marijuana reform

Prop A is a criminal justice reform city charter amendment, but its length and the heated debate about it may make it hard to sort fact from fiction.

The event brought together local labor, immigration, and abortion advocates as well as Casar, Democratic politician Wendy Davis, and former District 1 councilman Roberto Treviño.

Councilmembers Perry, Pelaez, and Courage abstained from the ministerial vote that was required following the city clerk’s verification of more than 20,000 signatures endorsing the criminal justice reform city charter amendment.

The lawsuit argues the criminal justice reform initiative must be pulled from the May ballot because it contains multiple subjects, which is against state law for city charter amendments. Representatives for the organizations supporting the initiative says that's not true.

The Justice Charter would decriminalize abortion and low-level weed possession, codify cite-and-release, ban the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants by SAPD, and establish a city Justice Director to oversee criminal justice policy if passed.

The announcement comes as polling indicates a majority of Texans support legalizing marijuana in some form.

The pardons will be done through an administration process to be developed by the Justice Department, administration officials told reporters; it will cover citizens and lawful permanent residents.

A majority of Texas voters in a recent poll said they favor the legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. Both Democrats and Republicans have introduced more than two dozen bills in the current Texas legislative session. Is the tide about to change when it comes to legalization of cannabis?

The Bexar County Commissioners Court has authorized the purchase of equipment that will help crime labs differentiate between legal hemp and marijuana.…

District attorneys throughout Texas haven’t prosecuted low-level marijuana offenses for the past few months because their forensic labs can’t tell the…