SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) -- The City Council decided there won't be an
ordinance allowing medicinal marijuana in the city.

Instead, the council on Tuesday voted to send letters to state and federal
officials urging them to support state Senate Bill 187, which would develop
a plan to implement California's voter-approved Proposition 215 legalizing
pot use with a doctor's recommendation.

The proposition conflicts with a federal ban on marijuana use. In May, the
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that there is no medical necessity exception to
the U.S. Controlled Substance Act.

"We have people out there who need this kind of medication," Mayor Harriet
Miller lamented. The mayor and Councilman Tom Roberts opposed the measure,
which passed 4-2.

"I am severely disappointed by the recommendation," Roberts said. "We've
shown the ability to lead here. You have to start somewhere to address this
issue."