US CA: Maxwell Calls For Citywide Pot Shops Ban

The Bakersfield Californian, 16 May 2013 – Bakersfield City Council member Terry Maxwell on Wednesday called for City Attorney Ginny Gennaro to draft an ordinance banning medical marijuana shops in the city. Medical marijuana advocates and opponents made conflicting appeals to the Bakersfield City Council Wednesday night.

US CA: Pot Ruling A Setback, Not Defeat, Attorney Says

The Bakersfield Californian, 07 May 2013 – The state supreme court ruling on medical marijuana dispensaries was not a defeat for the pot shop movement, a leading attorney said here Monday, but a setback. Phil Ganong, an attorney representing several medical marijuana collectives in Kern County, said the ruling does not invalidate his pending cases against a law passed by voters in 2012.