Los Angeles Times: “Appellate court voids Long Beach marijuana dispensary law. The panel rules that the city authorized distribution of pot in violation of federal law. The decision could force Los Angeles to rewrite its medical marijuana ordinance. In a decision that could upend the way California cities regulate medical marijuana, a state Court of Appeal has ruled that Long Beach’s ordinance regulating dispensaries violates federal law.”
See also “The Fine Line Between Tolerating and Authorizing Medical Marijuana Dispensaries.”
Read the California Court of Appeals decision in Ryan Pack vs. City of Long Beach.