Pedestrians walk past a medical marijuana dispensary in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles Tuesday, July 24, 2012. The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday July 24, 2012, voted to ban marijuana shops outright until it has clearer guidance from the state's highest court, after being unable to rein in the hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries that have cropped up across the nation's second largest city. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)