Lottery for pot clnics

The Los Angeles City Council adopted a new law Friday creating a lottery system for medical marijuana clinics, while also looking at a new approach offered by television talk show host Montel Williams. Daily News.

The lottery system was prompted by a court order striking down parts of the city's new ordinance regulating clinics.

Council members were concerned that failing to act on the lottery measure would leave the city open to the same "Wild Wild West" atmosphere as when illegal clinics were opening throughout the city. The council voted 12-0 to adopt the new ordinance.