Despite its loss last November, Proposition 19 was a positive litmus test for legalization. 

The medical marijuana business is going strong in Oakland.

In July, the City Council approved construction of four permitted production facilities. And with the constant flow of clients to local dispensaries, workers now are unionizing.

Are you surprised to learn that the although US government surveys show that young whites are more likely to use marijuana than Latinos and African-Americans, the number of people of color--especially young men-- arrested for  marijuana possession in California is disproportionately high?

On Nov. 2, voters will decide whether to levy taxes on the tens of million of dollars worth of medical marijuana sold in town. It's part of a plan our City Council approved in July, to license four large scale cannibis cultivation factories.