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Last year, with the passage of Proposition 64, California voters decided to decriminalize the adult use of cannabis. With a strong 69 percent supermajority, voters in Alameda declared that the preciously existing system was not working and ushered in a new era in statewide cannabis policy...

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...

Earlier this month, the Alameda City Council voted 4-1 in favor of a referral from Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer to instruct staff to draft preliminary ordinances that would reverse the ban on cannabis cultivation and dispensaries within the city, and replace them with a regulatory framework that...

For seven years, Alameda has held in place a city-wide ban on commercial cannabis businesses. But that is about to change. In May 2010, the City Council enacted a prohibition on all medical-marijuana dispensaries or cannabis cultivation. But last week, the council voted 4-1 to draft a new...

Regulations for marijuana dispensaries will be on the City Council's agenda Tuesday, a signal that the ban it put on them seven years ago might be lifted. Rules for commercially cultivating the plant within city limits and for laboratories where its purity and potency could be tested also may...

Dublin – In the midst of a recent discussion about growing medical marijuana during an Alameda County Agricultural Advisory Committee meeting, one rancher wrangled in a few laughs. The committee was debating a new ordinance that would define the cultivation of medical marijuana in...

The commuter town of Hayward sounds like the last place to look for America's best medical cannabis flowers. And yet there's a veritable promised land of good bud just off of Interstate 580, at an 11-year-old dispensary with the promising name Garden of Eden. Because Alameda County law bans...

The commuter town of Hayward sounds like the last place to look for America's best medical cannabis flowers. And yet there's a veritable promised land of good bud just off of Interstate 580, at an 11-year-old dispensary with the promising name Garden of Eden. Because Alameda County law bans...