Patients, Advocates to Acknowledge One Year Anniversary of Aggressive Police Actions Against Medical Marijuana Collectives Providing Home Delivery Services

MEDIA ADVISORY
San Luis Obispo Americans for Safe Access
For Immediate Release:  December 26, 2011
Contact: National ASA Media Liaison Kris Hermes 510-681-6361
San Luis Obispo Chapter  Representative Linda Hill 805-528-0808

Patients, Advocates to Acknowledge One Year Anniversary of Aggressive Police Actions Against Medical Marijuana Collectives Providing Home Delivery Services
Felonies, including child endangerment charges, were used to intimidate state law-compliant providers

San Luis Obispo County, CA -- Patients and medical marijuana advocates are planning a demonstration and protest rally outside of the San Luis Obispo (SLO) County Courthouse to remind the public of the aggressive raids and arrests that took place on December 28th and 29th of last year. A majority of the "SLO 12" have still not had their cases go to trial, despite the hearings, motions, and other court-related actions taking place every month since their arrests -- at taxpayer expense. They are being drained emotionally, financially and physically by the lack of conclusive action being taken by the District Attorney. In the meantime, they are victimized, some of them even having felony convictions showing up in their background checks before they have even gone to trial!

What: Patients and advocates protest aggressive police actions against medical marijuana collectives providing home delivery services in SLO
When:  Tuesday, December 27th, starting  at 9:00 am
Where: In front of San Luis Obispo County Superior Courthouse, 1050 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo

Note:  The New Times in November ran a cover story about the "SLO 12":   http://www.newtimesslo.com/cover/6925/nothing-comic-about-it/

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With over 50,000 active members in all 50 states, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is the largest national member-based organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. ASA works to overcome political and legal barriers by creating policies that improve access to medical cannabis for patients and researchers through legislation, education, litigation, grassroots actions, advocacy and services for patients and the caregivers.

Patients, Advocates to Acknowledge One Year Anniversary of Aggressive Police Actions Against Medical Marijuana Collectives Providing Home Delivery Services

MEDIA ADVISORY
San Luis Obispo Americans for Safe Access
For Immediate Release:  December 22, 2011
Contact: National ASA Media Liaison Kris Hermes 510-681-6361
San Luis Obispo Chapter  Representative Linda Hill 805-528-0808

Patients, Advocates to Acknowledge One Year Anniversary of Aggressive Police Actions Against Medical Marijuana Collectives Providing Home Delivery Services
Felonies, including child endangerment charges, were used to intimidate state law-compliant providers

San Luis Obispo County, CA -- Patients and medical marijuana advocates are planning a demonstration and protest rally outside of the San Luis Obispo (SLO) County Courthouse to remind the public of  the aggressive raids and arrests that took place on December 28th and 29th of last year.  A majority of the "SLO 12" have still not had their cases go to trial, despite the hearings, motions, and other court-related actions taking place every month since their arrests -- at taxpayer expense.  They are being drained emotionally, financially and physically by the lack of conclusive action being taken by the District Attorney.  In the meantime, they are victimized, some of them even having felony convictions showing up in their background checks before they have even gone to trial!

What: Patients and advocates protest aggressive police actions against medical marijuana collectives providing home delivery services in SLO
When:  Tuesday, December 27th, starting  at 9:00 am
Where: In front of San Luis Obispo County Superior Courthouse, 1050 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo

Note:  The New Times in November ran a cover story about the "SLO 12":   http://www.newtimesslo.com/cover/6925/nothing-comic-about-it/

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With over 50,000 active members in all 50 states, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is the largest national member-based organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. ASA works to overcome political and legal barriers by creating policies that improve access to medical cannabis for patients and researchers through legislation, education, litigation, grassroots actions, advocacy and services for patients and the caregivers.

Save the Dates! Dec 17 & 27th

Dear Friends,

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 and
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27

Support for safe access to medical cannabis here on the Central Coast is needed now more than ever:

You’ve probably learned that an application for a collective club outlet in Oceano has been approved by the County Planning Commission; however the approval was appealed, and this appeal will have to now go to the Board of Supervisors, anticipated in early February.

We know of an influential contingent that has been petitioning the Board of Supervisors to ban all medical cannabis services in SLO County until the conflicts between State and Federal law are resolved.  a county wide ban would unleash local law enforcement to pursue all medical cannabis collectives as well as cultivating patients who contribute to collectives,

We must continue to take visible actions to remind the public of our rights and to enlist more support..  The larger our numbers in public, the greater the impact we can have!

