For Obama, Job One; In Southern California, Art and Pot

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The LA City Council debates a question other cities answered long ago: how to regulate medical marijuana. Also, Eli Broad's massive collection of contemporary art could mean prestige and money for Beverly Hills or Santa Monica. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, in the "jobless recovery," the President says "Job One" is creating jobs. What can he do?  Can he do it before the mid-term elections?

The LA City Council is taking another stab at controlling 1000 dispensaries of medical marijuana. Why can't it act like West Hollywood? Meantime, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills are competing for Eli Broad's collection of contemporary art. On our rebroadcasts of today's To the Point, in the "jobless recovery," the President says "Job One" is creating jobs. What can he do?  Can he do it before the mid-term elections?   

Banner image: Different strains of medical marijuana are displayed in a three ring binder at Coffeeshop Blue Sky cannabis dispensery in Oakland, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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Warren Olney