Long Beach’s pioneering marijuana social-equity program aims to tackle racial, economic injustice
Jun 25, 2018, 2:30 pm By Chris Haire, The Cannifornian
The city wants to help level the economic playing field – with marijuana. Last week, the City Council voted to open up Long Beach to sales of recreational pot. In doing so, the council also laid the groundwork for the creation of a program that, if…Rohnert Park police officer no longer works for city after mysterious cannabis seizure
Jun 25, 2018, 1:45 pm By Julie Johnson, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
Rohnert Park Public Safety Sgt. Brendon “Jacy” Tatum is no longer employed by the city amid an investigation into a mysterious marijuana seizure in Mendocino County, city officials said Friday. Tatum has previously been decorated by the city for his work…Ballot initiative for medicinal marijuana shops in Bakersfield approved for November
Jun 25, 2018, 1:00 pm By Sam Morgen, Bakersfield Californian
Voters in Bakersfield will get the opportunity this November to overturn a citywide ban on medicinal marijuana shops. The Bakersfield City Council approved a resolution last week allowing the initiative to appear on the ballot. In October 2016, a medical…Nevada cannabis regulators given more funds to deal with demand
Jun 25, 2018, 12:15 pm By The Associated Press
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s marijuana regulators say they are trying to keep up with demands at recreational dispensaries, where sales continue to outpace projections. The Nevada Appeal reports the Interim Finance Committee approved an additional…Northern California marijuana grows threatening habitat of weasel-like animal
Jun 25, 2018, 11:30 am By The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A cat-sized, weasel-like animal whose habitat in forests along California’s northern coast is under threat from marijuana cultivation should receive endangered species status, state fish and wildlife officials said. The Humboldt…Full vending machines. Pot on the pillow. What some California hotels are doing to attract marijuana smokers
Jun 25, 2018, 10:45 am By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times
A few months after California legalized recreational use of marijuana, the Desert Hot Springs Inn in the Coachella Valley began advertising itself as cannabis friendly — a place where guests can smoke by the pool or heat up a vaporizer in the rooms. What…Latest viral police caller: Woman linked to California cannabis-tincture company
Jun 24, 2018, 3:53 pm By Jessica Yadegaran, The Cannifornian
A San Francisco cannabis businesswoman who allegedly called the police on an 8-year-old girl for selling water outside AT&T Park is causing a stir on Twitter, where she is being identified as #PermitPatty. In a video first posted to Instagram by the girl’s…Canada’s legalization to offer marijuana by mail, better banking
Jun 22, 2018, 10:45 am By Gene Johnson, Associated Press
Mail-order weed? You betcha! With nationwide marijuana legalization in Canada on the horizon, the industry is shaping up differently there than the way it was established in nine U.S. states that have similarly broad legalization. Age limits, government…As smaller marijuana businesses get squeezed, state revenue takes a hit
Jun 22, 2018, 10:00 am By Scott Rodd, Stateline.org
SACRAMENTO — Tyler Kearns, owner of the cannabis cultivation company Seven Leaves, stood in one of his half-dozen temperature-controlled grow rooms on a recent day, surveying a crop derived from the same mother plant. “We have really tried to educate the…Window open for marijuana permits in Marsyville
Jun 21, 2018, 7:15 pm By Jake Abbott, Marysville Appeal-DemocratThe window is now open for interested medical marijuana businesses to apply for an available dispensary permit within the city of Marysville. The city is also accepting applications for commercial cannabis companies looking to grow indoors, manufacture and…Oceanside OKs two delivery-only medical marijuana dispensaries
Jun 21, 2018, 6:30 pm By Philip Diehl, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Oceanside agreed Wednesday to license two delivery-only dispensaries as the city continues to fine-tune a medical marijuana ordinance adopted in April. The 3-2 vote, with council members Jack Feller and Esther Sanchez opposed, was a compromise reached after…Trial on murder charge opens for Southern California driver who smoked marijuana before fatal crash
Jun 21, 2018, 5:45 pm By Pauline Repard, San Diego Union TribuneThe day before Easter in 2016, Jon Warshawsky had lunch in La Jolla with his girlfriend, Amanda Walzer. The next thing he remembers, he testified Wednesday, is waking up almost two months later in a La Mesa rehabilitation clinic. He could barely move his…Oroville council votes to put cannabis tax measure on ballot
Jun 21, 2018, 5:00 pm By Risa Johnson, ChicoER News
OROVILLE — A motion to put a tax measure on the November ballot to charge cannabis businesses up to a 10 percent sales tax passed with a 5-1 vote on Tuesday from the Oroville City Council. Mayor Linda Dahlmeier was the sole dissenter on the motion, which was…Walnut Creek sets rules regulating marijuana cultivation, allowing commercial delivery
Jun 21, 2018, 3:30 pm By Sam Richards, The CannifornianWALNUT CREEK — City leaders on Tuesday night approved an ordinance regulating personal cultivation of both recreational and medicinal marijuana and allowing local commercial delivery of medical cannabis. The council’s 5-0 vote, which drew applause from the…LA County leaders are open to marijuana industry, but slow and ‘careful’ to remove ban
Jun 21, 2018, 10:00 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The CannifornianThe Board of Supervisors appears to be leaning toward allowing a wide range of marijuana businesses in unincorporated Los Angeles County. “I personally favor serious regulation over any ban in the unincorporated area of the county,” Board Chair Sheila…Long Beach will soon allow recreational marijuana sales, after City Council votes in favor of regulating industry
7:30pm By Chris Haire, The CannifornianRecreational marijuana sales will soon be legal in Long Beach, after the City Council on Tuesday evening agreed to regulate the nascent industry. The vote was 7 to 1. Councilwoman Stacy Mungo, representing District 5, voted no. The regulations, laid out in a…Canadian cannabis grower will spin off unit to chase U.S. investments
6:45pm By Simon Casey, Bloomberg NewsAurora Cannabis Inc., one of Canada’s largest marijuana companies, plans to to spin off a subsidiary that will seek investments in the U.S. Aurora said in a statement Wednesday that its domestic investors will receive stock and stock warrants for Austral…Commentary: Keep cannabis billboards away from kids
6:00pm By Elizabeth J. D’amico, Special to the Los Angeles Times
The legalization of recreational marijuana use in California has set off an advertising boom on billboards across the state. The gigantic ads try to persuade us — and our offspring — that we can easily get “chill vibes,” say “goodbye stress” or…Ex-cop gets prison after Southern California hash-lab explosion
5:15pm By Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times
A former Los Angeles police officer who was running a hash oil lab out of a house in Lake Elsinore was sentenced Monday to five years in prison, officials said. Authorities began investigating Joseph Jay Spadafore, 64, after an explosion at the makeshift lab…San Diego bars marijuana in urban gardens
4:30pm By David Garrick, San Diego Union-TribuneSan Diego took the precautionary move on Tuesday of prohibiting growing of marijuana in the dozens of urban gardens expected to soon sprout up across the city under a new property tax incentive approved in January. The incentive aims to transform some of the…
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