Los Angeles to become largest U.S. city with recreational pot

Los Angeles will become the nation’s largest city to allow recreational marijuana after the City Council voted Wednesday to license sales next year.

The council approved rules to usher in commercial sales, and cultivation is set to begin in less than a month under an initiative approved by state voters.

Under the regulations, residential neighborhoods would be largely offlimits to pot businesses, and buffer zones would be set up around schools, libraries and parks.