Nov 182009
 

Three members of the Gilroy City Council boycotted a closed session about shutting down a medical marijuana dispensary because the issues should be discussed in public, according to this report from the Gilroy Dispatch. our other council members voted to pursue litigation against the MediLeaf collective, which opened without a business license Nov. 9. Two days later, police served it with a cease and desist order that cites the dispensary for operating without a business license, operating in a district that was not zoned for a dispensary and violating federal law, the Dispatch reported.

Nov 122009
 

Gilroy police Chief Denise Turner says a newly opened medical marijuana dispensary in north Gilroy is “illegal” and is meeting with the city’s lawyer this afternoon to plot a course of action, according to this story in the Gilroy Dispatch. A 4-3 City Council vote against allowing the dispensary to operate figures in, but the immediate bone of contention is the lack of a business license, apparently.