Marc Weinstein, the owner of Amoeba Music, wants to open a cannabis dispensary next door to the store at 2465 Telegraph Ave. Photo: Tom Dalzell Marc Weinstein, the owner of Amoeba Music, wants to open a cannabis dispensary next door to the store at 2465 Telegraph Ave. Photo: Tom Dalzell The owner of Amoeba Music, […]
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Forty Acres’ new cannabis site is illegal says Berkeley
Forty Acres is operating from 1510 Ashby Ave., which the city says is an illegal use. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Three months after the city council ordered the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers Collective to shut its doors at 1820-1828 San Pablo Ave. because it was a public nuisance, the medical marijuana organization has relocated to 1510 […]
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Berkeley tells cannabis collective to shut down
Dozens of people crowded into City Council chambers Jan. 20 to speak in favor of letting Forty Acres continue operations. Photo: Emilie Raguso Even though more than 40 people testified about the importance of the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers Collective to the black community, the Berkeley City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday night to declare […]
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Berkeley council to decide if cannabis collective must go
Chris Smith talked to a community group Saturday about why Forty Acres should not be shut down by the city. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Chris Smith talked to a community group Saturday about why Forty Acres should not be shut down by the city. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Almost four years after Berkeley first informed the Forty Acres Medical […]
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Zoning Board says cannabis collective a public nuisance
The Zoning Adjustments Board ruled Nov. 6 that Forty Acres, at 1820-1828 San Pablo Ave., is a public nuisance. Photo: Google Street View Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board voted unanimously Nov. 6 to declare the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective a public nuisance – the latest step in Berkeley’s three-year odyssey to shut the place down. […]
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Berkeley dismisses official who made ‘insensitive’ racial comment during cannabis collective appeal
Berkeley officials contend that Forty Acres operated an illegal cannabis operation on the top floor of this building at 1820-1828 San Pablo Ave. Photo: Google Street View Berkeley officials contend that Forty Acres operated an illegal cannabis operation on the top floor of this building at 1820-1828 San Pablo Ave. Photo: Google Street View The city of […]
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Berkeley City Council: Let’s add 4th cannabis dispensary
Berkeley City Council on Tuesday adopted regulations put forth by the Medical Cannabis Commission. Photo: Emilie Raguso The Berkeley City Council took a huge step Tuesday night towards the approval of a fourth medical cannabis dispensary, but deferred passing an ordinance until July 1. The Council voted unanimously to adopt regulations put forth by the […]
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Berkeley still battling Forty Acres cannabis collective
Berkeley officials contend that Forty Acres operated an illegal cannabis operation on the top floor of this building at 1820-1828 San Pablo Ave. Photo: Google Street View The lawyers for Chris Smith, the owner of Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Grower’s Collective, will ask an Alameda County judge Friday to force the city of Berkeley to […]
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Berkeley orders Forty Acres to stop cannabis operations
Berkeley officials contend that Forty Acres is operating an illegal cannabis operation on the top floor of this building at 1820-1828 San Pablo Avenue. Photo: Google Street View The city of Berkeley has declared the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective a public nuisance and ordered it to cease and desist all its cannabis operations […]
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Berkeley forcibly enters Forty Acres cannabis collective
The online cannabis resource, Weed Maps, shows the location of Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective at 1828 San Pablo Ave. The online cannabis resource, Weed Maps, shows the location of Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective at 1828 San Pablo Ave. In the latest battle between Berkeley officials and the medical cannabis collective Forty […]
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Court orders eviction of Forty Acres cannabis collective
A cannabis grow room in the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers Collective in September 2011. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The landlord of the San Pablo Avenue building that houses Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective won a court judgement last week to evict the cannabis business. An Alameda County jury voted 12-0 on Nov. 2 that […]
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Berkeley orders 2 cannabis collectives to shut down
The Perfect Plants Patients Group on Sacramento Street in Berkeley has been ordered to move out The city of Berkeley has issued “cease and desist” orders to two medical cannabis collectives, leading one to shut its doors. The Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers Collective at 1820 San Pablo Avenue stopped operations in late January after Berkeley Code […]