For December, we are combining our monthly meeting with a Christmas-season party.  We have a lot of things going on here to discuss, and we hope you will plan to join us:

WHAT:           SLO Chapter Americans for Safe Access meeting & party
WHEN:          Saturday, December 17, 4:00 – 9:00 p.m. (snacks provided)
WHERE:        2630 Main St., Morro Bay (next door to Domino’s Pizza in North Morro Bay)

San Luis Obispo ASA urges all collective operators, members, and safe access supporters (both patients and non-patients) to attend this meeting, and also to attend our:

Scheduled rally on December 27th on the San Luis Obispo court house steps at 9:00 AM.   The rally is set to acknowledge the one-year anniversary of the Narcotic Task Force raids and arrests of the “SLO 12” last December.

November SLO ASA Public Meeting

Our monthly ASA meeting is coming up:

Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 7:00 pm

Petra Mediterranean Pizza and Grill

1210 Higuera St. (corner Higuera and Toro Sts.)

San Luis Obispo, CA

We meet in the downstairs room, so best access is the downstairs door on the Toro St. side. There is a short ramp in front of the door for handicap access.

Agenda items include:

• Last Thursday's approval by the SLO Planning Commission of a collective club facility located in Oceano!!  (Still waiting to see if this is appealed to the Board of Supervisors.  In the meantime, the Planning Commission's action -- and our cause -- got a SOLID EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENT in the Tribune both last Thursday & Friday!!!   Awesome!)
• Federal lawsuits filed by ASA (& NORML) relating to crackdowns on mmj, esp here in California.
• Our chapter status

Here's the pitch, folks:

We are having a positive impact here in SLO County . . . but we need your help!  We need, literally, just a handful of you who have never become a paid ASA member or who have not renewed membership in over a year to contribute ($35 or more).  Our chapter records show only 4 people who have made this contribution in 2011.  We need at least 10 paid memberships to be a legitimate ASA chapter.  As current Treasurer, I'm holding these recent payments in the bank until we reach a total of 10 to send to ASA National.  I myself am ready to renew, as is Rich, but we need at least 4 more of you in order to reach this minimum of 10.  Can you help??  If you can't make it to our meeting, feel free to email me at asaprop215@gmail.com

Thank you.   ~~Linda

We hope to see you at Petra on Tuesday!

SLOASA Action Alert!

As you may know, Tammy Murray of Compassionate Cannabis Information Center (CCIC) is applying to the County to open a medical marijuana storefront dispensary at 1409 So. 4th Street in Oceano.

The SLO County Planning Commission is set to consider her application THIS THURSDAY, NOV. 3rd, in the Supervisors Chambers of the County Government Center, corner of Santa Rosa and Monterey Streets in SLO..  The meeting is set to begin at 9:00 am.

WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR ACTIVE SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION.

To that end, Ms. Murray is sponsoring an evening of Medical Cannabis Activism Training and ASA Membership Drive.  It is taking place THIS WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, beginning at 5:00 pm, at the proposed storefront location: 1409 So. 4th St., Oceano. 

Please try to attend these important meetings.  Previous dispensary applicants have been met with vociferous opposition, making it easy for the government agencies to deny them.  It is imperative that we supporters make our presence known and our voices heard; and our SLO ASA chapter has been central in raising this visibility.  However, we need both new and renewing paid members to maintain our chapter viability.

Again, please join us informally Wednesday evening, to enjoy a complimentary bowl of chili while going over talking points to present to County officials (hand-out information will be provided to you).  If you join or renew your paid ASA membership, Tammy is also offering her “Freedom Fighter” T-shirt, which promotes the proposed Oceano location:  we want to see many of these shirts on attendees at the Planning Commission meeting this Thursday.

Thanks for your support.  For more info, contact Linda at asaprop215@gmail.com, or call her at 805-528-0808.

Special Meeting and BBQ in October

Hello supporters,

As you may have heard, Compassionate Cannabis Information Center (CCIC), which is a collective based in Tulare County,  has petitioned for a minor use permit to open a storefront facility in Oceano.

The applicant, Tammy Morgan, has invited us to host our next ASA meeting, which is on Tuesday, October 18, at the location of her proposed facility. The location is at 1409 S. Fourth St. (House in the back) in Oceano. Below is a link to the CCIC website with a map:

http://www.ccicsanluis.com/

We will have a barbeque lasting from 5:00-7:00 with the official meeting to begin at 7:00. We do not expect the meeting to go longer than 9:00.

We will be asking for a small donation in exchange for some really good food. However, if you become a member of our ASA chapter, the donation will be included in your membership fee!

