Back in 2003, the state’s Legislature passed Senate Bill 420. Under this bill, regulations and limitations were placed on the medical marijuana industry in California. Just a year after, Oakland decided to pass an ordinance that required dispensaries to have licenses and only allowed 4 licenses in the city. Today,…
As Los Angeles city leaders have struggled to get a hold on the medical marijuana industry, recent news articles have laid out the botched regulation efforts made and how the city is now attempting to prohibit medical marijuana with a ban. A city subcommittee recently approved a ban of dispensaries…
A number of Los Angeles Marijuana dispensaries are banding together in support of a bill that would establish statewide regulation for taxing and oversight of marijuana facilities. The ultimate hope with the Medical Marijuana Regulation, Control and Taxation Act (MMRCT) would quell the legal battles these dispensaries have been fighting…
A Riverside Superior Court Judge recently signed an order at the request of the city of Murrieta to ban a medical marijuana collective, but the wording was ambiguous and will allow the business to remain open, the club’s medical marijuana attorney says. Riverside medical marijuana collectives have come under fire,…
The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported there are vast differences between how regulated the medical marijuana industry is in California compared to Colorado and how the federal response has varied. Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries and collectives have come under pressure not only from federal prosecutors, who try to enforce…
San Jose city officials, citing a desire to cut down on the potential for a major legal battle, have decided to rescind a September ordinance to cut down on medical marijuana dispensaries. But, police say they will still be going after dispensaries that have garnered complaints or not paid taxes,…
More bad news out of Riverside. As we previously reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, a case out of Riverside will go to the California Supreme Court to determine if cities and counties can legally ban medical marijuana dispensaries. Now, as if that wasn’t enough of an assault on the…
A recent Los Angeles Times article looks at the industry of testing marijuana to determine if it is medical quality and opines that this may be the next area of the Los Angeles medical marijuana industry to take heat from the government. Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers understand that medical…
A former state senator who was instrumental in writing the 2003 SB 420 that defined how Los Angeles medical marijuana would be cultivated and dispensed now says it was never meant to be a non-profit venture. Former State Sen. John Vasconcellos recently wrote a letter stating that lawmakers never intended…
A 43-year-old man from Los Angeles was arrested in New Jersey after he allegedly smoked marijuana on a flight from Florida to Newark, The Star-Ledger reports. This has become a somewhat common problem for people who are licensed to use medical marijuana in Los Angeles because of various ailments. While…