Marijuana Dispensaries Could See Tighter Restrictions, Licensing Under Calif. Ballot Initiative Proposed by Pot Advocates

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Mr. Romero I thought you were a journalist?

Here is another article from Fox News a right wing medial outlet

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0...

"We will have a limited number of medical marijuana establishments that are not close to sensitive sites and are not neighborhood nuisances," she said

Greenberg said that 439 shops had been ordered to close. Any remaining open after Monday face law enforcement actions.

"As of today they should have their boxes packed and their closed sign up," she said.

Did any of this occur or not?  The people of LA deserve to know!!

  It is time for the City Attorney to answer questions and be responsible for its actions.  The LA City Attorney is either withholding information in regards to how many Medical Marijuana Dispensaries were open back in June 2010, or they made a false statement and took no action concerning the information gathering back in 2010.

Why is the LA City Attorney now making statements contrary to what it issued back in June 2010 for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries having shutdown and their "closed sign up"

Do you believe what the LA City Attorney was telling you in June 2010 or now in 2011?

Most everyone has heard about the RAND study were there was a correlation between an increase in crime around areas where Medical Marijuana Dispensaries had been ordered to close in Los Angeles during June 2010.  Most don't understand that now the LA City Attorneys office is back pedaling on their statements from June 2010.  JUST NOW IN 2011 LA City's Attorney Jane Ushner was informing the people of LA that many of the Medical Marijuana Dispensaries remained open back in June 2010!!!

BUT in June 2010 when LA's new Medical Marijuana Ordinance went effective and over 400 shops were ordered to close CAN you recall what the LA City Attorneys office told the people of LA?

DO you want to know what the LA City Attorney was telling the public back around June 2010 after over 400 letters went out?

Lets first analyze NPR a fairly middle of the road slightly liberal media outlet

http://www.npr.org/templates/s...

NPR makes the declarative statement to the readers 

"Police officers will begin closing down 400 unregistered dispensaries now operating illegally."

Immediately followed by a direct quote from Asha Greenberg LA Assistant City Attorney

"The sky isn't going to fall down," says Asha Greenberg, assistant city attorney. "LAPD isn't going to go around kicking down doors, etc. Initially we're going to be doing information gathering."

Greenberg says L.A.'s new ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to run a dispensary without city approval.

"Anyone who is operating a medical marijuana establishment, who is violating the city's ordinance is subject to arrest," Greenberg says.

The people of LA want to know did any of the things Asha Greenberg said actually occurred?

Was anyone arrested ?  

---> Apparently Asha Greenberg says "we're going to be doing information gathering." <--- where is this information?  Was it done?  If not why?  Why was this statement made if there was no plan to actually do any information gathering?  

Here is another article from Fox News a right wing medial outlet

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0...

"We will have a limited number of medical marijuana establishments that are not close to sensitive sites and are not neighborhood nuisances," she said

Greenberg said that 439 shops had been ordered to close. Any remaining open after Monday face law enforcement actions.

"As of today they should have their boxes packed and their closed sign up," she said.

Did any of this occur or not?  The people of LA deserve to know!!

  It is time for the City Attorney to answer questions and be responsible for its actions.  The LA City Attorney is either withholding information in regards to how many Medical Marijuana Dispensaries were open back in June 2010, or they made a false statement and took no action concerning the information gathering back in 2010.

Why is the LA City Attorney now making statements contrary to what it issued back in June 2010 for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries having shutdown and their "closed sign up"

Mr. Romero I thought you were a journalist?!  Are you not able to get any scoop/information concerning the new Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Ordinance?

Who will be the first in LA to write about LA's 4th medical marijuana Ordinance? Romero, Singh, or bosshog Hoeffel?  Only one can get the scoop about the new medical marijuana ordinance?  Why aren't any of you guys posting the prerelease or at least commenting about it?

Pot profiteers want to rewrite Proposition 215 so they can make more money. Spend millions of dollars on this dumb idea. These are the same fools who ignore the California delegation to Congress and the US Senate. Attack Obama but ignore Boxer and Feinstein. Pelosi who?Idiots and liars. With pot advocates like these who needs prohibitionists?!?

Furthermore IF Marijuana Dispensaries See Tighter Restrictions, Licensing Under Calif. Ballot Initiative Proposed by Pot Advocates

"Federal law prohibits California cities from issuing permits to collectives authorizing them to supply marijuana to medical patients, a state appeals court has ruled, raising questions about the scope of local regulation of pot dispensaries.

In overturning a Long Beach ordinance, the court said the city went a step beyond California’s action in 1996, when state voters eliminated criminal penalties for patients who used marijuana with a doctor’s approval.

Deciding not to prosecute someone for drug use doesn’t conflict with the federal ban on marijuana possession and distribution, the court said. It also said a city’s restrictions on marijuana dispensaries, such as limiting their locations and operating hours, wouldn’t violate either federal or state law, Bob Egelko reports in the San Francisco Chronicle.

But by issuing permits that let a certain number of pot collectives operate within city limits, the court said, Long Beach has put a stamp of approval on an activity that federal law forbids and is interfering with nationwide drug enforcement.

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http://calpotnews.com/appeals-...