I will be inviting every collective in the county to send a representative to this meeting.

We will be discussing any concerns about the facility as well as the potential plans for support at the County Supervisors' meeting, likely to be scheduled in December.

Additionally we will discuss the formation of a body to write a "Lowest Priority" ordinance for SLO county to appear on next year's November election ballot, similar to the City of Santa Cruz's Measure K and Oakland's Measure Z. The drafting and construction of this county-wide initiative should be a very high priority for any collective who intends to operate here, as well as for all patients in our area.

Lastly we will address the news and concerns regarding the recent crackdown by federal authorities on the bank accounts, landlords, and properties of collective operators around the state.

Please join us for this very important meeting.

Rich Donald
805-886-1652

Chairman, San Luis Obispo Americans for Safe Access. 

September SLO ASA Meeting

Our monthly SLO ASA chapter meeting will be this coming Tuesday, September 20th at 7:00 pm.  

PLEASE NOTE LOCATION:

Petra Mediterranean Pizza and Grill
1210 Higuera St. (corner Higuera and Toro Sts.)
San Luis Obispo, CA

We meet in the downstairs room, so best access is the downstairs door on the Toro St. side. There is a short ramp in front of the door for handicap access.

We hope to see you there!

Subjects for discussion:

• The recent (Sept. 7) ACQUITTAL of 2 mmj defendants in SLO Superior Court!!!!!  (See the current issue of New Times.)  This is a BIG development, with possible ramifications for other cases, including the "SLO 12" folks.
  
• Recent trip to Santa Cruz for meeting with Nat'l and State ASA directors, including Raid Preparedness Training and Stakesholders' Meeting
  
• Discussion of our status as an ASA chapter, and future actions to take in our county

ALSO, NOTE UPCOMING IMPORTANT EVENTS BEFORE TUESDAY EVENING'S MEETING:  Please try to attend:

•  MONDAY, Sept. 19:  San Luis Obispo Superior Court, 8:30 am & 1:30 pm:
  "SLO 12" defendants are due to return to court, some at 8:30 am in Department 1 and some at 1:30 pm in Department 2.   If you can, please show up to show your support in the courtroom!  (No signs or banners, courtroom decorum.)  This is extra important, as the recent "not guilty" verdicts (see above) may have a direct bearing on the actions in these cases!
  
• TUESDAY, Sept. 20:  County Board of Supervisors Chambers, SLO, 9:00 am
  As we did in early January after the Dec. raids, we want to speak up during the Public Comment Period, to continue to impress upon the Board the need for County action to honor Prop. 215 and allow safe access to qualified patients.

As you see, there is a lot going on.  WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!  But we need your active involvement to continue to push for our rights, as the opposition (esp. from the Feds on mmj policies) is still daunting.

Thank you for your interest and your help!

Your Court Support is Needed

Please join San Luis Obispo ASA on Tuesday, September 6th at 9:15 at the San Luis Obispo Courthouse to support co-defendants Steve Brown and Deip Paul.

Another defendant (don't know his name) has already pleaded out and turned states evidence on Deip and Steve.

Here's their story...

Deip comes home to his apartment at 3:00 in the morning, one or two people are there burglarizing his place, Deip tries to fight them, manages to get the ski mask off one of his assailants before he is put in a choke hold and passes out. When he wakes up he calls the SLO PD. SLO sends a rookie cop who while taking the report says... "it smells like marijuana in here, do you have a doctors card?" Diep answers that he does.

The Rookie leaves behind the only piece of evidence, the ski mask, but tells the Narco task force rep that there were marijuana smokers at Diep's address.

For the next two weeks, Deip is put on round the clock surveillance by 6 officers. (all of this for reporting a burglary and assault?!)

At one point, Deip drives to Kern County to meet with his supplier, Steve Brown.

Steve has just returned from Los Angeles where he has been reimbursed by Manny the owner of Green Dragon Dispensary along with other dispensary/collective operators.

The officers following Deip have now contacted the Kern County Sheriff's and Narcotics Task Force Agents.

Steve gives Deip 3 pounds of MMJ, and both Steve and Deip are pulled over a few minutes later.

In Steve's car they find 5 pounds of marijuana, and 60k in cash. In Diep's car they get another 3 pounds.

The officers serve a search warrant on Deip's place and find more marijuana, many smoking implements, etc.

Some interesting developments in the case...

None of the officers involved in the case made any attempt to verify or recognize medicinal need, Deip has suffered migraine head aches since childhood. None of the officers had a working knowledge of Prop 215 or any of the guidelines.

