Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) has withdrawn a bill that would have created a statewide system for regulating medical marijuana.

House Democratic leader and California Senator Nancy Pelosi puts President Obama on blast for allowing US Attorneys to persecute the medical marijuana industryrnrn

The mayor has stood silent while the federal Justice Department shut down five city-licensed dispensaries and while San Francisco’s health department paused and unpaused its licensing program

After Proposition 19 received 46% of the vote in 2010, proponents took heart. They vowed to put a measure to fully legalize marijuana on the 2012 ballot. Instead, four camps vie for funding.rnrnLike growers, dispensary operators know that broader legalization of marijuana could lower prices and bring more competitors into their business.

rnAbout 200 people protested at the U.S. courthouse in Sacramento Wednesday against a federal crackdown on California dispensaries and property owners leasing to medical cannabis businesses.rn

USA Today reports that federal prosecutors are ramping up to persecute medical marijuana in California, perfectly timed as the next national election campaigns are on the horizon.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Appellate Court rules the city authorized distribution of pot is in violation of federal law. The decision could force Los Angeles to rewrite its medical marijuana ordinance.rn

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