Earlier this month, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office apprehended two suspects that were reportedly working with illegal marijuana cultivation operations in San Gabriel Valley. Authorities reportedly seized two caches of dried marijuana and plants that totaled nearly $3 million in street value, according to the Los Angeles Times. A…
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Supporters hope to return California legalization measure to the November 2012 ballot
Marijuana legalization advocates are already plotting their next fight in the wake of last fall’s defeat of Proposition 19, according to the Los Angeles Times. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers are committed to fighting for the rights of patients, dispensaries and collectives throughout Southern California. Those medical marijuana…
Beverly Hills to vote on medical marijuana dispensary ban
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…
Obama answers California’s marijuana legalization question … sort of
The San Francisco Weekly reports President Obama recently addressed the issue of marijuana legalization. Sort of. As our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense attorneys reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration was in favor of a crackdown had California’s marijuana legalization effort become…
Los Angeles Council hates medical marijuana dispensaries, just not too much to tax
It’s official: The Los Angeles city council is looking to ban its pot and tax it, too. As our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers continue to fight the misguided and, we believe, illegal ban on marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, we note that the city is also moving to…
Los Angeles, marijuana growers in the Emerald Triangle, sunk Proposition 19
A breakdown of voting for Proposition 19, California’s marijuana legalization effort, found support was strongest in the Bay area but failed in the Emerald Triangle, the Los Angeles Times reported. Our Los Angeles marijuana defense attorneys noted last month that penalty for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana…
Failure of Proposition 19 highlights need to fight for the rights of medical marijuana patients and dispensaries
The marijuana legalization effort is not going away. But Tuesday’s defeat of Proposition 19 makes the fight against the assault on California’s legal medical marijuana industry all the more urgent. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana collective attorneys urge anyone with a stake in the fight — whether patient, grower or…
Voting for Proposition 19 today will not put marijuana at your local convenience store tomorrow
The Oakland Tribune is reporting that hundreds of doctors have turned to specializing in marijuana, making medical marijuana in Los Angeles and throughout California far easier to get than in the other 13 states where it is legal. Should voters pass Proposition 19, California’s legalization effort, at the polls today,…
California marijuana legalization supporters to air television ads in Los Angeles
Proposition 19, California’s marijuana legalization effort, will run television ads in the Los Angeles area in the closing days of the campaign, the L.A. Times reported. As our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense attorneys reported recently on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, political pundits placed part of the blame on a…
Latest poll has Proposition 19, California’s legalization effort, trailing badly
The latest poll to gauge support for Proposition 19 has found that California’s marijuana legalization effort is trailing badly, the Los Angeles Times reports. Our L.A. medical marijuana dispensary lawyers don’t put a lot of faith in these polls, particularly when it comes to the marijuana legalization issue. Such polls…