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Cannabis is of concern in Fortuna and council will soon hold a workshop considering changes to the city's current marijuana prohibition. On Monday the Friendly City invites the public to review a draft of city ordinance changes, along with of county marijuana ordinance amendments. Staff...

The Willits City Council introduced the final draft of the medical cannabis ordinance at its regular meeting Wednesday night. "We feel in a much better position to regulate these activities," City Manager Adrienne Moore said, about taking another step to legalize medical cannabis. The...

After nearly a year since voters approved legalizing recreational cannabis, the city of Sebastopol is taking steps to update its cannabis ordinance. The update is the city’s first effort to be more aligned with new state legislation regulating both medical and recreational cannabis. The Adult...

Nobody wants to grow, distribute, or sell medical marijuana in Kennett Township. Yet. But in case someone does anytime soon, the township has begun drafting an ordinance to regulate it. Last year the state Legislature approved the commercial operations necessary to produce and sell medical...

After at least two years of debate, multiple drafts and voting delays, Lansing City Council approved a medical marijuana ordinance for commercial establishments Thursday night. The ordinance will cap provisioning centers, also known as dispensaries, at 25. A cap won't be set for other...

Medical marijuana is legal in the state of Montana, but the Billings City Council has now prohibited medical marijuana operations within city limits. City staff does not known how many medical marijuana providers or dispensaries currently exist in the city limits, but has at least two on its...

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider the first marijuana cultivation ordinance in Solano County history, regulating personal medical and recreational uses, as well as setting caregiver standards. "What we are saying is any zoning that allows a house (will) allow the cultivation...

Monday night could bring the next step toward ratifying rules for medical marijuana facilities in Upper Gwynedd. The township's commissioners could vote to advertise an ordinance that would allow medical marijuana growers and dispensaries, but only in two specific portions of the township...

A local businessman in the cannabis industry and two city councilors would like the city to review a proposed ordinance that would regulate marijuana growth, cultivation and distribution in the city. Maine voters legalized marijuana last November. Marijuana use is legal for those 21 and...

Without debate this week, the City Council took two actions after receiving a communication for City Solicitor Ellen Callahan Doucette regarding how the city should deal with ensuring safe access to marijuana in light of a recent state ballot question legalizing marijuana. If enacted...

A public hearing on a proposed medical marijuana ordinance in Lansing is happening tonight. Council members scheduled the hearing after passing a motion at a meeting last month. It's the city's first public hearing on medical marijuana in six years. The council will get feedback from the...

City Commissioners are nearing a final vote on a change to land development regulations allowing medicinal marijuana outlets in commercial areas. On Monday night, the City Commission held a public hearing on the marijuana issue and on changes to land development regulations requiring lots to...

In Feb. 2017, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors tasked the County Counsel's office with collecting information and compiling a report advising the board on whether to maintain the existing ban on commercial cannabis activity in unincorporated county areas or to develop a new ordinance...

Morro Bay could be home to up to two brick-and-mortar medical marijuana dispensaries soon, but residents hoping for recreational store fronts in the coastal community likely shouldn't hold their breath. Those were among the findings of a city council subcommittee tasked with making...

The City Council is poised to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in commercial areas throughout New Port Richey, with the exception of downtown. During a meeting this week, the council voted 4-0 to approve on first reading a medical marijuana ordinance that would lift a moratorium on...

York City is now the fifth municipality in Pennsylvania where simple possession of marijuana is treated as a criminal offense, and not a crime. York City Mayor Kim Bracey signed Article 718 "Marijuana Possession" into law Tuesday morning, a week after the York City Council backed the...

One day after City Council set a public hearing for a medical marijuana ordinance, a petition drive aimed to put a different ordinance on the fall ballot created political pressure at City Hall. During Tuesday's Election Commission meeting, City Clerk Chris Swope said he needs more time to...

For the first time in six years, City Hall will hold a public hearing to discuss a proposed medical marijuana ordinance. With a 5-3 vote, City Council passed a motion Monday night to hold an Aug. 14 public hearing during its 7 p.m. general meeting on the 10th floor of City Hall, At-Large...

After a public hearing July 18 regarding the Cannabis Businesses Ordinance and agreeing it is nearly at the point where it can be voted on, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors sent it back to its ad hoc committee to fine tune it one more time after hearing comments from the public and...

After the York City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday to decriminalize simple possession of marijuana, it appears support for the measure is only continuing to grow. Over the course of two public council meetings about the ordinance, more than a dozen people from York City, surrounding...