As many as three medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed in Stockton under regulations approved Tuesday by the City Council. City leaders for months have reviewed and revised proposed rules for pot shops, Daniel Thigpen reports in the Stockton Record. On Tuesday, attorneys and other medical marijuana advocates mostly spoke favorably of Stockton’s proposed rules before the council took action. Councilman Elbert Holman Jr. cast the lone dissenting vote after expressing concerns about possible increases in marijuana-related crime and violence. Though much language was revised in recent weeks at the request of dispensary supporters, the [...]
STOCKTON — A City Council committee Wednesday endorsed a revised set of rules that would regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in the city but relax some restrictions outlined in an earlier draft. There was a round of applause from the medical pot advocates and lawyers gathered when committee member and Councilwoman Susan Eggman asked for acknowledgement of the city’s efforts to tailor a fair compromise. The full City Council is scheduled to weigh in on the proposed rules late next month, Daniel Thigpen reports in the Stockton Record. (Subscription required.) It will be the second time. [...]
STOCKTON — The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a measure on the November ballot that would put a 2.5 percent tax on sales at medical marijuana dispensaries. The measure also would levy a 10 percent tax for all other marijuana businesses, the Stockton Record reports — but that’s all it reports on its website unless you’re a subscriber. ========= For a peek at the ballot measure, click here and then click on Agenda Item 8.04. Update: Here’s the rest of the Record’s story after going through a cumbersome registration process. Most readers won’t [...]
STOCKTON — Police searched a Weston Ranch home Monday morning, seizing hundreds of marijuana plants and arresting a 25-year-old man suspected of cultivating the crop, the Stockton Record reports. Special Investigations Lt. Eric Ingersoll said the search could have turned fatal. When police knocked on the front door of the home in the 1800 block of Bess Place, Ingersoll said, 25-year-old Michael Gomez tried to sneak out the back door. There was a group of SWAT officers waiting in the backyard. “He turned to face them, and he had a gun in his hand,” Ingersoll [...]
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