## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/077a-56ff870c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) ### [With National Implications, Corporate Landlords Take Aim at Three Pro-Rent Control Campaigns in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) September 24 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/076m2-7e471e2f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now) ### [Massacre on City Streets: Mayor Bass Must Issue an Emergency Declaration Now](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now) September 21 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/076g-8363b56a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33395-should-dwp-ratepayers-pay-for-the-citys-streetlights) ### [Should DWP Ratepayers Pay for the City’s Streetlights? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33395-should-dwp-ratepayers-pay-for-the-citys-streetlights) September 21 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4e/076b-4e4a3fc2.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33398-why-are-la-officials-ignoring-illegal-rv-parking-on-washington-blvd) ### [Why Are LA Officials Ignoring Illegal RV Parking on Washington Blvd?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33398-why-are-la-officials-ignoring-illegal-rv-parking-on-washington-blvd) September 21 2026 # 420 FILE --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/056w-47385b7f.png) ### Marijuana Arrests in CA Drop 56% Following Passage of Prop. 64 Written by Ellen Komp on July 12 2018. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15789-marijuana-arrests-in-ca-drop-56-following-passage-of-prop-64) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ca/052w-ca5c0d96.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15703-fda-approves-marketing-of-plant-derived-marijuana-medicine)Written by Paul Armentano on June 28 2018. Posted in [420 FILE ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file). ## [FDA Approves Marketing of Plant-Derived Marijuana Medicine](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15703-fda-approves-marketing-of-plant-derived-marijuana-medicine) The proprietary extract formulation - developed by the British biotechnology firm GW Pharmaceuticals - had demonstrated safety and clinical efficacy… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/14/049v-14a2472b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15639-icymi-la-has-amended-local-commercial-cannabis-regs)### [ICYMI: LA Has Amended Local Commercial Cannabis Regs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15639-icymi-la-has-amended-local-commercial-cannabis-regs) Written by Hilary Bricken on June 18 2018. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/043j-0220d11a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15514-los-angeles-why-only-147-pot-permits-issued-since-january-1st-none-in-the-past-19-days)### [Los Angeles: Why Only 147 Pot Permits Issued Since January 1st, NONE in the Past 19 Days?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15514-los-angeles-why-only-147-pot-permits-issued-since-january-1st-none-in-the-past-19-days) Written by Jay Handal on May 31 2018. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/54/035g-5403ae31.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15359-marijuana-permitting-in-la-a-lesson-on-how-to-keep-the-black-market-thriving)### [Marijuana Permitting in LA: A Lesson On How to Keep the Black Market Thriving](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15359-marijuana-permitting-in-la-a-lesson-on-how-to-keep-the-black-market-thriving) Written by Jay Handal on April 30 2018. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/1607b-75069cc2.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14746-where-are-the-weed-taxes-going-and-will-they-get-there-safely)### [Where Are the Weed Taxes Going, and Will They Get There Safely?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14746-where-are-the-weed-taxes-going-and-will-they-get-there-safely) Written by Tim Deegan on January 22 2018. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/1604v-61135b88.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14665-pot-biz-legal-marijuana-nationwide-could-raise-130-billion-add-1-million-jobs-by-2025)### [Pot Biz: Legal Marijuana Nationwide Could Raise $130 Billion, Add 1 Million Jobs by 2025](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14665-pot-biz-legal-marijuana-nationwide-could-raise-130-billion-add-1-million-jobs-by-2025) Written by Jon Queally on January 11 2018. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/1603s-5a73cec8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14644-ag-sessions-no-buds-in-california)### [AG Sessions: No ‘Buds’ in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14644-ag-sessions-no-buds-in-california) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 08 2018. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/1601i-9052d6c3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14635-red-alert-this-is-not-a-drill-attorney-general-sessions-coming-for-california-s-legalized-pot)### [Red Alert! ‘This is Not a Drill’! Attorney General Sessions Coming for California’s Legalized Pot](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14635-red-alert-this-is-not-a-drill-attorney-general-sessions-coming-for-california-s-legalized-pot) Written by Jessica Corbett on January 08 2018. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b3/1601y-b37e96d3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14623-california-s-cannabis-industry-moves-out-of-the-shadows-and-into-the-flames)### [California’s Cannabis Industry Moves Out of the Shadows and Into the Flames](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14623-california-s-cannabis-industry-moves-out-of-the-shadows-and-into-the-flames) Written by S.E. Smith on January 04 2018. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e8/01e-e82513eb.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14619-california-s-now-legal-pot-biz-needs-banks-turns-to-trump-for-help)### [California’s Now Legal Pot Biz Needs Banks … Turns to Trump for Help](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14619-california-s-now-legal-pot-biz-needs-banks-turns-to-trump-for-help) Written by Chris Reed on January 08 2018. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/103m-56dbbe8c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14581-pot-is-about-to-be-legal-in-california-will-you-get-what-you-thought-you-voted-for)### [Pot is about to be Legal in California—Will You Get What You Thought You Voted For?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14581-pot-is-about-to-be-legal-in-california-will-you-get-what-you-thought-you-voted-for) Written by Laurel Rosenhall on December 21 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c6/0101z4-c6e3790b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14529-to-be-blunt-california-s-marijuana-industry-is-stoking-high-anxiety)### [To Be Blunt, California’s Marijuana Industry Is Stoking High Anxiety](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14529-to-be-blunt-california-s-marijuana-industry-is-stoking-high-anxiety) Written by Joe Mathews on December 14 2017. 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