City's pot law takes effect

The day both welcomed and dreaded by the medical marijuana community finally arrived Monday, when the law regulating clinics in Los Angeles took effect.Daily News.

A steady parade of operators filed into Los Angeles City Hall and paid $324 in application fees, which placed them on a list of clinics that will be notified in a month if they are eligible to continue operating.

Elsewhere, however, owners kept their dispensaries shuttered, not willing to take a $2,500-a-day risk by flouting the law.

"Sorry! We are closed for the time being," said a makeshift sign taped to the locked front door of the Green Joy dispensary in Woodland Hills.