Los Angeles City Council medical marijuana regulation hearings live right now.

[Flaneur]

They've been trying for four years to get a medical marijuana ordinance in LA. I thought it might be passed today, but somehow I now doubt it. They're still discussing the easy amendments, not the ones that would bar the dispensaries from SELLING MEDICAL MARIJUANA, which should raise the roof.

2004: four dispensaries in LA

2006: 187 dispensaries in LA

2009: 1,000 +/- dispensaries in LA

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Live webcast of today's Los Angeles City Council discussion of medical marijuana ordinance (10:00 AM Pacific, 1:00 PM Eastern)

The full Los Angeles city council will be debating the 5th draft revision of the medical marijuana ordinance regulating collectives and the amendments proposed by various councilmembers last week this morning and the meeting is being webcast live @ http://lacity.org/lacity/YourGovernment/CityCouncil/CouncilMeetings/LIVEandON-DEMANDVideo/index.htm

The meeting begins at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (1:00 PM Eastern) at The John Ferraro Council Chamber, ROOM 340, CITY HALL, 200 N Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012.

The agenda for todays meeting is posted at (Marijuana ordinance is item #10 on the agenda) - http://ens.lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/clkcouncilagendas363681_11242009.pdf

You can view today's City Council meeting live via the internet at:

http://lacity.org/lacity/YourGovernment/CityCouncil/CouncilMeetings/LIVEandON-DEMANDVideo/index.htm

You can also listen live via telephone: COUNCILPHONE, A dial-up system which allows the public to listen to live coverage of the Los Angeles City Public Meetings from any phone. The numbers may be used from any location, not just in Los Angeles. Dial up and listen in. Use any of these 4 numbers- (213) 621-CITY, (310) 547-CITY, (310) 471-CITY or [phone].

Documents:

FIFTH REVISED DRAFT ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS REGARDING MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVES - http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2008/08-0923_rpt_atty_11-13-09.pdf

All documents including the motions to be debated today are in the city council file on the medical marijuana ordinance -
http://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=08-0923

[HuckleB]

1. K & R.

[anigbrowl]

2. and again K&R.

[HuckleB]

3. I'm confused.

Why the lack of response to this thread?

[anigbrowl]

4. search me. Too much administrative detail for most people I guess.

I like CSpan too, but I recognie this is a minority pursuit...most people prefer having their news fed to them by someone else.