Marysville Appeal-Democrat

Sac business eyes cannabis license

Single applicant looks to open medicinal marijuana dispensary in Marysville

- By Jake Abbott jabbott@appealdemo­crat.com

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal jury convicted Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, of eight charges Tuesday in a trial for tax evasion, bank fraud and conspiracy, a victory for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in the first criminal trial brought by his office.

The jury of six men and six women deadlocked on 10 other charges on the 16th day of a high-profile trial that focused in part on Manafort’s gilded lifestyle, making him a symbol of gaudy excess and greed in the Trump era.

The deadline closed for to apply for Marysville’s one available medical marijuana dispensary license – and just one company, based in Sacramento, threw its hat in the ring.

Jim Bermudez, director of the Community Developmen­t and Services Department for Marysville, said the applicatio­n period closed Monday at 4 p.m.

Representa­tives from Northstar Holistic Collective, which operates a marijuana dispensary on C Street in Sacramento, filed the applicatio­n.

“At this moment, given that we only received one applicatio­n, the city still needs to review it. We will evaluate the applicatio­n to make sure that it’s complete based on our requiremen­ts as they are listed. We will then conduct a background investigat­ion and look at various elements of their plan to make sure they meet up with our requiremen­ts,” Bermudez said.

Applicants were required to have a conditiona­l use permit applicatio­n number and a

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A look inside the retail room at Northstar’s dispensary in Sacramento.
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