On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court
denied requests from the League of California Cities, the San Diego District Attorneys Office, the Sacramento District Attorneys Office, the Sonoma District Attorneys Office, the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office and the Los Angeles City Attorney to depublish or review the
published decision in People v. Jackson.
After years of struggling over the issue, the Court of Appeal held that storefront
dispensaries are legal under California law, so long as they operate on a not for profit basis and adhere to certain corporate forms.
This decision establishes that storefront dispensaries are unquestionably legal under California law and that
localities cannot continue to rely on their now-discredited view that all sales of medical marijuana are illegal in order to support their ongoing attacks on medical marijuana dispensaries.