Medical Cannabis Commission

Daniel Rush, the former head of Berkeley’s Medical Cannabis Commission, was sentenced to more than three years in prison Monday for felony charges related to corruption and money laundering.

Canopy, a cannabis industry investor, is currently hosting a 16-week entrepreneurial bootcamp in Berkeley for nine cannabis ancillary startups.

Berkeley City Council will convene Tuesday evening for a special meeting to discuss a proposed 2017 city budget update, as well as for a regular meeting during which it will discuss short-term rentals and an increase to the number of city cannabis dispensaries.

The Medical Cannabis Commission voted Thursday afternoon to recommend three medical cannabis dispensary proposals out of six to Berkeley City Council for the last location permitted in the city.

Six applicants vied for the distinction of being the city’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary during a special meeting Thursday at the North Berkeley Senior Center.

A member of the city’s Medical Cannabis Commission was arraigned in federal court Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes, laundering money and attempting extortion.

After months of legal dispute over the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers Collective, which caused it to relocate in April, it filed a lawsuit against the city on April 20 alleging discrimination against the collective.

The Berkeley City Council will conduct a preliminary review on an ordinance which would impose restrictions on the use of electronic smoking devices – including e-cigarettes and vaporizers – in places where smoking is currently prohibited.

As part of a unanimous decision made at the Tuesday Berkeley city council meeting, medical marijuana dispensaries are now required to give more of their cannabis to low-income residents.

Fewer than three weeks after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to restrict Drug Enforcement Administration raids on state-sanctioned medical marijuana dispensaries, Berkeley City Council unanimously green-lighted recommendations this week that blaze the path for a fourth marijuana dispensary in the city.