Furthermore IF Marijuana Dispensaries See Tighter Restrictions, Licensing Under Calif. Ballot Initiative Proposed by Pot Advocates

"Federal law prohibits California cities from issuing permits to collectives authorizing them to supply marijuana to medical patients, a state appeals court has ruled, raising questions about the scope of local regulation of pot dispensaries.

In overturning a Long Beach ordinance, the court said the city went a step beyond California’s action in 1996, when state voters eliminated criminal penalties for patients who used marijuana with a doctor’s approval.

Deciding not to prosecute someone for drug use doesn’t conflict with the federal ban on marijuana possession and distribution, the court said. It also said a city’s restrictions on marijuana dispensaries, such as limiting their locations and operating hours, wouldn’t violate either federal or state law, Bob Egelko reports in the San Francisco Chronicle.

But by issuing permits that let a certain number of pot collectives operate within city limits, the court said, Long Beach has put a stamp of approval on an activity that federal law forbids and is interfering with nationwide drug enforcement.

"

http://calpotnews.com/appeals-...

you fail to comment on the fact that creating regulations and guidelines for medical marijuana by a city .  is in effect a city authorizing a medical marijuana dispensary which might i add federal law prohibits.

any los angeles medical marijuana ordinance which restricts via zoning regulations also indirectly authorizes the medical marijuana dispensary location by giving such guidelines which permits the use of a location which federal law prohibits.

so i wonder how LA will create an ordinance authorizing something they aren't supposed to authorize or regulate?

Oh well i guess more overtime for the city lawyer$ !!

"If you look at the marijuana dispensaries around L.A., you might conclude that the pot-shop game is a far cry from the laws voters approved in order to allow the "seriously ill" to share homegrown, nonprofit weed."

Dennis how precisely should a Medical Marijuana Dispensary be run?  The state gives no guidelines what so ever as the the details....

seems like you are complaining about a problem our politicians have created by keeping medical marijuana in a complete grey area sense prop 215 passed in 1996!

"If you look at the marijuana dispensaries around L.A., you might conclude that the pot-shop game is a far cry from the laws voters approved in order to allow the "seriously ill" to share homegrown, nonprofit weed."

Dennis how precisely should a Medical Marijuana Dispensary be run?  The state gives no guidelines what so ever as the the details....

seems like you are complaining about a problem our politicians have created by keeping medical marijuana in a complete grey area sense prop 215 passed in 1996!

Furthermore IF Marijuana Dispensaries See Tighter Restrictions, Licensing Under Calif. Ballot Initiative Proposed by Pot Advocates

"Federal law prohibits California cities from issuing permits to collectives authorizing them to supply marijuana to medical patients, a state appeals court has ruled, raising questions about the scope of local regulation of pot dispensaries.

In overturning a Long Beach ordinance, the court said the city went a step beyond California’s action in 1996, when state voters eliminated criminal penalties for patients who used marijuana with a doctor’s approval.

Deciding not to prosecute someone for drug use doesn’t conflict with the federal ban on marijuana possession and distribution, the court said. It also said a city’s restrictions on marijuana dispensaries, such as limiting their locations and operating hours, wouldn’t violate either federal or state law, Bob Egelko reports in the San Francisco Chronicle.

But by issuing permits that let a certain number of pot collectives operate within city limits, the court said, Long Beach has put a stamp of approval on an activity that federal law forbids and is interfering with nationwide drug enforcement.

"

http://calpotnews.com/appeals-...

you fail to comment on the fact that creating regulations and guidelines for medical marijuana by a city .  is in effect a city authorizing a medical marijuana dispensary which might i add federal law prohibits.

any los angeles medical marijuana ordinance which restricts via zoning regulations also indirectly authorizes the medical marijuana by giving such guidelines which permits the use of a location which federal law prohibits.

There is a way to ensure the federal government doesn't raid anymore medical marijuana dispensaries.  We need to remove its power via legislation.  Pass H.R. 2306 and limit the federal government's power to enforcing only cross-border trafficking.  Regardless of how you stand on the marijuana debate we can all agree it should be left up to the states and the federal crackdown is an abuse that any state that supports marijuana reform should not have to tolerate. 

Tell your representatives to support H.R. 2306 - The Ending Federal Prohibition of Marijuana Act of 2011 -> http://pvox.co/CdiFqY

"[Prohibition] attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes." - Abraham Lincoln

Only way to safeguard the medical use of this plant and lives of millions who depend on it is to end prohibition, period.  The quickest way to do that is force our federal government to acknowledge the medical utility and relative safety of the herb, which is precisely what they are trying like hell to avoid because they are corrupt to the hilt.  Make no mistake, marijuana is not the problem here; it's not even our failed drug policy, it is rather a federal government which has no concern for following laws or protecting people.  They work for pharmaceutical companies and other vested interested heavily threatened by the potential of cannabis to steal market share by offering a better product which also happens to be sustainable and good for the environment.  Our government is now collapsing because of this insane greed...

Colorado's 100s of pages of byzantine, stifling, privacy invading and impossible Regulations, and the bankrupting $10s of thousands in license fees, have destroyed the MMJ industry and needlessly driven up prices to Patients.

It's a sucker's bet ... and no guarantee that DEA won't still attack and imprison the Dispensary owners, as has already happened in Colorado.