Northern California Natural Collective operator Clinton Cronin makes the transition from a delivery service to a storefront in San Jose—but not without some legal tangles along the way.
On Oct. 14, protesters gathered at San Jose’s Terraine Courthouse to protest the arrests of 22 medicinal marijuana delivery people in a Sept. 30 police sting.
After a topsy-turvy race and flip-flopping polls, Californians voted to defeat Proposition 19 on Nov. 2.
San Jose voters passed Measure U, a bill that will allow the city to tax marijuana businesses up to 10 percent.
As chairman of a Silicon Valley medicinal marijuana advocacy group, Lauren Vazquez splits her time working as an attorney and organizing protests for pot. Related news: Weed on Wheels.
Marijuana delivery services have spread throughout the Silicon Valley in the past year, but police doubt some of the services’ legitimacy.
Menlo Park’s City Council passed an ordinance banning smoking in public places. The law takes effect in November, giving the city one of the toughest smoking laws in the state.