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Los Angeles is considering nine different fundraising ideas to enable the city to build more housing for the homeless, including one that would put a 15% tax on the sale of medical marijuana. Los Angeles recently came up with a plan to help end homelessness in L.A. by building more supportive...

Tehachapi city staff members are heading to the drawing board after the City Council decided to put aside a contentious ordinance that would have banned medical marijuana dispensaries in city limits and instead voted to look at regulation possibilities. "We don't want to put the cart before the...

The Milpitas City Council has extended a temporary ordinance that bans the manufacturing, cultivation or delivery of marijuana within the city's boundaries for an additional 10 months. The extra time will give city and police officials more time to study the potential risks and benefits of...

A group of medical marijuana advocates is fighting the city's new ban on personal cultivation of the plant. A divided Simi Valley City Council finalized an ordinance last week banning both commercial and personal cultivation of marijuana for medical uses. The ordinance also prohibits the...

If residents in Campbell want to lift the city's ban on the delivery and cultivation of medical marijuana, there's only a limited amount of time to act. A group known as Keep Campbell Green has started gathering signatures to get an initiative on the November ballot. The group has 180 days from...

Host agreements signed between cities and marijuana dispensaries are supposed to smooth out any issues with the new business opening. But more towns are asking for cash up front and a sales cut in exchange for an essential part of the license application. Before Worcester's first medical...

The Colorado Springs marijuana task force met several times over the last few months to find solutions to reign in what members say is a medical marijuana industry in the city that has grown out of control. Colorado Springs city council passed a six-month moratorium on the medical marijuana...

In a move that surprised and pleased advocates of medical marijuana, the Tehachapi City Council decided Monday night to table a proposed ordinance that would prohibit medical marijuana use. Instead, the city council asked staff to look for a way to regulate the drug. Advocates of medical...

Following a well-attended public hearing in Bret Harte High Theater, the City of Angels City Council continues to move towards imposing an outright ban on growing medical marijuana within city limits. As previously reported here, city officials, who remain torn over the subject, still have...

A meeting will be held this evening for the public to discuss proposed changes to San Jose's medical marijuana program. The 6:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall's Wing building will highlight various topics including how the city dispensaries carry out business with other cultivators and...

Emeryville is set to fully legalize medical marijuana deliveries in thirty days and could see its first dispensary, as well as cannabis labs in the coming year. In a special study session on Tuesday evening, Emeryville city councilmembers called for an urgency ordinance to immediately...

The only medical marijuana dispensary in western Massachusetts is in Northampton, but Springfield could be the second. Springfield could be getting it's first medical marijuana dispensary by the end of this year. Out of 7 applicants, the city selected Hampden Care Facility to open the...

After tabling efforts to enact its own local rules for medical marijuana cultivation the City of Angels City Council plans another go at it during tonight's meeting. As previously reported here, the council members held a workshop last month to weigh a range of jurisdictional options. After...

This city founded on the discovery of a petroleum field is looking to strike it rich in a new oil industry. Instead of relying on the black gold pulled from the ground for jobs and economic stability, Coalinga could find future wealth in marijuana by transforming its vacant state prison into a...

The city of Clearlake's medical marijuana cultivation ordinance became effective on Sunday. The new cultivation ordinance requires a permit through the city in order to legally cultivate marijuana within the city limits. Permit applications will be available at Clearlake City Hall, 14050...

A medical marijuana company with 15 plus years experience in the industry is looking to expand into Reno from the Colorado market. 'Good Chemistry' has worked in both California and Colorado since 1999. Officials received approval from the Reno City Council on Wednesday for both a...

The Tehachapi City Council considered an ordinance Monday night that would prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries, cooperatives and collectives – and heard from several people who support the use of marijuana. The ordinance, which would also ban the mobile delivery, cultivation and processing...

Rochester officials recently discussed a proposal for a medical marijuana growing operation – which would be the first in the city – little more than a year after they enacted an ordinance regulating the activity, The city does not allow medical marijuana dispensaries, Deputy City Manager Nik...

Medical marijuana dispensaries following city regulations to obtain permits in San Diego are finding it difficult to compete economically with over 30 unregulated dispensaries, one group says. The Association of Cannabis Professionals, which represents licensed medical marijuana dispensaries...

Little more than a year after enacting an ordinance regulating medical marijuana, Rochester officials will be discussing plans for the city's first possible medical marijuana growing operation. The city does not allow medical marijuana dispensaries, Deputy City Manager Nik Banda noted. The...