Email Author Chris Roberts

2011 Stories by Chris Roberts

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  Marijuana Raids: It Could Happen Here -- At Any Time

  published Mar 16, 2011

  It's been nearly two years since Drug Enforcement Agency agents raided a medical cannabis dispensary in San Francisco. So while a raid might not be fresh on our minds, this week's bust in Montana and ... More >>

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  Bay Area Pot Clubs Audited as State Goes on Fiscal 'Witch Hunt'

  published Mar 11, 2011

  It was big news for taxpayers and medical cannabis advocates alike when the Board of Equalization informed mega-dispensary Berkeley Patients Group that it owed some $6.4 million in back taxes. And now... More >>

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  The Most Coveted Job in San Francisco: Tending Bud

  published Mar 08, 2011

  It may not be the best job in San Francisco: starting pay is $15 an hour, it's part-time, and job securityr The federal government could lock you up at any moment. On the other hand, at most locations... More >>

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  Pot Dispensary Hurts Hotels, Chronicle Says; But Not at The Luxurious Intercontinental

  published Mar 04, 2011

  Don't get us wrong: As a person, we genuinely like oft-maligned San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius. As a columnist, however, Nevius has a tendency to confound us, as he did Thursday when he... More >>

• See Jane Kim Run -- to the Right

  published March 2, 2011

  The Tenderloin may someday be gentrified, but for now the TL has the city's highest concentration of intravenous drug users. It's probable that... More >>

• Steve Kubby, Prop 215 Author, Drafts New initiative to Decriminalize Marijuana

  published Feb 28, 2011

  Steve Kubby has earned his stripes: Before he was a Libertarian Party candidate for governor of California and President of the United States (and South Lake Tahoe City Council), Kubby was a model act... More >>

• Ammiano Bill: Growing Pot Would No Longer Be Automatic Felony

  published Feb 23, 2011

  Californians caught growing cannabis without a medical recommendation -- and indeed, some marijuana cultivators with medical recommendations -- are on their way to becoming felons. Law enforcement has... More >>

• David Campos Pledges to Fix Medical Cannabis Dispensary Act 'Typo'

  published Feb 21, 2011

  Just a few weeks after SF Weekly wrote of discord and non-action on the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force -- the city's medical marijuana advisory body -- it has finally responded. It's presen... More >>

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  Ammiano's Cannabis Bill a 'Rumor' -- For Now

  published Feb 17, 2011

  You know the old saying: Where there's Tom Ammiano, there's cannabis. California's most cannabis-friendly assemblyman is being connected with an "omnibus cannabis bill" meant to reform, regulate, and ... More >>

• Castro Pot Bust Goes Awry and a Law Professor Threatens to Sue

  published February 16, 2011

  When narcotics officers appeared at a Castro home shortly after 7 a.m. on Jan. 11, they had permission from a judge to search for "proceeds"... More >>

• Fake Pot Crime Stats Continue to Gall Police Commissioner, Cannabis Patients

  published Feb 09, 2011

  Petra DeJesus isn't angry -- she's just frustrated. The criminal defense attorney and San Francisco Police Commissioner last year publicly remonstrated then-Captain Denise Schmitt of the SFPD's Tarava... More >>

• Cops Raid Pot House First, Ask Questions Later

  published Feb 04, 2011

  On Jan. 11, someone knocked on the door of Bruce Rossignol's 13th Street home. The investment banker turned medical cannabis cultivator, who, as SF Weekly reported in August wishes to someday open a c... More >>

• Pot task force may get smoked for inability to make decisions

  published February 2, 2011

  Cannabis advocates can agree that the plant should be decriminalized and its users, producers, and sellers should be able to do all of the... More >>

• Obama Takes Then Dodges Pot Legalization Question on YouTube

  published Jan 27, 2011

  The digital president, Barack Obama held a sort of national press conference following his State of the Union Address this week. As he has done after every SOTU address since he took office, Obama t... More >>

• Taxpaying Cannabis Deliveryman Branded Snitch for Trying to Get Others to Pay Taxes, Too

  published Jan 21, 2011

  Kevin Reed sells medical cannabis. Lots and lots of it. He sells it for $35 for an eighth of an ounce, delivered anywhere in San Francisco. Why shouldn't her As the Green Cross delivery service presi... More >>

• San Francisco's progressive Board of Supervisors now more moderate

  published January 19, 2011

  In any other city, the elevation to mayor of the first Asian-American in history would be a cause for celebration for liberals. But to listen... More >>

• What's a Drug Bust Really Worthr

  published Jan 14, 2011

  News that the San Francisco Police Department had seized $11.5 million worth of illegal cannabis in calendar year 2010 set the local sphere of growers, activists, and informed tokers abuzz. That figur... More >>

• Oaksterdam's Richard Lee Attends Daly Roast, Treated to Wheelchair Joke

  published Jan 10, 2011

  Aside from his fleeting visibility in the media during his push to legalize marijuana with Proposition 19, Oaksterdam University's Richard Lee is a loner. Lee is known for keeping a low prof... More >>

• Proximity of Sunset District Pot Club to School Sparks Outrage

  published January 12, 2011

  Supervisor Carmen Chu's most memorable moment in politics was when she was appointed to replace the disgraced Ed Jew — or it was, until... More >>