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Victory in the Golden State
Posted by admin in Political News on January 14, 2010
Yesterday, the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 in favor of legislation that would make marijuana legal, taxed, and regulated throughout the state. Before the vote, committee members heard supportive testimony from me and the Drug Policy Alliance’s Stephen Gutwillig.
Assembly committee OKs bill to legalize marijuana | L.A. NOW
Posted by admin in Political News on January 12, 2010
A proposal to legalize and tax marijuana in California was approved by a key committee of the Assembly this morning, over the dire warnings of police chiefs and prosecutors. The Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 to approve AB 390 by…
California Pot Legalization Bill Up For Vote
Posted by admin in Political News on January 12, 2010
In a move proponents are billing the “first formal consideration of marijuana legalization in American history,” the public safety committee of the state assembly will today vote on Tom Ammiano’s ganja bill.
Planting the Seed for Legal Pot
Posted by admin in Political News on January 12, 2010
Lawmakers will vote on Assembly Bill 390 — legislation to tax and regulate marijuana. The assembly’s Public Safety Committee is expected to vote after a hearing that begins at 9 a.m. hearing.
California: Historic Vote On Cannabis Regulation To Take Pla
Posted by admin in Political News on January 5, 2010
On Tuesday, January 12, members of the California Assembly will hold a historic vote on statewide marijuana policy. Members of the Public Safety Committee will decide on Assembly Bill 390, the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, which seeks to regulate and control the production, distribution, and personal use of marijuana for adults
Los Angeles to Begin Debating Pot Dispensaries Next Week
Posted by admin in World News on November 14, 2009
A City Council committee next week will begin the process of drafting a new law that aims to reign in the city’s more than 800 medical-marijuana dispensaries. An ordinance under consideration by the council’s public safety committee would prohibit dispensaries from operating with 1,000 feet of other pot outlets, schools, churches, parks, libraries.
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