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Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to extend by one year a temporary ban on medical marijuana cultivation and distribution in unincorporated areas. The vote came ahead of a possible statewide vote to legalize recreational marijuana and over the objections of medical marijuana patients and growers. The county put in place an initial 45-day ban earlier this year and then extended it by another month. County planning officials said the moratorium was needed so they can study

With medical marijuana dispensaries coming through the pipeline and the possibility of legalized recreational pot becoming likelier, the city of Santa Barbara is looking to get a head start on the state’s evolving marijuana landscape. The City Council voted 7–0 Tuesday to place a measure on November’s ballot that, if passed, would place a 20-percent tax on both medicinal and recreational marijuana. Putting a tax proposal on the ballot in an election year in which

With the certainty of a politically viable marijuana legalization measure on the November ballot, Inland cities are increasingly finding themselves in a position where it is no longer feasible to continue ignoring the issue. In recent months, there have been indications that a number of cities are contemplating regulation, including Banning and San Bernardino, while voters in Perris and Upland are set to vote on the matter in November. Marijuana use, for medicinal and recreational