Prompted by roughly 35 medical marijuana advocates – including one who used the public comment period to play a Native American tune on a flute made of bone – the Marysville City Council voted 3-1 Tuesday night to change future meetings so public comment will be near the end, rather than at the beginning. Tuesday’s public […]
Tempers flared as the evening of July 22 wore on, turning an Oakland City Council meeting into a marathon debate over the future of medical marijuana in one of the country’s most pot-friendly cities. For months the media had chronicled the unfolding of a modern-day Gold Rush — quickly dubbed the “Green Rush.” […]
Incensed by the city’s determination that just a quarter of the registered Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries are qualified to remain open, about 80 operators and advocates held a subdued rally Tuesday and then trooped into City Hall to demand that the council intervene. The protest’s only speaker was Don Duncan, […]
The campaign opposed to the Proposition 19 marijuana-legalization campaign has some big names lending their influence. Last week, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca announced they would co-chair the effort against the proposed law. And for the past few months, a local heavyweight has been appearing […]