Yes on Measure CC, Medical Marijuana Initiative, to launch on 8/30
The Yes on Measure CC (Santa Ana Medical Cannabis Restriction and Limitation Initiative) campaign is launching this Saturday, August 30, 2014, from 12 noon to 2 pm at 117 W.…
OC Sheriff’s Department destroys marijuana operation in Laguna Wilderness Park
Orange County Sheriff NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org; Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org Marijuana Cultivation Eradicated by Narcotics Investigators LAGUNA WILDERNESS PARK, Calif. – (August 15, 2014)…
OC NORML to host a meeting about the SAPD raids on medical marijuana dispensaries
OC NORML is hosting a South County Meeting tonight at 8:30 pm at Fuddruckers located at 23621 El Toro Rd., in Lake Forest. Tonight they will be discussing current state legislation regarding…
Forty more arrested at Santa Ana medical marijuana dispensaries
The Santa Ana Police Department once again raided many of Santa Ana's medical marijuana dispensaries, arresting over 40 people, last night according to OC-NORML's Facebook page. The SAPD made 42…
Santa Ana man charged with human trafficking, pimping and selling pot
Ronald Preston Spurlock, 36, of Santa Ana was charged today and is expected to be arraigned this afternoon on one felony count of human trafficking, five felony counts of pimping, five felony…
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The Santa Ana City Council runs for cover as they reject their own raise proposal
The Santa Ana City Council unanimously rejected their own ballot measure proposal, which was Agenda Item # 65A, to give themselves what amounted to a 700% pay raise. We have…
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Three Council Members seek to ban medical marijuana collectives
Three Santa Ana City Council Members, including Michele Martinez, David Benavides and Angie Amezcua have placed an 85A item on the agenda for this Tuesday's City Council meeting, regarding medical…
Wil marijuana dealers become Santa Ana’s new political power players?
A proposed Santa Ana City Council sponsored ballot initiative to tax and regulate medical marijuana collectives could soon create a situation where, of some 150 shops city officials estimate are…
Santa Ana medical marijuana house burns down
[caption id="attachment_45452" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Pot Building Burns Down - Scene from the movie Pineapple Express[/caption] A fire damaged a Santa Ana home Friday, sending an apparent personal medical marijuana operation…
Will the Santa Ana City Council draft their own marijuana ballot measure?
Santa Ana city leaders are set to take further steps to place a medical marijuana initiative on the November ballot, after supporters gathered enough signatures last year to force a…
Local medical marijuana iniative signatures turned into the City Clerk
The folks who are promoting a medical marijuana dispensary initiative in Santa Ana have turned their signatures into the Santa Ana City Clerk, according to the OC Weekly. Interestingly the…
CA Cannabis and Hemp Initiative campaign seeks donations and signatures
California Cannabis and Hemp Initiative Requests Donations to Place Initiative on 2014 Ballot Grass Roots Organization Continues to Collect Donations, Signatures and Momentum SANTA CRUZ, CA -- The 2014 California…
Fire causes over $1M in damage at a Santa Ana marijuana growing operation
[caption id="attachment_41350" align="aligncenter" width="256"] Scene from the movie The Pineapple Express, which featured the explosion of an indoor marijuana growing operation[/caption] A marijuana growing operation was discovered early Sunday morning,…
Defendants facing felony counts for sexual mutilation of a pot dispensary owner
Orange County District Attorney Media Advisory For Immediate Release, Case # TBA: November 12, 2013 WHO: Ryan Anthony Kevorkian, 34, and Naomi Josette Kevorkian, 33 WHAT: Are scheduled to be…