## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/074h-6dc681e8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) September 14 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/076m2-75b47aba.jpg) ](https://www.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://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now) September 21 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/075c-ac0119b8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33372-the-greater-israel-delusion-may-undo-israel) ### [The Greater Israel Delusion May Undo Israel](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33372-the-greater-israel-delusion-may-undo-israel) September 17 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/075h-9fb2fd6c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33365-sherwood-forest-when-an-adu-becomes-an-apartment-complex) ### [Sherwood Forest. When an ADU Becomes an Apartment Complex](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33365-sherwood-forest-when-an-adu-becomes-an-apartment-complex) September 17 2026 # 420 FILE --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/029f.png) ### Legal Pot is Linked to Less Crime Written by Tom Jacobs on April 09 2018. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/15237-legal-pot-is-linked-to-less-crime) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1607b.png) ](https://www.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. Posted in [420 FILE ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file). ## [Where Are the Weed Taxes Going, and Will They Get There Safely?](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14746-where-are-the-weed-taxes-going-and-will-they-get-there-safely) Cue the bandits: this is a 100% cash business right now, with money being moved around in duffle bags, with two very attractive robbery targets: weed… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ca/1604v-cabaed15.png) ](https://www.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://www.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://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6c/1603s-6c966683.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14644-ag-sessions-no-buds-in-california)### [AG Sessions: No ‘Buds’ in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14644-ag-sessions-no-buds-in-california) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 08 2018. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/1601i-badcac60.png) ](https://www.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://www.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://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/28/1601y-288b3738.png) ](https://www.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://www.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://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/01e-32540e36.png) ](https://www.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://www.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. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/01h-6e608cd8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14617-looking-for-legal-weed-around-la-weho-may-be-your-best-option)### [Looking for Legal Weed around LA? WeHo May be Your Best Option](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14617-looking-for-legal-weed-around-la-weho-may-be-your-best-option) Written by James Rufus Koren on January 01 2018. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7c/0104x-7cb2bfae.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14594-is-cannabis-a-treatment-for-cancer)### [Is Cannabis a Treatment for Cancer?](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14594-is-cannabis-a-treatment-for-cancer) Written by Susan Marks on December 28 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c2/103m-c2b811de.png) ](https://www.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://www.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://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7c/0101z4-7cccd57f.png) ](https://www.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://www.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. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/098s-44278793.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14487-la-and-legal-marijuana-we-do-big-stuff-that-s-who-we-are-that-s-how-we-roll)### [LA and Legal Marijuana: “We Do Big Stuff, That’s Who We are, That’s How We Roll.”](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14487-la-and-legal-marijuana-we-do-big-stuff-that-s-who-we-are-that-s-how-we-roll) Written by Matt Ferner on December 07 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0f/095z-0fe5c0c0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14424-california-is-leading-the-way-on-marijuana-criminal-justice-reform-and-the-world-is-watching)### [California Is Leading the Way on Marijuana Criminal Justice Reform … And, the World is Watching](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14424-california-is-leading-the-way-on-marijuana-criminal-justice-reform-and-the-world-is-watching) Written by Lee V. Gaines on November 27 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/090s-a3bc31ba.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14328-420-file-ca-s-working-group-on-marijuana-banking-issues-first-report)### [420 File: CA’s Working Group on Marijuana Banking Issues First Report](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14328-420-file-ca-s-working-group-on-marijuana-banking-issues-first-report) Written by California County News on November 09 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/088e-a929b604.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14297-latest-cannabis-plan-may-give-some-la-pot-growers-manufacturers-the-break-they-re-looking-for)### [Latest Cannabis Plan May Give Some LA Pot Growers, Manufacturers the Break They’re Looking For](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/14297-latest-cannabis-plan-may-give-some-la-pot-growers-manufacturers-the-break-they-re-looking-for) Written by Emily Alpert Reyes on November 02 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fa/welcomeToCalif-fa82d30b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13860-california-marijuana-laws)### [California Marijuana Laws](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13860-california-marijuana-laws) Written by California Norml on August 22 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/063h-031fc50c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13752-getting-rid-of-california-s-cannabis-catch-22-federal-bill-would-legalize-marijuana-nationally)### [Getting Rid of California’s Cannabis Catch 22: Federal Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationally](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13752-getting-rid-of-california-s-cannabis-catch-22-federal-bill-would-legalize-marijuana-nationally) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on August 07 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/57/062f-5775b255.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13736-getting-back-to-basics-are-we-there-yet)### [Getting Back to Basics: Are We There Yet?](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13736-getting-back-to-basics-are-we-there-yet) Written by Dennis Zine on August 03 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/058u-3447d3c1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13627-surprise-closing-la-s-pot-dispensaries-will-increase-neighborhood-crime)### [Surprise! Closing LA’s Pot Dispensaries will Increase Neighborhood Crime](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13627-surprise-closing-la-s-pot-dispensaries-will-increase-neighborhood-crime) Written by Tom Jacobs on July 20 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3a/050f-3a4799d0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13466-california-s-1-billion-marijuana-industry-needs-middlemen-to-make-it-work)### [California’s $1 Billion Marijuana Industry Needs Middlemen to Make It Work](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/13466-california-s-1-billion-marijuana-industry-needs-middlemen-to-make-it-work) Written by Eric Spitz on June 22 2017. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/72/15023d-72b98e54.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/12872-measure-m-sets-stage-for-billion-dollar-marijuana-industry-in-los-angeles)### [Measure M Sets Stage for Billion Dollar Marijuana Industry in Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/12872-measure-m-sets-stage-for-billion-dollar-marijuana-industry-in-los-angeles) Written by Lance Rogers on March 20 2017. [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/420FILE/420map-button.png)](https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1aJKR8O-8BWOb9uR7p_2UmapNTL6n154B&ll=34.08274658817956%2C-118.34514801441333&z=11) [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/420FILE/pot-power-logo.png)](https://podbay.fm/podcast/716402907/e/1380917940) ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/420FILE/use-cannabis-responsibly.png) [ ![save up to 4000 on used evs](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20ev%20ad2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/107 "LA DWP | Save $4K, Green | Priority Ad") [ ![Donna Tryfman](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/Donna-Tryfman-Ad-Final-Complete-Border-White-Margin.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/98 "Donna Tryfman - HS1-1") [ ![LA DWP #2 (Power Savers)](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/2026%20LADWP%20PowerSavers%20300x250.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/82 "LA DWP #2 (Power Savers)") [ ![David DeJute Campaign](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/DejuteAd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/111 "David DeJute Campaign") [ ![Pay Water Bill Help](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20-%20cares-ad.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/97 "Home - LA DWP #2 (Pay Water Bill Help)") [ ![Anna Reitano Vertical R. Col](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/reitano%20vertical%20rework.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/112 "Anna Reitano Vertical R. Col") ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/banners/signup-for-cw.png) ## Get The News In Your Email Inbox Mondays & Thursdays Last Name ---