Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2013 – Proposition D, Which Would Cut the Number of Dispensaries to About 130, Was Leading. After years of futile attempts by lawmakers to regulate the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles, a ballot measure to sharply limit the number of pot dispensaries in the city was leading in early returns Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2013 – Re "The marijuana measures," Editorial, May 10 Your editorial supporting Measure D mentions medical marijuana as a treatment for glaucoma patients. In my 25 years as a glaucoma sufferer, I have never been prescribed marijuana.

Times-Press-Recorder, 17 May 2013 – To the Editor: The legalization of marijuana is a huge issue. It should be legalized for many reasons. Clearly, this is a controversial issue, but if we legalized marijuana there would be a lot of good that will come out of it. It will also solve a lot of the huge problems.

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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.

Sacramento News & Review, 16 May 2013 – So, there will never be pot clubs in Sacramento County after last week’s California Supreme Court ruling, right? – -Despondent Dave Nil desperandum, Dave! It’s not as bad as you may think. Yes, the California Supreme Court ruled that cities and counties are allowed to ban medical-marijuana dispensaries, stating that while Proposition 215 does indeed "remove state-level criminal and civil sanctions from specified medical marijuana activities, [it does] not establish a comprehensive state system of legalized medical marijuana; or grant a . right of convenient access to marijuana for medicinal use; or override the zoning, licensing, and police powers of local jurisdictions; or mandate local accommodation of medical marijuana cooperatives, collectives, or dispensaries."

Press-Enterprise, 16 May 2013 – Court Overrules People It’s a sad day for people like me when the state’s highest court overrules the will of the people to obtain lawful medical marijuana ("Local governments can ban dispensaries, court rules," May 6).

San Jose Mercury News, 12 May 2013 – The people of California voted for medical marijuana in 1996 ( Cartoonist’s view, May 9). What we have had instead is 17 years of undermining our vote by all levels of government. The use of zoning laws to regulate pot dispensaries out of existence is not a reasonable exercise of government regulations, it is an abuse of power to once again ignore the will of the voters, and sadly this is being done at the expense of sick and dying people.

San Francisco Examiner, 13 May 2013 – Justice Department’s Attempt Is First Such Move in S.F. The landlord’s eviction proceedings against Shambhala Healing Center last year failed because the site complies with state, though not federal, laws.

The Press Democrat, 12 May 2013 – EDITOR: The fact that cities are turning away pot dispensaries makes me wonder why these supposedly learned folks in government would rather drive pot sales back underground ("State’s high court OKs ban on pot stores," Tuesday). Is the court high on something?