On last night's Jay Leno, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talked about why he thought California's voters didn't pass Proposition 19, which would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state. The Governator says that Prop 19 was "written badly," and "went a little bit too far." But really, he told Leno, it's because he's already done so much to take the crime out of weed, like passing SB 1449, which makes carrying one ounce or less only an infraction. "No one cares if you smoke a joint or not," he added. Turns out, 53.9% of Californians do, Arnold! more ›

Just Say Now, the pro-pot legalization group using the web to mobilize support, have found a new home for the very same ads that were yanked by Facebook earlier this month. The ads are now running on Google. more ›

If you're a Facebook user, you surely have noticed the targeted ads that appear on the sidebar of the site's pages. One of those ads that ran earlier this month was from Just Say Now, a group that is using the internet to grow support for the movement to legalize marijuana, explains the Huffington Post. more ›

More than half the people polled recently believe legalizing marijuana would have no effect on creating jobs in their community, and just under half of those interviewed said it would have no impact on the economy, according to the Daily News. more ›

Today in their regular meeting the LA City Council "will consider provisions to a proposed medical marijuana ordinance they have struggled with for two years," according to CBS2. In a vote postponed from last week, the Council will discuss how to handle the city's many dispensaries. "Among the possibilities are capping the number of dispensaries and creating a tax that could help boost the city's depleted coffers." more ›

Yesterday an Oakland medical marijuana entrepreneur took his first official step to put a proposition on the 2010 ballot that would ask Californians to legalize marijuana. If passed, those over 21 could smoke freely and could grow it for personal use on garden plots up to 25 square feet, according to the Associated Press. Richard Lee and his group will need to collect 434,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot. This proposition is different from a less restrictive one filed two weeks ago by two lawyers in Northern California. Also at the state politics level, Assemblymember Tom Ammiano's bill will have hearings this Fall. more ›

The teacher addresses the class: "This is a new industry that's going to turn California around, and you're it." more ›

We had a very big story on LAist, that got a lot of people excited about the potential for a new system that would legalize weed for all adults to be put on the ballot this November. The excitement was fueled with the hope of many that the nearly 700,000 signatures by Sept. 5, 2008 appeared very likely. The only question that was at the front of everyone's mind was, "WHERE DO I SIGN?!" more ›

Since many are so hopeful that we can get weed legalized for everyone in California, we thought we would share with you what happened in 2006. From the trends you can see below, fewer and fewer people see marijuana as a "bad, evil, boogie-man that will unravel society as we know it." more ›