The Los Angeles Times reports on the frustration of medical marijuana dispensaries in Orange County when it comes to attempting to get permits through the county. With the anti-marijuana crowd screaming about the likelihood of Proposition 19 passing, the reasons are obvious: Having spent years throwing up bureaucratic roadblocks to…
Sellers and patients rallied at City Hall after the Los Angeles medical marijuana ordinance threatens to close all but about 50 of the city’s legally operating dispensaries, the Los Angeles Times reported. Our Los Angeles dispensary attorneys reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog earlier this month that only 41 dispensaries…
While the intent of the city’s marijuana dispensary ordinance was to rout allegedly unscrupulous dispensaries, the ordinance is devastating Southern California’s legal medical marijuana industry, the Los Angeles Times reported. As our L.A. marijuana defense lawyers reported recently on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, the city has so badly botched the…
The Los Angeles County Sheriff is attacking the entire marijuana dispensary industry in the wake of last week’s triple murder in West Hollywood, according to the Los Angeles Times. Our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary attorneys believe this is dangerously close to blaming the victim. Actually, it is blaming the victim.…
Only about 41 medical marijuana dispensaries are eligible to remain open in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Times. That means the city’s ordinance targets for closure more than 9 out of every 10 marijuana collectives. As our L.A. medical marijuana attorneys continue to report, it will be imperative…
The city attorney has asked a judge to support a move to shut down about 130 Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries, the Associated Press reported. Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Attorney Damian Nassiri said the city has jumped the gun by filing the lawsuit instead of issuing the list and permitting…
The City of Long Beach is set to approve a tax of recreational marijuana, should voters approve Proposition 19 on the November ballot, the Press-Telegram reported. Our Los Angeles dispensary defense lawyers and Long Beach marijuana attorneys continue to report the proactive measures being taken by local city governments even…
An excellent report on CNBC contrasts the mood of California communities in dealing with the medical marijuana issue. As we reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, the City of Oakland has voted to create four industrial-size marijuana growing operations as it embraces both medical marijuana and the prospect of marijuana’s…
Even as the nearly bankrupt City of Los Angeles spends millions of dollars attacking its legal medical marijuana industry, the City of Oakland is moving to become the first city in the state to permit industrial marijuana production, according to the Los Angeles Times. As our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary…
A new team has been established at the Los Angeles Police Department to aggressively target medical marijuana dispensaries that are remaining open in defiance of a new city ordinance, the L.A. Times reported. The Los Angeles Marijuana Dispensary Lawyers at the CANNABIS LAW GROUP are providing aggressive representation to dispensaries…