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Jacksonville Beach city leaders have to go back to the drawing board on their medical marijuana policy. On Monday night, a proposal to extend the ban on medical marijuana dispensaries was voted down. Action News Jax's Michael Yoshida was inside the meeting as the vote took place. He...

The Thousand Oaks City Council this week introduced an ordinance that will allow one medical marijuana retailer and one marijuana testing facility in an industrial-zoned part of town. The ordinance is scheduled to be adopted at the council's Nov. 28 meeting and will become effective 31 days...

The Prince George's County Council on Tuesday passed legislation that could clear the way for a medical marijuana dispensary to set up shop in the office building at 4201 Northview Drive, across Route 197 from the Bowie Town Center. The bill reduced the buffer distance required between a...

One of the first decisions the new Portage City Council will have to make is what do about medical marijuana licensing - or not. The council had scheduled a committee-of-the-whole meeting for Nov. 14 to discuss the issue, but changed that to 6 p.m. Dec. 19 to allow the new council to make the...

Carson opened its doors to commercial marijuana growing, testing and manufacturing during a special meeting Thursday. The City Council also approved licensing door-to-door delivery operations and added restrictions on personal-use cultivation allowed by the state beginning Jan. 1, requiring...

With the clock ticking down on the city's already year-old moratorium on cannabis cultivation, the Sonoma City Council on Monday extended the ban another year, to again give city officials more time to develop a long-term policy around the newly legal narcotic. It was the city's third...

Just one cannabis nursery and two medicinal dispensaries will be allowed in the city under rules adopted by the Alameda City Council early Wednesday morning. The new ordinance also bans people from smoking marijuana in public places and in multi-family housing – mirroring the city's...

The West Hollywood City Council last night gave its initial okay to an ordinance that would permit the city to grant up to eight licenses to recreational marijuana stores, eight to medical marijuana dispensaries, eight to lounges offering edible marijuana products, eight to lounges also allowing...

On Monday night, City Council - concerned about a potential increase in crime - unanimously passed an ordinance that will ban the growing, processing and selling of medical marijuana in town. Council passed the ordinance 11 days before a medical marijuana moratorium, which temporarily banned...

In a special meeting on Monday night, the City Council approved the final language for Ordinance 806, which allows, and regulates, cannabis businesses within city limits. The approved language also includes a chapter regulating residential cultivation of marijuana for personal use. The...

Martinez City Council will decide tonight whether to impose a temporary moratorium on all commercial cannabis activities. Should the ordinance be adopted, exceptions would be made for pending applications for medicinal marijuana dispensaries, said City Attorney Jeffrey A. Walter in his report...

Residents who use marijuana for medical treatment will be able to purchase cannabis locally, but buying and smoking pot for fun isn't in the cards for now. That's the intent of guidelines being considered by the Alameda City Council when determining how to license marijuana sales...

Redwood City's elected officials made it clear this week that they are in favor of a conservative, phased approach to allowing cannabis businesses in city limits. On Monday night, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that limits indoor cultivation to six marijuana plants, bans...

Marion is being eyed as a possible site for a medical marijuana dispensary, though city council members are debating whether to allow it. Marion City Council members voiced their thoughts Monday on a proposed medical marijuana dispensary that was brought to the attention of some council...

Mason City Council said it needs more time before voting on an ordinance that would change city zoning rules on medical marijuana. Monday, City Council unanimously passed a 180 day moratorium on granting any permit for retail dispensaries, cultivators or processors of medical marijuana...

Horowhenua's mayor wants the council to back hemp farming in a bid to increase the district's employment rate. It's far from "wacky backy" and would help keep young people in the district, mayor Michael Feyen says. Hemp had a stigma for its association with marijuana, but hemp has much...

Members of the La Verne City Council recently approved an ordinance banning all commercial marijuana activities in the city along with setting regulations for the personal cultivation of pot. Council members gave unanimous final approval to the ordinance, which was part of the Oct. 16 consent...

Legislation being considered by City Council would welcome the testing, growing and manufacturing of medical marijuana, but prohibit dispensaries within the city. An eight-page proposal to amend the city's development code has the support of Mayor William Judge's administration and the city's...

In what councilors praised as a civil meeting, marijuana continued to be the major topic of public discussion at the Dunes City Council meeting held on Wednesday, Oct. 11. As a result of the public comments, the council agreed to review at a later date the applications submitted by marijuana...

Several Carlisle residents say they oppose village council rescinding a temporary ban on medical marijuana businesses because it would be harmful to the community and reduce property values. Ohio Craft Cultivators LLC, a company with a state application pending for a medical marijuana...