Rodney Johns of the justice department was forced to take the stand, when asked "were you the one responsible for the raids against the delivery services here in SLO?" he said "Yep, that's me." when asked "Why did you do that?", he said that he had read the Rand report, which stated that it costs $38.00 per ounce to produce, and if anyone is selling it for more than that then they are making a profit, and therefore criminals who deserve to go to jail.

Deip's father took the stand last week, he stated that when he went to university in India, there was a special room on every floor that allowed people to smoke ganja. the DA asked, "Weren't there campus police officers there to stop that?!?" Mr. Paul stated, "Everyone in India smokes Ganja. The students smoke it to help them relax and memorize the materials, the police smoke it to relax, even Shiva the goddess of our religion smokes it. Everyone... EVERYONE in India smokes Ganja!". He had to yell the last part because the jury was cracking up.

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We are asking people to wear pro-patient's rights T-shirts, but bring no signs or banners. We will meet outside the courtroom at 9:15 and go inside as an audience at 9:30. The attorneys should be making their closing arguments so it should be very interesting. We will ask people to remain quiet while in the court, and show support by what they are wearing. We want to show the jury that we support these defendants. Tammy from CCIC (the person who is attempting to open a club in Oceano) will bring "Freedom Fighter" (displaying an American flag and a marijuana leaf) T-Shirts for people who do not have ASA T-shirts.

Please Join Us For Our August Meeting

Our monthly SLOASA chapter meeting will be this coming Tuesday, August 16 at 7:00 pm.

PLEASE NOTE LOCATION:

Petra Mediterranean Pizza and Grill
1210 Higuera St. (corner Higuera and Toro Sts.) - downstairs.
San Luis Obispo, CA

We hope to see you there!

SLO ASA Newsletter - July, 2011

Hello Medical Marijuana Supporters, were mid way through 2011 and a great deal has gone on recently. We wanted to give you a mid-year update on the local, state, and federal developments as they relate to our back yards here in SLO County.

Local News…

The December Raids of SLO delivery services…

Of the 15 people originally charged, three people have had their charges “repealed pending further investigation” meaning that the prosecution has a little more than a year to file charges; some believe this is simply a delay tactic for the purpose of putting off legitimate lawsuits.

Of the remaining 12 cases, one issue created a big stir. The prosecution filed a motion to suppress the medical defense of the arrestees stating that because members had no hands in cultivation, and the collective operators were charging “street prices” the arrestees were not running legitimate medical collectives, and thus not entitled to a medical defense. After a great deal of argument about what was legal under state law, what was not, and how to instruct the jurors, a frustrated Judge La Barbara said “I could just give them (the jurors) the entire statute, have them read the entire thing, and tell them ‘you figure it out because we cant’” and denied the prosecution’s motion.

Many people believe by the end of this month the majority of charges will be dropped, others believe that the prosecution will trudge on. Defense attorneys have said they have a number of sound strategies they can pursue should the charges not be dropped.

One other development…

Chip and Rachel Tamagni were the first two people to have their charges “repealed” but after months they had not received their property, (mostly computers, as well as medical business, and financial records) and medication returned. Though Rodney Johns of the department of justice argued that they needed to hold on to the property, the acting judge ordered that their property is to be returned and they should receive it Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

For more information about recent decisions here is a link to a New Times article…


** SLO County Action Alert**

Dispensary Hearing in Oceano June 20th

The Compassionate Cannabis Information Center (CCIC) in Goshen wishes to open a satellite dispensary here in Oceano. Their collective director Tammy, has called me and asked that SLO-ASA members support her endeavor on June 20th at the Oceano Advisory Panel meeting. Tuesday the 19th is our regularly scheduled third Tuesday meeting date, Rather than meeting at a different location this month, I propose that this month we meet on Monday the 18th at 1:30 PM at Old Juan’s Cantina located at 649 Pier Ave in Oceano on the corner of Hwy 1 (Front St.) and Pier. Afterwards we will go to the Oceano Sheriff’s substation, at the community room located at 1681 Front St. for the Advisory committee meeting at 3:00 PM. I know not all of you will be able to meet at this day or time but I think it is essential that we attend this event if at all possible.

http://www.oldjuanscantina.com/menu.php

CCIC Weedmaps page with reviews and directions


Quarterly SLO-ASA Barbeque

At the last meeting it was discussed that we should have a fundraiser/barbeque at least bi-yearly or quarterly to raise funds, awareness, and put a special call out to members who can’t make it to every meeting to try and attend these functions.

