City council members laid groundwork Tuesday and a 7% tax for commercial marijuana shops that could start opening by Summer.
Tag: marijuana
Posted inGovernment
Lake Forest Repeals Ordinance Allowing Marijuana Testing Labs, But Tightens Guidelines
The labs can continue operating as legal nonconforming uses.
Posted inCorrections, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Police Had No Right to Expect Privacy During a Pot Shop Raid: Court of Appeal
Although officers believed they had disabled all cameras, it was unreasonable of them to conclude they were not being recorded, the court determined.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Cop Fired After Pot Shop Raid to Rejoin Force Due to Court Ruling
Officer Brandon Sontag still faces criminal charges in connection with the raid of Sky High Holistic.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories, Tustin
Most OC Supervisors Taking a Hard Line on Pot Businesses
Starting next year, it will be legal to sell recreational marijuana in California. But local governments will have a lot of say in where the shops can operate, and the majority on the county Board of Supervisors seem to favor heavy restrictions.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
Garden Grove Council Debates Next Steps in Marijuana Enforcement
Garden Grove City Council members debated the effectiveness of the city’s current ban on medical marijuana dispensaries at a study session last week.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Health & Wellness
Goldstein: Legalized marijuana benefits, not hurts, society
A veteran law enforcement argues that benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh opponents’ fears — increased cost, crime and drug use — by being more cost efficient and offering competition for illegal sales.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Caregivers Face Daunting Tangle of Regulations
In the nearly two decades since California became the first state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes, consensus has not been reached on how best to run a medical marijuana program, and regulators have been left to experiment.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
America’s Weed Rush: Different States Mean Different Policies
As the federal government continues its prohibition of marijuana, the District of Columbia and the 23 states that have legalized marijuana for medical use have been left to write the rules and regulations on their own.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana
Judge is Asked to Issue Temporary Restraining Order on Pot Shop Raid Video
Superior Court Judge Ronald Bauer has tentatively ruled that a video of officers misbehaving during a pot shop raid can’t be used as evidence in a Santa Ana Police Department internal investigation, according to court documents.
