The L.A. City Council is considering putting a special tax on medical marijuana collectives, however the voters will have the final say. Today the Council is expected to be presented with the City Attorney's recently issued report on the tax measure, and they are being recommended to adopt the resolution and have the proposition put on the March 8th, 2011 ballot. more ›

Long Beach's City Council held a lottery yesterday to determine which proposed marijuana collectives can move forward in the permitting process, according to the Daily Breeze. more ›

In the hopes of getting a referendum on the ballot to counter the city ordinance that will bring about the closing of hundreds of dispensaries in L.A., a group of medical marijuana advocates had until the end of yesterday to collect 27,425 valid signatures, according to the Daily News. But the coalition, headed by Mar Vista's The Rainforest Collective's Daniel Halbert, only came up with about 15,000. more ›

L.A. County's second largest city last night passed a medical marijuana ordinance that, like with Los Angeles, is steeped in controversy. The city council had previously approved an ordinance, but last night's vote enlarged buffer zones around schools and forces collectives to grow within city limits, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram. more ›

From lawsuits to raids, around 20 local marijuana dispensaries today were subject of various law enforcement activities. As the DEA served a search warrant to Organica Collective in Culver City this morning, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office announced the filing of lawsuits against three medical marijuana dispensaries, including Organica, which has been subject of raids in the past. more ›

Now this really shows the true intent of medical marijuana in California. As of February last year, the city of Laguna Woods was the only one in Orange County to allow dispensaries, a law voted on in late 2008. Back then, the LA Times reported that seniors were still awaiting a willing landlord to house the collective, one of the requirements on Laguna Woods' ordinance. Well, it looks like they found one and, according to ABC7, it remains the only one within city limits. Welcome to Leisure World. more ›

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich wants the City Council to pass the latest proposed ordinance aimed at regulating medical marijuana dispensaries (you can read that ordinance in full, embedded below). more ›