Nevada County supervisors could shut the door on medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada County at their Tuesday meeting. Supervisors are being asked to approve a June 23 recommendation from the Planning Commission to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from setting up shop in the unincorporated parts of Nevada County. The move would block dispensaries from setting up anywhere in Nevada County, Kyle Magin reports in The Union, as both Nevada City and Grass Valley have permanent bans on the books, and Truckee’s zoning ordinances prohibit dispensaries. That Nevada County’s medical marijuana patients cannot go to a [...]
Medical marijuana dispensaries, collectives and cooperatives will not be allowed to operate in Grass Valley — at least, until the still-evolving legal landscape changes. In a 4-1 vote, Grass Valley City Council members turned aside a proposed ordinance to allow and regulate dispensaries, instead joining 214 California cities that have banned them outright, Trina Kleist reports in The Union of Grass Valley. Council members cited concern about the effects of marijuana use on young people and worries over crime associated with dispensaries in some areas, saying those who genuinely need marijuana for medical reasons can [...]
Grass Valley’s Planning Commission said no to drugs Tuesday night. In a 4-0 vote, commissioners recommended the city ban medical marijuana dispensaries in city limits rather than allow for their establishment and regulation. “I don’t believe there is a suitable location in city limits for a dispensary,” said Commissioner Patti Ingram. A final decision on marijuana regulation is expected to come from the Grass Valley City Council at its Jan. 11 or 25 meetings, Kyle Magin reports in The Union of Grass Valley. A temporary city moratorium on dispensaries expires in late February, meaning the [...]
Nov 242010
A news blog is pretty useless when there’s no news to report, and since Election Day the cannabis headlines have become few and far between. Proposed dispensary bans passed their first vote by Los Angeles and Orange supervisors, but apart from that it’s back to grow house fires, random pot busts and small-town news. Prop. 19 coverage has disappeared, and its 2012 sequel hasn’t been scripted yet. Our focus thus reverts to local issues involving medical cannabis, and it’s a very mixed bag in California. Dispensary bans have gone viral with city councils and boards [...]
Nevada County’s municipalities have taken a hard line on medical marijuana dispensaries this year. City councils in Grass Valley and Nevada City, as well as Nevada County supervisors, all either have passed or extended moratoriums on medical dispensaries in the past year, The Union reports. Officials are now keeping a close eye on Proposition 19, which would allow the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for recreational use, and allows local governments to control the sale of marijuana and tax the revenues. The initiative appears on the Nov. 2 ballot. Grass Valley doesn’t [...]
Aug 312010
I hate to spoil the ending, but here it goes: “It should not go unnoticed, as you head to the polls in November, that the most strident opponents of California’s Prop. 19 are the drug lords and growers who stand to lose their tax-free fortunes.” Jeff Ackerman, editor/publisher of The Union in Grass Valley, achieves must-read status with today’s excellent column on Proposition 19. ================== I’ll bet a beer that most of you would have no problem finding a gin and tonic, if booze was illegal today. Guys like Al Capone would see to that. [...]
UPDATE: Members of the Nevada Joint Union High School district unanimously approved a resolution to oppose marijuana dispensaries. Board members passed the resolution Wednesday in anticipation of a debate by the Grass Valley City Council sometime early this year, according to this story in The Union. ==================== High school leaders in Nevada County will consider opposing a medical marijuana dispensary in Grass Valley, The Union reports here. Staff for the Nevada Joint Union High School District cited the negative impact on local youth from the sanctioned sale of medical marijuana in the resolution that goes [...]
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