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Sonoma County supervisors on Tuesday voted to call a special election this March asking voters to impose new taxes on the cultivation and sale of marijuana which, if passed, is expected to provide the funding for implementation of broad and sweeping new regulations governing the county's...

Sonoma County's move to recognize and regulate thousands of marijuana growers has triggered a high-stakes battle between pot producers intent on protecting their livelihood and rural residents who want cannabis cultivation pushed as far as possible from their homes. It's a land-use conflict...

More than 400 marijuana growers, the majority of whom are based in eastern San Luis Obispo County, have met a deadline to register their grows with county officials. The recent passage of marijuana legalization initiative Prop. 64 grants individuals the freedom to grow up to six marijuana...

Manatee County - Speaking from her wheelchair in a voice that struggled to make itself clear, Cathy Jordan on Thursday tried to impress upon the Manatee County Commission why medical marijuana is needed by people with chronic conditions such as herself. "I offer my services to you for...

Pine Creek Township, Clinton County - Part of an old modular home plant could soon be the home of a medical marijuana processing facility. A Colorado businessman is hoping the state approves his application next year which would be the first of its kind in our area. It's in its...

Manatee - A 180-day moratorium on medical marijuana dispensing facilities could be enacted in unincorporated Manatee County. During Thursday's Land Use meeting, which begins at 9 a.m., the county commission will have the first of two required public hearings. The second public hearing is...

The Pueblo County commissioners finalized an agreement with Colorado State University-Pueblo to use marijuana excise tax to help fund impact studies that will be conducted by the school's newly formed Institute of Cannabis Research. During a work session Oct. 31, officials with CSU-Pueblo...

Following the passage of Propositions 64, Placer County supervisors are trying to keep pace. The state recreational marijuana initiative allows people to grow a limited amount of pot indoors. Supervisors voted 4-0 to allow limited cultivation inside and outside in the unincorporated areas...

Yolo County will continue wading into the uncertain waters of a once-illegal industry to keep up with the state's changing political landscape. Although supervisors were underwhelmed this week by county staff's proposed fee schedule to recoup costs associated with their interim marijuana...

Before Election Day, San Bruno software engineer Stephen Zyszkiewicz was busted on a charge of possessing marijuana with intent to sell - a felony that could have put him behind bars in state prison for three years. But this month's passage of Proposition 64 means the 32-year-old is eligible...

Growing medical marijuana in Anne Arundel County is closer to becoming a reality. But the county's zoning code first needs a change to clear a hurdle officials say they didn't intend to create. County Council members will take up a bill Monday night that proposes to alter a distance restriction...

Calaveras County supervisors on Tuesday will consider contracting with the California Highway Patrol to provide officers to escort building code inspectors when the inspectors visit cannabis farms. County officials this year received more than 700 applications to register commercial cannabis...

Changes are coming to Florida after the Nov. 8 election and Manatee County is considering additional regulations on the growing and dispensing of medical marijuana. Amendment 2, a state constitutional amendment to expand the use of medical marijuana, was approved by 71 percent of statewide...

Monroe County may make the move to lighten penalties for possessing a small amount of marijuana. A draft ordinance going to the Monroe County Commission at its Tuesday meeting in Key West proposes to allow law-enforcement officers to issue a civil citation, similar to a parking ticket, for...

The passage of Proposition 64 and Measure E has proved to be a brief high for those supporting recreational marijuana. The state proposition (legalizing recreational pot) doesn't become effective until January 2018, while the Santa Cruz County measure (a tax on all cannabis activities) has...

One vote - that's how little separates the pro- and anti-Proposition 64 voter tallies in Trinity County. Voters in neighboring Shasta County, however, shot down Proposition 64 - but barely. The Shasta County elections clerk's unofficial tally shows Proposition 64 failing by a margin of 52...

Small-scale commercial marijuana gardens would be permitted in Sonoma County's rural residential areas under a medical cannabis zoning ordinance approved by the county Planning Commission on Thursday night. The vote followed a renewed dispute between growers and residents who don't want the...

Ojai will become the first city in the county to license the delivery and pickup of medical marijuana. At its meeting Tuesday, the Ojai City Council passed an emergency ordinance to allow delivery or pickup by appointment of medical marijuana from a nonretail location within the city...

A number of cases in Merced Superior Court must be reviewed after California voters last week passed Proposition 64, allowing recreational use of marijuana, authorities said Wednesday. In Merced County, a few cases that were strong felony offenses must be reviewed, and the charges could be...

The passage of Proposition 64 was welcome news to California cannabis investors and growers looking to expand from the medical marijuana industry. Some are eyeing the Coastside, with its millions of square feet of greenhouse space, a moist and temperate climate, and a declining cut flower...