Category Archives: Weed-War

California communities reject Prop 19, but approve pot taxes

Across California Tuesday night, residents of the Golden State voted overwhelmingly to tax and regulate marijuana. Even as they rejected Proposition 19, voters in at least nine cities passed more than a dozen measures authorizing taxes on local marijuana establishments…. Read More

LIVE CHAT: The Bee’s political experts on the election

Recap Election 2010 with The Bee’s team of political experts LIVE CHAT Join The Bee’s team of political experts today beginning at 10 a.m. to recap the local, state and national elections. Be part of the live chat and… Read More

Pot shop operator must move, thankful for ‘bumps on the road’

At Sacramento’s A Therapeutic Alternative dispensary, Buddy, an aging Jack Russell Terrier with a bum leg, is a soothing prop for pet therapy sessions for medical marijuana users suffering from mental illnesses. But now Buddy is going to have… Read More

California pot activist gets ‘freedom fighter’ prize in Amsterdam

So it’s not exactly the Nobel Peace Prize. But then again, when it comes to weed activism, maybe it is. Veteran California marijuana author and advocate Dale Gieringer was honored in Amsterdam Nov. 25 as the High Times magazine "Freedom… Read More

Dapper lobbyist schmoozes the cause for marijuana businesses

In early March, the tension among the crowd at Cesar Chavez Park ran thicker than the wafting marijuana smoke. Medical pot patients protested across the street from the old Sacramento City Hall building, decrying a plan to close dozens of… Read More

Leno bill aims to protect working medical marijuana patients

In 2008, then-state Assemblyman Mark Leno got a bill passed in both houses of the California Legislature to prohibit employees from firing workers simply because they were medical marijuana patients. A little more than two years after the bill was… Read More

As L.A. looks to shutter dispensaries, voters choose to cash in

As the city council in California’s largest city seeks to shutter scores of medical marijuana dispensaries, Los Angeles voters just issued a resounding declaration: If you can’t close ‘em, tax ‘em. Fifty-nine percent of voters approved Los Angeles’ "’M’ for… Read More