouble right here in Temple Terrace. Trouble, trouble, trouble. It seems the city mandarins of Temple Terrace have gotten themselves into a full froth, or perhaps fume is a better word, over one of the floats in the village's Fourth of July parade. There on full display for...
  18. Katelyn Baker

    Cloverdale Seeks To Join Growing Number Of California Cities Taxing Marijuana

    With medicinal marijuana becoming more regulated and the possibility that California voters will legalize pot in November, Cloverdale is pursuing a local tax on cannabis-related businesses. A majority of Cloverdale voters would need to approve the tax, which the City Council is likely to...
  19. Katelyn Baker

    Grover Beach's Changing Stance On Marijuana Draws The Attention Of Outside Interests

    Grover Beach, California Resistance is futile. "The industry is coming." Grover Beach Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Lee uttered the words as he and other City Council members engaged in a lengthy discussion over potential plans to tax commercial medical marijuana businesses within the city. Fresh...
  20. Katelyn Baker

    Medical Marijuana Controversy In Springfield Continues

    Springfield, Massachusetts — Hampden Care Facility Inc. wants to put a medical marijuana dispensary in the city of Springfield, but first, they'll have to convince city councilors that they should be the only dispensary in the city for a decade. Hampden Care Facility would put the medical...
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