LA allowed medical marijuana clinics. They proved popular. Too popular.
2009:
Quote:The Los Angeles City Council cracks down on marijuana clinics
...The Los Angeles City Council took the first steps Tuesday to close existing medical marijuana clinics and prevent the opening of new ones until a permanent law governing their use is adopted.
..."The problem is in 2005 when we first adopted this interim control ordinance, we had four clinics in the city," Councilman Dennis Zine said. "Now we have more than 500. ... We are doing something wrong here."
Zine and other officials said they support the concept of Proposition 215, which allows the sale of medical marijuana.
But what concerns them is the number of facilities that have opened without permission and have spread across the city.
"There are more medical marijuana clinics than there are Starbucks in some parts of the city," Zine said.
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12555020
Today:
Quote:Palo Alto Pot Measure Appears Headed for Defeat
...Palo Altans voted on the issue at a time when federal agents are cracking down on dispensaries across the country, including where they are legal under state and local law. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana, with laws varying by state. None offer protection against federal prosecution.
Soon after President Barack Obama took office, his attorney general, Eric Holder, Jr., stated that federal authorities would target shops that use medical cannabis as a front for drug trafficking. But last year the federal stance shifted and authorities began to crack down on dispensaries more broadly, including landlords who leased space to them.
The federal government has shut down dispensaries in California cities including Los Angeles, Berkeley and San Francisco.
http://peninsulapress.com/2012/11/07/pal...a-results/
