Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County eligible for relief under Proposition 64 are expected to be dismissed as part of the “Clear My Record” pilot program, officials said Thursday. The action announced by Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey and Code for America marks the completion of the five-county Clear My Record pilot to clear marijuana-related convictions ...

A California appellate court ruled Tuesday possession of cannabis in prison is legal under current law, while smoking or ingesting the substance within a prison remains prohibited, according to officials. While possession was ruled legal, the ruling also noted that prisons can still punish inmates for possession as a violation of the individual prison’s rules. A spokesperson for Pitchess Detention ...

California cannabis tax revenue fell two-thirds short of the projected $1 billion in its first year of regulated sales, officials said. California took in $345.2 million in cannabis tax revenue during the first year of regulated sales in 2018, just more than two-thirds below the expected $1 billion, according to figures released by the state Tuesday. Marijuana tax revenues climbed ...

A California agency recently approved new cannabis regulations, but a Santa Clarita ordinance prohibiting marijuana delivery is still in effect until the final state approval. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) announced Friday that the organization is moving forward with regulations after a series of public ...

A majority of California voters approved Proposition 64, which legalized the possession of recreational marijuana, in November. That much is understood. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. However after that, things become murky. The best way to explain the situation from Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth’s point of view is, “It’s nuanced,” ...

Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to extend an existing ban on medical and recreational marijuana in unincorporated county territory, two weeks after Santa Clarita officials put marijuana “on hold.” Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The measure by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who represents the 5th District (which ...

Narcotics detectives with the Sheriff’s Department seized a number of marijuana plants from a Santa Clarita shopping center Wednesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s officials remained tight-lipped about the operation, which they’ve said is being handled by the Narcotics Bureau out of downtown Los Angeles. “There was ...

The city of Santa Clarita will host The Immature Teen Brain On Pot symposium on August 26th at the Santa Clarita Activities Center. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Following is a press release from the city of Santa Clarita: The City’s annual hard-hitting drug awareness event will include a panel of ...

Santa Clarita City Council is expected to endorse Assembly Bill 266, which would provide a statewide framework for medical marijuana to preserve “local control” — not to bring dispensaries to the SCV any time soon, officials said Monday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. AB 266 addresses a lot of the shortcomings of ...