Proposition 19 (California, 2010)

California's ballot measure to legalize marijuana has a new friend: Facebook co-founder Sean Parker has given $100,000 to back the proposal. Parker's donation was reported in Proposition 19 campaign finance filings this week. And he's not the first...

COSTA MESA — The Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education is poised to adopt a resolution Tuesday opposing the statewide legalization of marijuana. The school board also is expected to ratify a one-year contract for 1,200 teachers....

Mexican President Felipe Calderon strongly opposes the California ballot measure that would legalize small amounts of marijuana, saying it reflects softening attitudes toward drug consumption in the U.S. that are undercutting efforts to control...

MIKE GATTO: 1) California faces projected budget deficits of close to $20 billion annually for the next several years. What specific steps must the state take to achieve a balanced budget? To paraphrase Winston Churchill, the next few years are likely...

In my public discussions about our nation's failed and hopeless policy of marijuana prohibition, I often say that Proposition 19 actually won the election last November, but we will simply be delaying implementation for two years. I say that for two...

COSTA MESA — The Newport-Mesa Unified school board on Tuesday night approved a one-year contract with the teachers union but also outlined issues with the state budget expected to impact the district. The Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers...

LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) -- Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske is in Pasadena today to speak out against Proposition 19 which would legalize marijuana in California. If Proposition 19 passes in November, California would become the first...

: Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) took time during election season to address a crowd mostly too young to be registered. On Monday, the seven-term congressman spoke to about 200 students during a morning assembly at Burroughs High School in Burbank....

California's marijuana legalization ballot initiative, Proposition 19, is trailing badly, according to a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll, which found likely voters opposing the measure 51% to 39%. Until recently, the initiative had led in most polls...

A group of San Diego mothers who struggled with their own children's drug problems is actively urging voters to make recreational marijuana legal by passing Proposition 19. Less than a week before elections, Gretchen Burns Bergman said she and the...

California voters have turned against controversial initiatives to legalize marijuana and to suspend the state's global warming law, a poll from the Public Policy Institute of California found. Voters now oppose Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization...

La Cañada Flintridge voters have been painting the town a little bluer. A burst of new Democratic Party registrations prior to the election of President Obama, ongoing declines in Republican Party registrations and an increasing number of decline-to-...