The Record, 20 Dec 2012 – Outdoor Moratorium To Continue 10 Months LODI – A 45-day ban on outdoor medical marijuana cultivation within Lodi city limits has been extended for 10 months and 15 days. The Lodi City Council on Wednesday night granted a request by the City Attorney’s Office to extend its 45-day ban, which was approved Nov. 7, with hopes that an ordinance that will govern how and where pot can be grown by licensed medical marijuana patients.

The Record, 08 Nov 2012 – LODI – Joshua Dougherty looked in on a new batch of marijuana seedlings that he had been growing in a closet in the upstairs of his south Lodi home Wednesday afternoon. Dougherty, a medical marijuana patient, hopes to move the plants outside for harvesting in February. However, how and where he is able to plant the cannabis is something that will be in the hands of the Lodi City Council in the next month and a half.

The Record, 29 Oct 2012 – LODI – A Tokay High School graduate turned medical marijuana advocate said she will implore Lodi to start a commission or panel to meet monthly to hear complaints and deal with issues that arise with the cultivation of cannabis within city limits. Angel Raich, 46, is a medical marijuana patient who has a terminal brain tumor. She has been a longtime advocate who helped write Proposition 215, the compassionate-use act passed by California voters in 1996. She lobbied at the state level for patient rights in recent years.

The Record, 17 Oct 2012 – LODI – The Lodi City Council is expected to place a 45-day moratorium on the cultivation of medical marijuana within city limits until the City Attorney’s Office can sculpt an ordinance that regulates how, where and how much pot is reasonable to allow qualified patients or caregivers to grow for personal use. Lodi does not have an ordinance regulating medical marijuana cultivation, and crafting one that does not impede on a patient’s rights can be tricky, Deputy City Attorney Janice Magdich said at a City Council morning planning session Tuesday.

The Record, 14 Oct 2012 – LODI – The Lodi City Council on Tuesday will discuss its options for regulating the cultivation of medical marijuana and likely direct the City Attorney’s Office to draft an ordinance for what isn’t allowable. Deputy District Attorney Janice Magdich said the city Police Department has heard complaints from residents where neighbors have been growing marijuana in their backyards and the plant odor has caused a stench in the neighborhood.