The Bakersfield Californian, 06 Jun 2013 – The Bakersfield City Council heard heartfelt testimony from proponents of medical marijuana following the first reading at its Wednesday meeting of a proposed ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries. "This is really a continuation of some historic direction by the council," said Bakersfield City Attorney Ginny Gennaro. "In the clearest and simplest form, you are simply taking your resolution from 2004 and codifying it into an ordinance. It will give you, it will give us, the city attorney, your police department, an additional enforcement tool that has been endorsed by the California Supreme Court.

Pasadena Weekly, 06 Jun 2013 – Comic Jimmy Dore Scowls About the World While Loving Life in Pasadena Jimmy Dore has a lot to say about the state of America, and he uses many different platforms to say it. He’s a nationally headlining club comedian who has regularly performed on the Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson shows and earned the honor of having two solo one-hour Comedy Central specials. He’s also one of the pundits on Current TV’s "The Young Turks," as well as the host of his own bitingly hilarious, nationally syndicated radio program, "The Jimmy Dore Show."

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San Francisco Examiner, 06 Jun 2013 – In San Francisco, black people are more than four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana crimes than whites, according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union. The arrest rate for blacks in The City is double the nationwide average – 2.2 black people are arrested for pot crimes for every white person who is arrested – and has the highest racial disparity of any county in California, according to the report, The War on Marijuana in Black and White: Billions of Dollars Wasted on Racially Biased Arrests.

Sacramento News & Review, 06 Jun 2013 – Ngaio Looks at the Legalization Timeline When is Colorado gonna have legal pot stores? – -Irma the Impatient

The Chico News & Review, 06 Jun 2013 – We’re Sick of Seeing Pot Farmers Ruining the Environment We’re getting pretty fed up with certain marijuana farmers. In particular, the ones who are grading the foothills, eviscerating the landscape, excavating giant holes, and then bringing in semi-truck loads of soil in which to grow plants.

Sacramento Bee, 02 Jun 2013 – Re "Dr. Skype’s pot exams: Quick, hazy" (Dan Morain, May 26): It is true that anyone in California who wants a medical marijuana recommendation can easily get one. The recommendation allows consumers to purchase locally grown marijuana of known quality and safety from dispensaries that generate tax revenue.

The Chico News & Review, 06 Jun 2013 – Pesticide Residue in Marijuana Poses Potential Health Risk Health experts have raised concerns about marijuana contaminated by pesticides, including products sold through medical-marijuana dispensaries, according to The Huffington Post. Jeff Raber of The Werc Shop, a Pasadena-based lab testing marijuana from California dispensaries, conducted a study that found samples from Los Angeles contained pesticide levels at 1,600 times the legal digestible amount.

East Bay Express, 05 Jun 2013 – Unfortunately, Cannabis Regulations Went Down in Defeat, but Thankfully, So Did a Bill That Would Have Made It Illegal to Drive Days or Weeks After Getting Stoned. California medical marijuana regulations failed in the state legislature last week, but advocacy groups helped advance a bill to better protect collectives, and helped defeat a bill that would have criminalized driving while sober.

Wall Street Journal, 03 Jun 2013 – LOS ANGELES – A union of medical-marijuana workers in this city is betting on a smaller, but healthier, pot-dispensary business. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 backed Proposition D, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Ordinance, which passed with 63% of the vote in citywide balloting last month. That measure would ban all medical-marijuana businesses except for about 135 more-established shops, several of which employ UFCW-organized workers.