Retired builder Jeff Wilcox's vision of a 'business park of cannabis' stoked the council's appetite for the jobs, and tax revenue, such a thing could generate for the desperate city.

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Oakland's pot dreams could burst

A Mendocino County sheriff's officer shot and killed a man who leveled a rifle at him in a large, remote marijuana garden early Tuesday morning, law officials said.

The shooting occurred at about 6:45 a.m. on U.S. Forest Service land in northeastern Mendocino County, roughly four miles west of the Tehama County line, said Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman.

The name of the veteran officer who fired is not being released at this time, and the suspect's identity is unknown, he said.

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Inside City Hall in Oakland, Calif., Jim Wilcox explained his plan for a commercial marijuana farm. “My idea was a Silicon Valley of cannabis,” he told the city council recently. “An office park for pot.” The council has approved the creation, licensing and taxing of four such medical marijuana farms inside Oakland city limits.

Four hundred miles to the south in Los Angeles, it’s a completely different story. After four years running the Pure Life Alternative Wellness Center, Yami Bolanos fears her medical marijuana dispensary will be shut down. “The patients are the ones that are getting screwed royally by the city council.”

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Jeff Wilcox, a middle-aged, clean-cut man who dresses in the Bay Area casual business attire of clean jeans, collared shirt and running shoes, may be the face of Marijuana, Inc, the corporatization of cannabis.

He has just persuaded Oakland to legalize industrial-sized marijuana farms, touting a study that promised millions in city taxes and hundreds of high-paying union jobs.

The long-struggling city, which has failed spectacularly to capitalise on the high-tech boom, could be the Silicon Valley of pot, Wilcox told the City Council this week before its historic vote to grant four permits for urban, industrial-size marijuana farms.

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Bereiten sich jetzt Firmen darauf vor, nach der etwaigen Legalisierung von Marihuana in Kalifornien abzusahnen? Die Stadt Oakland genehmigt demnächst Unternehmen Hanfanbau im großen Stil - allerdings vorerst nur zu medizinischen Zwecken.

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The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for "industrial" cultivation starting next year.

The move by the San Francisco Bay Area city aims to bring medical marijuana cultivation into the open and allow the city to profit by taxing those who grow it.

The resolution passed the city council easily after a nearly four-hour debate that pitted small-scale "garden" growers against advocates of a bigger, industrial system that would become a "Silicon Valley" of pot.

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Don't be fooled, this is still happening all over California, which is why you need to protect yourself and vote yes on Proposition 19.

cannabisculture.com

Behind an imposing barbed-wired fence on a busy commercial stretch of San Pablo Avenue, this 2,500-square-foot cannabis mecca offers patients dozens of pot strands, ranging in price from the really cheap ($10/eighth) to the really expensive ($60/eighth). Make a purchase after consulting the knowledgeable and friendly white-lab-coated staff, then light up using one of the vaporizers or glass pieces available in the smoking lounge. Brownies, cookies, beverages, extracts, concentrates, and seeds round out the medication menu, while free massage, acupuncture, counseling, therapeutic, and educational services are also available on-site.

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