SJ Mayor Reed Seeks Higher Tax On Pot Clubs To Pay For Special Election
San Jose's mayor is calling for an increase in the city's tax on medical marijuana dispensaries to fund a special election on the city's pot regulations.
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San Jose's mayor is calling for an increase in the city's tax on medical marijuana dispensaries to fund a special election on the city's pot regulations.
Medical marijuana advocates submitted nearly 49,000 signatures on Friday to qualify a referendum that would repeal San Jose's restrictions on cannabis dispensaries.
Medical marijuana advocates in California are suing the federal government in an effort to quash a recent crackdown on the state's pot dispensaries.
Medical marijuana grows and illegal pot fields have become a major problem in Sonoma County, according to some residents, and the Board of Supervisors is now looking sweeping changes to laws applying to marijuana dispensaries.
Two Bay Area state legislators called on federal prosecutors Wednesday to "cease your senseless assault" on medical marijuana dispensaries, but at the same time said they want to talk to U.S. officials.
A laptop was stolen early Thursday morning in a break-in at a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco's Bayview District where an employee was sleeping, a police spokesman said.
Federal prosecutors in California announced Friday a full-press crackdown on the state's commercial marijuana industry, saying they will not allow large-scale, for-profit enterprises in the name of medical marijuana.
Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of their property even if they are operating legally under the state's 15-year-old medical marijuana law.
San Jose medical marijuana distributors say they are confident a referendum to overturn a city ordinance that taxes sales and sharply curtails the number of pot clubs will qualify for the ballot.
The Internal Revenue Service has ordered an Oakland medical marijuana dispensary to pay millions in back taxes.
Medical marijuana collective owners in San Jose are pining their hopes on a referendum against a new city ordinance that requires 130 of 140 clubs in the city to close within 30 days.
A man was robbed of more than a pound of marijuana as he exited a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Detectives served a search warrant at a marijuana collective in San Jose in connection with Friday's homicide and crime spree, police announced Tuesday night.
The San Jose City Council on Tuesday approved ordinances that will limit the number of medical marijuana collectives to 10 in limited commercial and industrial areas.
The San Jose City Council was poised to take another step in the long process of legalizing the sale of medical marijuana; still, a number of questions were yet to be resolved surrounding the matter.
Pot smokers were invited to light up outside Oakland City Hall at the International Cannabis & Hemp Expo.
Pot smokers were invited to light up outside City Hall for this weekend's marijuana street fair.
The Oakland City Council has voted to double the number of licensed medical marijuana dispensaries, but plans to wait until at least fall to decide on allowing cultivation after a recent warning from the U.S. Department of Justice.
In May, San Jose received about $17,000 from a half dozen marijuana collectives, down from nearly $300,000 in March and April.
A San Francisco man who caused a cross-country flight to land prematurely because his medical marijuana cookies made him act erratically has been sentenced to at least three years on probation.
In a strange twist, the number of police officer layoffs in San Jose may be reduced because of revenue generated by medical marijuana dispensaries.
Santa Cruz County authorities are investigating a suspected arson at a medical marijuana cooperative after an early morning fire Saturday caused an estimated $50,000 in damages.
A fire in San Jose Friday morning left four people displaced and a cannabis dispensary completely destroyed, a fire captain said.
The San Jose city council's move to dramatically restrict the number of medical marijuana collectives should greatly reduce the crime and violence associated with some of the unlicensed clubs, said Police Chief Chris Moore.
The San Jose City Council Tuesday approved a motion that would limit the city's medical marijuana collectives to 10, taking another step forward in a prolonged and convoluted regulation process.
