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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 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...

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...

Oakland would require pot entrepreneurs to hand over business money and control in exchange for an operating permit, under a proposal by three City Council members who want local government to benefit from California's multibillion-dollar marijuana industry. But the move would not be legal...

The City of Oakland held a medical cannabis mixer on Sunday, to allow Oaklanders interested in medical cannabis permits and who satisfy the equity program criteria to explore partnership opportunities and learn more about the city's upcoming permit application process. Several hundred...

The City of Oakland held a medical cannabis mixer on Sunday, to allow Oaklanders interested in medical cannabis permits and who satisfy the equity program criteria to explore partnership opportunities and learn more about the city's upcoming permit application process. Several hundred...

When Deborah Young of Ferndale sent her $60 fee to Lansing this year to register as a medical-marijuana user, she assumed the state would use her money to review her paperwork and print her ID card. The fees are "for the operation and oversight of the Michigan medical marihuana program," says...

A new state law has Oakland and San Francisco remaking their medical cannabis laws in the face of new state requirements. The actions are distinct from a November statewide ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana for adults over 21 years old. The present law, passed last...

A new state law has Oakland and San Francisco remaking their medical cannabis laws in the face of new state requirements. The actions are distinct from a November statewide ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana for adults over 21 years old. The present law, passed last...

The Oakland City Council is considering a proposal from an organization that calls itself the Oakland Diversity and Equity Cannabis Coalition that would reduce the benefits of a recently passed ordinance that gives preference to Oakland drug-war victims for city cannabis selling permits. Under...

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is supporting the leading cannabis legalization initiative, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, and will keynote a national cannabis business conference planned for Oakland next week. Newsom addresses the nation's canna-business people Tuesday morning at the National Cannabis...

Convicted pot felons that want to own a legal marijuana business in Oakland will now be prioritized under new, radical permit rules designed to make amends for the United States' war on drugs. The city's new Equity Permit Program calls for 50 per cent of all licenses for medical marijuana...

Convicted pot felons that want to own a legal marijuana business in Oakland will now be prioritized under new, radical permit rules designed to make amends for the United States' war on drugs. The city's new Equity Permit Program calls for 50 per cent of all licenses for medical marijuana...

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously early this morning to amend city ordinances so the city can regulate how medical marijuana is grown, manufactured, transported and distributed in the city. City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan said Oakland has been a national leader in the medical...

Terra Tech, an Irvine-based marijuana agriculture company, will merge with Black Oak Gallery, a retail medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland. The merger includes Blüm Oakland's supply chain: an on-site cultivation facility, proprietary marijuana strains and a retail store front. Blüm...

High, I'm new here, but in doing research, I am wondering: Is Growpech and igrowoakland taking over the weed market?? The Gropech site is 60,000 square feet and will produce 350lbs. a week?!? What do you think?:yikes: