You can add Santa Cruz to the list of municipalities looking at regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in California. The Santa Cruz Sentinel is, of all things, urging its Board of Supervisors to act faster, saying other dispensaries “may bud” before its elected officials again take up the issue in March.…
The California Appeals Court has refused to reverse a lower court injunction prohibiting a medical marijuana dispensary from operating in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County. The case is County of Los Angeles V. Hill. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary lawyers continue to encourage collectives and dispensaries to…
Our Orange County marijuana dispensary lawyers noted a defendant was sentenced to 54 years in prison for the robbery of a Laguna Niguel medical marijuana dispensary and the attempted murder of its owner, the Orange County Register reported. As we have reported repeatedly on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, legally operating…
A case of road rage reportedly led authorities to a pot farm in Redondo Beach that contained more than 600 plants, according to the L.A. Times. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers believe such large-scale farms show the demand for medical marijuana, and, indeed, recreational marijuana, is here to…
As the San Bernardino planning commission meets today to consider a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, the Contra Costa Times reports it would be the fourth Southern California County to do so. Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties have all moved to ban dispensaries in unincorporated areas. As our San…
Planning commission documents from San Bernardino outline the fight for medical marijuana rights dating back more than a decade. As our San Bernardino marijuana dispensary lawyers frequently report, it is those businesses and patients that stand and fight for their rights against the unlawful encroachment of the government who have…
Beverly Hills is among a growing number of cities that are moving to permanently shut out medical marijuana dispensaries, the L.A. Weekly reported. Our L.A. medical marijuana dispensary lawyers represent more than a dozen dispensaries and collectives in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. As we reported recently on our…
San Diego’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to impose more than $11,000 in annual fees on dispensaries, according to the LaJolla Light. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary lawyers represent patients and collectives throughout Southern California. We currently represent more than a dozen dispensaries in Los Angeles and the surrounding…
Medical News Today reports “soda pot” is entering the California market as producers and patients seek ways to provide the medicinal values of marijuana for those who don’t wish to smoke it. Historically, such efforts have run afoul of the law rather quickly, especially among law enforcement organizations that have…
In a detailed analysis of the challenges facing the medical marijuana industry in Southern California as we enter 2011, the Press Enterprise rightly deduces that it will take the courts to decide many of the issues surrounding the rights of medical marijuana growers, collectives, dispensaries and patients. Our Los Angeles…