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When Long Beach voters head to the polls this November, they will not only decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana with the rest of the state, but also on two complicated medical marijuana measures. The 17 statewide measures include perhaps the most debated one, Proposition 64...

Congressman Alan Lowenthal and other elected officials are asking voters to support a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana in Long Beach. Lowenthal joined city councilmembers Dee Andrews, Jeannine Pearce and Roberto Uranga at Long Beach City Hall on Thursday to ask residents to vote...

A measure to repeal Proposition D, a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, has been certified, and the City Council will now decide whether to adopt the measure or put it on the ballot, the City Clerk's office announced Friday. The measure calls for creating a permitting process that would...

The Monterey County Deputy Sheriffs Association officially endorsed Measure Y. Measure Y is the county's commercial cannabis tax on the ballot for the Nov. 8 general election. Measure Y is a general tax on commercial cannabis businesses in the county's unincorporated areas. If passed it would...

The debate over legalizing marijuana has for decades pitted defense of personal freedom against public health, social justice against public safety. Those emotional arguments still linger today. A panel of experts gathered Monday night at Cal State Long Beach to debate these principles as...

In Butte County, voters will get to decide again whether they want to change the rules on growing medical marijuana. Measure L goes before voters in November. It would overturn Measure A, which voters approved more than two years ago and allows most property owners in unincorporated areas to...

In Butte County, voters will get to decide again whether they want to change the rules on growing medical marijuana. Measure L goes before voters in November. It would overturn Measure A, which voters approved more than two years ago and allows most property owners in unincorporated areas to...

The Ventura City Council on Monday directed staff to return with detailed information on what the city might do if recreational marijuana is legalized. Voters will be deciding in November whether to approve Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act. The measure would allow those 21 and...

Florida Republican leaders have been conspicuously quiet about where they stand on Amendment 2, the ballot initiative that would legalize medical marijuana. "I think a lot of people are being quiet about it because they assume it's going to pass and they don't want to be on the wrong side,"...

Florida Republican leaders have been conspicuously quiet about where they stand on Amendment 2, the ballot initiative that would legalize medical marijuana. "I think a lot of people are being quiet about it because they assume it's going to pass and they don't want to be on the wrong side,"...

Foes of legalized marijuana are amassing a huge amount of cash in a last-minute bid to quash the measure. The latest figures show Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy has so far collected more than $2.7 million. Most significant, more than $900,000 of that has come in the past three weeks as...

San Bernardino - A forum hosted Thursday by advocates of marijuana legalization drew a representative from only one of the three marijuana measures that will be on the city's ballot, but also drew some sharp questions by supporters of another measure. San Bernardino voters will be able to...

San Bernardino - Allowing marijuana in the city through Measure N would bring more than $18 million in net revenue to the city, several times more than either of the competing marijuana measures, according to a study released by the campaign for Measure N. The numbers, prepared by San...

San Diego, Calif. - The push to tax pot could be a big money generator for the city of San Diego if a statewide proposition passes. If California voters approve Proposition 64, which would make it legal for adults to use marijuana, Measure N, if it passes, would impose a sales tax on businesses...

Urgency clashed with caution at a debate Thursday over the upcoming referendum to overhaul the regulatory regime governing the county's marijuana industry. Sarah Bodnar, campaign manager for Measure AF, squared off with county Supervisor John McCowen in a spirited - and at one point testy -...

The Butte County Board of Supervisors will hear reports on Proposition 64 and Measure L and may vote to approve a butane oil resale ordinance at its meeting Tuesday. Proposition 64 is a statewide measure which would legalize adult use of recreational marijuana and Measure L is a local measure...

The city of Long Beach has proposed a new measure that would add a general tax to local businesses that distribute marijuana, should the drug be legalized statewide in November. As reported by the Long Beach Press Telegram, Measure MA would include a 6 percent gross receipts tax on medical...

The future of cannabis in Cannon Beach has a number, and it's not 420. Measure 4-179 prohibiting the sale of recreational marijuana in Cannon Beach is officially on the November ballot, with the question: "Shall recreational marijuana producers, processors, wholesalers, and retailers be...

Long Beach officials released an analysis Monday of what would happen if the ballot measure to set taxes on marijuana is approved Nov. 8 by voters. Last month, the City Council unanimously approved Measure MA for the November election. That proposal sets tax rates for both medical marijuana...

In 50 days, Long Beach voters will decide whether to legalize medical marijuana within its borders, and California voters will determine if recreational marijuana should be permitted statewide. While each initiative has its own set of taxes written into it, Long Beach is concerned the city...