Located just north of Sacramento, Butte County is  in the Central Valley of California. According to a census conducted in 2010, Butte County has a population of 220,000. Known as the “Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty”, Butte County is home to a sizable population of medical marijuana patients as well as casual marijuana users. Marijuana’s Legal Status in Butte ...

The struggling Central California city of Coalinga approved a groundbreaking agreement with a medical marijuana company in July, agreeing to let the business use a vacant jail as a cannabis production plant. The vote will give Ocean Grow Extracts access to the empty Claremont Custody Center, a local holding facility that closed in recent years, where the company will manufacture ...

Fresno County isn’t exactly known for its love of marijuana. All cultivation is banned in unincorporated parts of the county, even for medical use. So are cannabis dispensaries. But one town in this decidedly conservative part of California wants to buck the trend and welcome the marijuana industry to town. Specifically, to the now empty Claremont Custody Center in Coalinga. ...

Attempts by San Jose leaders to impose tough new restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries continue to run up against political realities in the state’s third-largest city. The San Jose City Council failed again on June 3 to pass a new MMJ ordinance. A tie vote, 5-5, means the ordinance goes back to city staff for revisions but remains alive. It ...

Inyo County located in the eastern central part of California, with Sierra Nevada to the west and Yosemite National Park to the northwest. The county encompasses the Owens River Valley and is bordered by the Sierra Mountains to the west, and the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains to the east. Inyo County’s Marijuana Policy Like many counties in California, Inyo ...