LA CRESCENTA -- Medical marijuana clinics looking to open in La Crescenta will have to look elsewhere after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday banned the dispensaries in unincorporated areas of the county. Supervisors had directed county planners in July to prepare an ordinance banning all medical marijuana dispensaries from setting up shop in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Supervisor Mike Antonovich has pushed for the ban, which he said would help keep dispensaries from relocating to unincorporated communities in Los Angeles, where the City Council passed a series of tightened restrictions. [continues 367 words]
State Appeals Decision Rejects Lower Court's Use of Federal Law to Uphold Anaheim Ban CITY HALL -- Glendale city attorneys on Thursday said the decision by a state appellate court to send a challenge to Anaheim's ban on marijuana dispensaries back to a lower court did little to clear legal confusion swirling around the issue. Qualified Patients Assn., a medical marijuana dispensary, sued in 2007 to overturn the Orange County city's ban. The 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana on Wednesday had been expected to rule on the legality of the ordinance, thereby clarifying the legal boundaries for cities across the state. [continues 300 words]
Council Is Expected To Extend Moratorium On Sites That Sell Marijuana. CITY HALL -- A temporary ban on pot dispensaries in Glendale will likely continue after the City Council on Tuesday considers extending the current moratorium. Medical marijuana dispensaries are prohibited under the city's current zoning codes, but the City Council approved a moratorium last year to close Glendale's borders to the shops as city attorneys analyzed a complicated legal landscape. City attorneys on Tuesday will recommend that the City Council extend the moratorium for an additional year as they await an appellate court ruling on an Anaheim ban and the results of a November ballot initiative to legalize and tax marijuana sales. [continues 341 words]
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Won't Be Coming To Glendale Any Time Soon After Vote. CITY HALL -- Amid an evolving legal battle surrounding Los Angeles' moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries, the Glendale City Council approved the city's moratorium on the shops with little discussion. The council voted 4 to 0, with Councilman Ara Najarian absent, to extend the current 45-day moratorium, which was set to expire Nov. 5, for an additional 10 months and 15 days in order to give city attorneys more time to study the legal landscape swirling around pot dispensaries. [continues 365 words]
