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PLACENTIA – Following a huge public turnout Tuesday night, the City Council reversed course and dropped plans to allow medical marijuana businesses in the city. Placentia would have been the first Orange County community to allow the cultivation of medical marijuana. Two weeks ago, the council had approved 3-2 giving permits for one dispensary, one cultivation site, one manufacturing site, one testing lab, one service for transportation and one delivery service, with further development possible

SACRAMENTO – The California Senate is backing a 15 percent sales tax for medical marijuana. State officials estimate the bill approved Wednesday would raise about $250 million per year, much of it for state parks, drug treatment programs and the state general fund. Democratic Sen. Mike McGuire of Healdsburg says his bill will also generate money to help local governments manage marijuana-related problems. Senators approved SB987 on a 27-9 vote, sending it to the state

Twenty-two boxes containing about 35,000 petition signatures of registered Long Beach voters who are in favor of repealing the city’s ban on medical marijuana dispensaries were delivered to the city clerk’s office Wednesday. The submission activates an in-depth verification process that could land the measure on the November ballot, allowing Long Beach voters to ultimately decide whether or not a ban is warranted. “I believe that it will pass easily in the November election,” said

SANTA ANA – In her bid to replace outgoing U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Loretta Sanchez is getting a glowing endorsement from an industry that’s increasingly dabbling in politics: legal marijuana. The CEO of the first licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Orange County sent a letter to some 80,000 area customers encouraging them to support Sanchez, D-Orange, in the race against the leading contender, state Attorney General Kamala Harris. David De Wyk with South Coast