Gotta break out this quote from a would-be dispensary operator: “Limiting it to two (dispensaries in Santa Cruz) is a slap in face to the medical marijuana community. I see it as Jim Crow and nothing else. We’ve gone from being criminals to second-class citizens.” Read on…
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The Santa Cruz City Council preliminarily approved a new [...]

Medical marijuana advocates told the city of Eureka Tuesday night that its ordinance regulating medical marijuana was a good start, but they still had plenty of suggestions.
The city, spearheaded by council members Jeff Leonard and Linda Atkins, held a public workshop to gather input from the public about its new draft ordinance aimed at regulating [...]

Although Martinez has had an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries on the books for 10 years, it has never approved one.
In the past few months, several groups seeking to open dispensaries have approached Martinez. In response to Police Chief Tom Simonetti’s call for a ban on the facilities, the city’s Public Safety Subcommittee has been [...]

The Morro Bay City Council voted Monday to move ahead with drafting regulations that would allow medical marijuana to be sold in the city.
The council voted 4-1 to form a subcommittee, which would bring an ordinance back to the council in 60 to 90 days. City Attorney Rob Schultz has drafted a preliminary set of [...]

Last fall, when dozens of medicinal marijuana users went to the Ventura City Council to urge it to show compassion and give them a legal place to get their medicine, the council responded just as every other community in Ventura County had in the past: It said no.
But then the council did something unexpected, the [...]

Eureka has unveiled its draft medical marijuana ordinance, meant to regulate the cultivation, possession and distribution of cannabis, and is asking residents to provide their input Tuesday night.
City Manager David Tyson said this meeting, which will be led by City Council members Jeff Leonard and Linda Atkins, allows the city to gather more input on [...]

Costa Mesa government officials on Thursday ordered three medical marijuana dispensaries operating in the city to stop selling pot, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department.
Costa Mesa police and code enforcement officials delivered cease-and-desist orders to three dispensaries believed to be violating the city’s ban on medical marijuana sales, a police press release said.
The press [...]

Sponsors of a medical marijuana dispensary named the Apothecary Inc. were served a notice of injunction by Pacific Grove City Attorney David Laredo on Wednesday, prohibiting any transfers or sales of marijuana on the property.
The announcement of the injunction was made after the council broke from a closed-door session Wednesday to discuss litigation, the Monterey [...]

Nearly all medical cannabis clubs operating in Redding comply with the city’s new regulations, according to officials.
Police Chief Peter Hansen has inspected all but one of the city’s 20 clubs, the Redding Record-Searchlight reports. The inspections are the first step in a permitting process intended to weed out profit-driven marijuana dealers from legitimate nonprofit collectives.
“From [...]

Update: Lacking votes, council delays action
Update: The 38-year-old owner of Mike’s Cozy Corner bar stepped out of the shadows Wednesday as the person who approached Livingston wanting to open a medical marijuana dispensary in town. Read Modesto Bee story
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The Livingston City Council on Thursday will consider an emergency ordinance to place a 45-day moratorium on [...]