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Berkeley’s oldest medical cannabis dispensary, Berkeley Patients Group, or BPG, is moving to a new location on University Avenue. Throughout its 20-year history, BPG has faced multiple threats of asset forfeiture from the federal government that ultimately drove the dispensary from its original location.
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A judge dismissed a forfeiture action against Berkeley Patients Group on Tuesday, ending a three-year legal challenge by the federal government to shut down the city’s oldest marijuana dispensary.
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Linda Katehi stepped down as chancellor of UC Davis on Tuesday after an investigation led by the UC Office of the President found she had violated university policies.
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The UC Office of the President has appointed Melinda Haag, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California and current San Francisco attorney, to lead an independent investigation into Linda Katehi’s administrative and executive decisions as chancellor of UC Davis, according to a press release from UCOP.
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A judge ruled Friday that Berkeley Patients Group, a well-known marijuana dispensary, will be allowed to continue its operations while an appeal regarding a federal case against the dispensary is settled.
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A former employee of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was convicted of possession of child pornography on Thursday.
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Local marijuana advocates are hopeful that cannabis-related regulation will become less stringent in the wake of a federal government memo released last week.
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The city of Berkeley is claiming that the closure of BPG would lead to a significant decrease in city tax revenue and would encourage illegal marijuana sales. The closure would also negate the city’s efforts to implement regulated medical marijuana dispensaries, which it stated “positively impact the health, safety and well-being of all City of Berkeley residents.”
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A Berkeley resident was sentenced to 15 years in prison last Friday for running an extensive marijuana operation in the East Bay from 2008 to 2010. A criminal complaint against Trinh, 45, and operation participants Lan Jin, of Berkeley, and Andy Wong, of Oakland, was filed with the court.
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Medical cannabis advocates and patients met in San Francisco Tuesday to hold a rally condemning the federal government’s crackdown on medical cannabis dispensaries in California. Several hundred people gathered on the steps of City Hall at 11:30 a.m. for the rally, which was sponsored by Americans for Safe Access and San
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