Following a three-hour meeting Tuesday, the Anderson City Council postponed for 60 days any action on a proposed ordinance to restrict the cultivation of medical marijuana within city limits to a secure out-building no larger than 120 square feet within a fenced back or side yard large enough to accommodate such a structure.
The five-member council, [...]

SCOTTS VALLEY — City leaders extended a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries on Wednesday and asked staff to revise proposed rules for backyard beekeepers that would include neighbor notification of the hives.
The medical marijuana dispensary decision extends a 45-day moratorium passed last month for another 10 months and 15 days, essentially approving a one-year ban [...]

SHASTA LAKE – Outdoor medical marijuana gardens would not be allowed within city limits under a draft ordinance to be reviewed tonight by the Shasta Lake Planning Commission.
This will be the first time that commissioners have reviewed the draft ordinance, which is not up for approval at the meeting, the Redding Record-Searchlight’s Jim Schultz reports.
Instead, [...]

Tehama County supervisors made a minor concession to medical marijuana advocates Tuesday, but the nod is unlikely to settle debate as the board moves toward an April 6 vote on medical marijuana regulation.
In its weekly meeting, the board gave the first reading to a medical marijuana ordinance that would link medical marijuana growth to property [...]

California’s cities can’t afford to wait for the state to fix the medical marijuana mess. The plan in the works in Sacramento is a reasonable local solution to a no-win situation, the Sacramento Bee editorial board writes here. (Site registration may be required.)
The proposal outlined last week at a City Hall hearing would cap the [...]

Seeking to overturn the city’s medical marijuana ordinance even before it takes effect, a loose-knit coalition of Los Angeles collectives is quietly gathering signatures to force a referendum on the law.
The scrappy, largely volunteer effort faces a Monday deadline to turn in 27,425 valid signatures, reports John Hoeffel of the Los Angeles Times.
Update:
Times: Petition [...]

Filling in the last blank in the city’s medical marijuana ordinance, Los Angeles officials Friday recommended a number of fees dispensaries would have to pay to operate. Although the City Council passed the law in January, it cannot take effect until the council approves the fees.
In addition to standard charges for inspections and research, officials [...]

Sacramento officials Thursday night presented a plan to cap the number of marijuana dispensaries in the city at a dozen and impose strict requirements for their operations.
Faced with a packed room of pot shop owners and medical marijuana advocates, City Manager Gus Vina asked for measured input on “an emotional issue,” the Sacramento Bee’s Peter [...]

A Monterey medical marijuana dispensary has been ordered by the court to close immediately, city officials said Friday.
Superior Court Judge Robert O’Farrell issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the city, requiring MyCaregiver Inc. at 554 Lighthouse Ave. to shut down, said Assistant Monterey City Attorney Christine Davi.
Davi said the order would be finalized once [...]

RED BLUFF – The short history of the city’s only medical marijuana collective ended this week with the sentencing of a mother-daughter team that operated Blue Toad Inc.
Lana Aguiar and Ashley Arnold were each fined $90 in Tehama County Superior Court on misdemeanor violations of land use and occupancy ordinances, a court clerk said. They [...]