The proposed 44-unit project aims to take advantage of Berkeley’s move to eliminate parking requirements at new apartment buildings.
Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective
Berkeley medical cannabis commissioner faces fraud and extortion charges
Dan Rush addresses a group at the Cannabis Workers Rising Symposium in Winchester, Nevada. Photo: Facebook The former chair of Berkeley’s Medical Cannabis Commission (MCC) is scheduled to appear in federal court today, Sept. 23, to face extortion, fraud and money laundering charges connected to his dealings with cannabis dispensaries in Berkeley, Oakland and Las […]
11 groups vie to open Berkeley’s 4th cannabis dispensary
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, […]
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 […]
12 apply to operate Berkeley’s fourth cannabis dispensary
Forty Acres cannabis collective may be one of the applicants for Berkeley’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary, according to Charley Pappas, the chair of the Medical Cannabis Commission. Pappas’s group, Community Partnership 4 Health, is also applying. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Forty Acres cannabis collective may be one of the applicants for Berkeley’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary, […]
Op-ed: Forty Acres cannabis club is a nightmare
Forty Acres cannabis collective is on the second floor of 1820-1828 San Pablo Ave. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel I support medical marijuana, decriminalization of marijuana, even recreational marijuana for those who enjoy it. But I opposed Forty Acres’ cannabis club and was dismayed that some of the city council made supportive noises about finding a way […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]