This week we delve into Santa Ana’s increasingly entertaining medical marijuana scene and more problems with the county’s animal shelter.
Tag: medical marijuana
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana to Investigate Police Conduct in Pot Shop Raid
An attorney representing medical marijuana dispensaries claims video clips from the raid show officers consuming food laced with marijuana. Police chief says he will launch an investigation.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Approves Funds to Defend Challenges to Pot Law
Council members authorized up to $500,000 in legal services to defend against a growing number of lawsuits challenging measure BB, the new law that legalizes and regulates medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Mission Viejo, Top Stories, Transportation, Yorba Linda
This Week’s Civic Agenda
This Week’s Civic Agenda includes a public hearing in Santa Ana on water and sewer rate hikes, while in Yorba Linda, city officials will discuss an ordinance that would make more information public during the labor negotiations process.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Holds Lottery for Medical Pot Shop Licenses
Santa Ana conducted a random lottery Thursday to select among 630 applicants looking to be one of 20 licenses handed out to operate a medical marijuana dispensary in the city.
Posted inAnaheim, Health & Wellness, News Briefs
Anaheim Targets Landlords in Effort to Close Illegal Pot Shops
Anaheim officials are taking steps to expand their enforcement powers so they can take civil or criminal actions against property owners who rent to pot shops.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Government, Laguna Beach, News Briefs, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
DA Contract Sparks Concern at County; Lake Forest Could Regulate Vendors’ Politics
For This Week’s Civic Agenda, OC Supervisors welcome their newest member, shuffle around key commission appointments and look at a controversial DA contract that one supervisor says is an example of friends hiring friends. Meanwhile, Lake Forest could restrict political contributions from city vendors.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Passes Pot Shop Enforcement Plan
Voters approved an ordinance allowing some medical marijuana collectives in industrial zones, and City Council Tuesday night adopted stringent measures to shut down the others.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Voters to Consider Two Marijuana Initiatives
City Council members approved an alternative medical marijuana collectives initiative – which will compete with an advocates backed initiative – that regulates and taxes pot shops.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
4 Hot Issues to Watch This Week
Costa Mesa could make it a crime for public speakers to repeat themselves and Santa Ana looks to tax medical marijuana.
