Frustration runs deep among medical cannabis patients and advocates who say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting their needs.

Closing time has come and gone for about 30 pot clubs in San Jose since the city passed a sweeping regulatory program over the summer. Judging by a database of permit applications from the city, at least a couple-dozen more will fall under the axe in the coming months.

The City Council deadlocked in a 5-5 vote Tuesday (with Pete Constant absent) on medical marijuana zoning, moving to table the action another week.

The San Jose City Council has finally realized that staff keeps bringing back the same old thing on medical marijuana: a ban in the guise of regulations. Here's a sensible plan that will actually work.

Two years after the marijuana industry overturned local regulations on collectives, city officials aim to give it another shot.

Under a regulatory proposal making its way through City Hall, all but a handful of local pot clubs would have to shutter or relocate.

Last week, the Council finally discussed my memo and voted to have staff come back with a draft ordinance for final review regarding medical cannabis. Currently, 14 states have legalized cannabis for medical purposes and 14 other states are considering legislation now. I attached a memo from the US attorney general saying that the federal government will recognize state laws regarding legalization of medical cannabis and additionally, I provided an 11-page document from State Attorney General Jerry Brown that provides guidelines to municipalities on implementing ordinances that regulate medical cannabis collectives/cooperatives.