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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...

Medical marijuana cultivation is expected to be legal again soon in Atascadero. On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance that would allow a qualified medical marijuana patient to cultivate no more than six mature and 12 immature marijuana plants...

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...

The New Orleans City Council took up a measure Thursday dealing with the city's marijuana ordinance. The ordinance allows for a summons to be issued for simple marijuana possession in lieu of jail time. The council voted to approve the ordinance unanimously. A similar law has been in...

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...

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...

Atascadero is going back to the drawing board to reconsider a recent ban on all medical marijuana cultivation. That drawing board, however, is a bit small. On March 1, the city Planning Commission considered a draft ordinance that would permit limited personal cultivation within the city. The...

Imperial Beach City Council members recently confirmed an earlier decision to allow certain individuals to grow medicinal marijuana in the city while banning growing for commercial use. An ordinance the council adopted Jan. 20 continues to allow medical marijuana cultivation for up to three...

The wording of a draft ordinance governing medical marijuana-related operations evoked confusion and heated discussion at a public hearing Monday, as the Planning Board tried to gather input on where these facilities should be allowed and what restrictions should be placed on them. The public...

Anyone delivering medical marijuana in Goleta city limits will have some new license fees to pay. In order to enforce its new marijuana ordinances, the Goleta City Council this week approved charging $125 for a delivery service license and $125 for each driver who must obtain a special...

A proposed urgency ordinance that would significantly tighten restrictions on growing medical marijuana in Sutter County failed to pass a Board of Supervisors vote amid concerns that it lacked any methods of enforcement. Before a standing-room-only audience Tuesday night, the board heard 31...

The Kalkaska Village Council could soon tweak its medical marijuana ordinance, just about four months after the guidelines were adopted. Council members approved the adoption of not one, but two, ordinances to help deal with the issue of both individual and commercial medical marijuana growers...

City leaders are regulating how medical marijuana card holders can transport marijuana in their vehicles. The City Council on Monday approved the first reading of an amendment to the city's possession of marijuana ordinance that makes it illegal to carry usable marijuana in a vehicle unless...

San Luis Obispo County has begun the process of developing an ordinance that will govern the cultivation of medical marijuana in the county. County supervisors on Tuesday directed staff to begin drafting the law that would regulate the number and size of the plants that could be grown as well...

Last July, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted to put a stop to any new businesses related to medical marijuana so they could assign various county officials time to hash out an ordinance. A group came together representing multiple arenas: legal (county attorneys), criminal...

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors approved a ban on commercial medical marijuana delivery services at Tuesday's board meeting and adopted a permit system for private cultivation in code approved structures. According to county officials, the board considered the amendments to its ordinance...

City Council members who had supported creating legal medical marijuana dispensaries waved the white flag Tuesday, opting for a continued ban rather than a much smaller delivery-only model. The council has grappled with creating a local law to regulate dispensaries since 2010, when a first...

City Council passes temporary ordinance allowing indoor cultivation of marijuana for medical use only On Jan. 12, the Davis City Council unanimously passed a local ordinance allowing patients who rely on medical marijuana as treatment to cultivate up to 50 square feet in their homes...

The Salinas City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance allowing and regulating the use of medical marijuana in the city. A council majority, led by Councilwoman Jyl Lutes and Mayor Joe Gunter along with council members Gloria De La Rosa and Tony Barrera all voted for the ordinance that...

The Sacramento City Council has postponed a vote on a medical marijuana cultivation ordinance. City officials worry that Sacramento may lose control over medical marijuana cultivation rules by delaying the vote. California Governor Jerry Brown signed three medical marijuana-related laws in...