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Government

Nov. 12, 2011

Riverside medical marijuana ban upheld

A state appellate court upheld a Riverside city ordinance banning storefront medical marijuana dispensaries, declaring state law does not create a right for the establishments to exist.


By Ben Adlin


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state appellate court upheld a Riverside city ordinance banning storefront medical marijuana dispensaries, declaring state law doesn't create a right for the establishments to exist.


"Where, as here, there is no clear indication of preemptive intent from the Legislature, we presume that Riverside's zoning regulations, in an area over which local government traditionally has exercised contr...

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