Proposition 19 (California, 2010)

Here are some of the stories we're following Tuesday on PolitiCal: Barbara Boxer's reelection bid is now officially considered a tossup by Congress-watchers in Washington. A new poll shows Californians still approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as.......

The 200,000-member United Food and Commercial Workers, Western States Council, on Wednesday announced its support for Proposition 19, the initiative to legalize marijuana in California. “The Western States Council is endorsing Proposition 19 based...

Long Beach is looking to join a handful of California cities seeking to boost city funds by taxing medical marijuana. The City Council on Tuesday will consider a proposal to place a measure on the November ballot that would place......

The campaign to pass Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization initiative, had just $62,000 in cash to spend at the end of June, according to a campaign finance report filed today, an amount far short of what would be needed to......

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Field Poll released Friday suggests trouble for supporters of a California ballot proposition seeking to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The survey found 48 percent of likely voters oppose the initiative while 44...

I would like to thank two colleagues, photographer Raul Roa and sports editor Jeff Tully, for pointing out to me last week that those who do not wish to go to Mass on Sunday but instead wish to watch a major sporting event can indeed go to the Saturday...

Transition Laguna has accomplished a lot in the year or so it has existed, including the remarkable and very well attended 'Unleashing' this last spring. Walk through Laguna Village and you'll find signs marking Transition "pocket gardens" on nearly every...

Despite criticism from some religious leaders who have called on her to resign her post, Alice Huffman, president of the NAACP's California chapter, said last week that she will not retract her support of an initiative to legalize marijuana in the state,...

CITY HALL — A temporary ban on pot dispensaries in Glendale will likely continue after the City Council on Tuesday considers extending the current moratorium. Medical marijuana dispensaries are prohibited under the city's current zoning codes, but...

Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization initiative, picked up the support Thursday of a national organization that represents African American police officers, as the campaign for legalization continues to try to build support in the black community...