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Marijuana group pushing for 2016 legalization measure

Written on 24 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The nation’s largest marijuana policy organization is launching a fundraising effort to place a legalization initiative on the 2016 California ballot. The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) is filing a committee Wednesday with the California Secretary of State to begin raising... (Continue reading)

SLO’s Measure G deserves a yes

Written on 11 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 64 comments

OPINION By CLINT PEARCE, ANDREA PEASE and PIERRE RADEMAKER As the co-chairs of SLO Citizens for Measure G, we firmly believe that Measure G will benefit all San Luis Obispo residents and therefore deserves the community’s support. As a reminder,... (Continue reading)

California Supreme Court rules voter initiatives exempt from CEQA

Written on 8 Aug, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

By STEW JENKINS and KAREN VELIE The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that land use planning by voter qualified initiative is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); even if a city council adopts the voter initiative to avoid... (Continue reading)

Voters to decide on Price Canyon development issues

Written on 3 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Pismo Beach voters will get to decide between two development plans for Price Canyon after a proposed initiative received the required approvals to be placed on the Nov. 3 ballot. A group dubbed Save Price Canyon garnered the required signatures... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach council may place sales tax renewal on ballot

Written on 30 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Pismo Beach city staffers are recommending a 12-year extension of the city’s half-cent sales tax. In 2008, Pismo Beach voters approved a half-cent sales tax, which is set to expire at the end of next March. On Tuesday, the Pismo... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach group’s large lot ballot initiative

Written on 9 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A group of Pismo Beach residents are working to promote a ballot initiative focused on requiring large acreage developments on the east side of the city. The group dubbed Save Price Canyon is working to get the required signatures to... (Continue reading)

Gavin Newsom to head Marijuana legalization panel

Written on 18 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 37 comments

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will head a panel studying marijuana legalization in California, with an eye toward drafting a measure for the 2016 presidential-year ballot. The American Civil Liberties Union’s new panel will monitor marijuana issues in Washington and Colorado,... (Continue reading)

Poll suggests pot legalization imminent

Written on 27 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

A new poll by an influential study group shows that the biggest hurdle facing legalization of marijuana in California is just getting a measure before voters. (San Jose Mercury News) A Public Policy Institute of California poll showed the margin... (Continue reading)

California community colleges facing accreditation problems

Written on 22 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An increasing number of California community colleges are struggling to maintain their accreditation. [LA Times] This month, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges announced its plan to revoke the accreditation of the City College of San Francisco in... (Continue reading)

Blame Jerry Brown for no decision on constitutionality of gay marriage

Written on 3 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER The Supreme Court has ducked the legal challenge to Prop 8, thereby avoiding a landmark ruling on one of the central constitutional claims of our time: the right of gays to marry, not just in California... (Continue reading)