Palo Alto Weekly, 12 Oct 2012 – City, marijuana advocates clash over whether legalized dispensaries are a ‘humane’ solution or a misguided one After wafting through Los Angeles, San Jose and Oakland, California’s cloudy debate over marijuana law will drift into Palo Alto next month, when voters consider whether to allow three dispensaries to open shop in the city.

Palo Alto Weekly, 07 Sep 2012 – As courts issue conflicting rulings on marijuana dispensaries, city officials urge voters to reject Measure C With California’s marijuana laws still immersed in a legal cloud, a group of Palo Alto’s elected officials is urging voters to strike down in November a citizen initiative that would allow up to three pot dispensaries to set up shop in the city.