We are currently looking for a location to host these events at preferably at a private residence or community room of a supportive home owners association etc. If you have a suggestion or can offer your location please contact me via email.

New Meeting Location Needed

After a long talk we have decided it no longer makes sense to pay 20.00 per month to utilize the meeting room at the SLO community center, as it does not seem having a centralized meeting location in SLO has increased meeting attendance. Therefore were looking for a new location that we can host the event at. I have suggested using the Petra Grill in SLO, but if you can suggest a better suited location please let me know.

Other Local Events…

There have been other local concerns, such as Sheriff Parkinson announcing that he will wait for the Attorney General’s new guidelines to come out before proposing his own guidelines, or that Dr. Rees is being sued by the parents of a Cal Poly that died in an auto accident (*many issues to this case beyond marijuana including cocaine, alcohol, dark streets, etc.) and a few other concerns but these will be addressed at the next public meeting.


State Developments…

ASA is currently battling two state initiatives that have come forward

SB 847 bans any cultivation or distribution of cannabis within 600ft of any residential use (regardless of zoning) this would effectively close the doors on hundreds of existing medical marijuana dispensaries in our state and halt almost any new dispensary from opening. This bill passed 31-2; it must go through one more assembly proposal before being voted on by the state assembly, if passed, it will effectively eliminate any residential cultivation.

AB 1300 this bill allows each city to ban collectives or cooperatives as they see fit, the bill passed the state assembly 53-1, it has gone to the state senate, and if it passes there it becomes part of state law.

Federal Developments…

Most of these issues are covered in this month’s ASA Activist Newsletter, but for a quick synopsis…

ASA, amongst others, are suing the federal government for their delay in rescheduling cannabis to a lower narcotics classification.

Three new federal medical marijuana bills have been proposed…

HR 1983 which would re-classify marijuana to a schedule III substance and allow it to be proscribed by doctors, and would provide a medical defense to patients charged with federal crimes.

HR 1984 would remove medical marijuana businesses from a “Suspicious Activities” list that banks must report on to the treasury department. This would supposedly stop banks from closing medical marijuana business bank accounts.

HR 1985 would alter the tax code to allow medical marijuana businesses to deduct “cost of goods” in relation to medical marijuana sales.

Department of Justice Memorandum reverses 2009 position.

The department of Justice issued a memorandum on June 29th, which was stated to be a clarification of their stance on federal law enforcement activities in states which have passed medical marijuana laws.

This was in response to roughly 10 warning letters sent by the US Attorney General threatening that the DOJ would enforce the controlled substances act in states that had passed marijuana laws, (some of which threatened to prosecute state employees who approved business licenses) regardless of a memo that was sent in 2009 saying that federal funds would not be used for such actions.

In short the recent memorandum clarified that targeting “commercial operations cultivating, selling or distributing marijuana” is one of the “core functions” of current federal law enforcement efforts, and though it is “unlikely” federal law enforcement would go after cancer patients and their immediate caregivers, large scale growing or distribution operations would be and have been targeted, and federal funds are currently being used to arrest and prosecute those individuals.

Please note that prior to these letters, over 40 federal raids of dispensaries had been conducted in Montana, West Hollywood California, and other locations.

Here is a link for the ASA national position…

And the memorandum itself…

DOJ memorandum from June 29, 2011:
DOJ memorandum from October, 2009:

Thanks Again to everyone who has been participating and keeping up to date on current events. We hope to see you all in Oceano on the 18th for this important meeting.

Special Meeting Time and Place

SLO Chapter Americans for Safe Access
July, 2011 Meeting
NOTE: Special Day, Time and Place!

MONDAY, July 18, 2011
1:30 pm at
Old Juan's Cantina Restaurant
Highway 1 at Pier Ave. in Oceano

We are meeting this day and time in connection with an organization from the Central Valley with a dispensary in Goshen who wants to open a satellite dispensary in Oceano. The Compassionate Cannabis Information Center (CCIC) will be presenting their proposal to the Oceano Advisory Panel meeting at 3:00 pm at the SLO Sheriff's Substation community room, 1681 Front St. (same as Hwy 1) in Oceano.

We urge all of you to come to our meeting at the restaurant as we discuss this and other issues of local impact. Then we hope you will join us immediately afterwards at the Advisory Panel meeting. Whether or not we specifically endorse the CCIC group, it is important that we show our physical presence to publicize the desperate need to have a dispensary SOMEWHERE here on the Central Coast. However, even if you are too reluctant to attend the public meeting, please come to our chapter meeting to show your support. See you there!

Please Join Us For Our June Meeting

Monthly ASA meeting: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 7:00 pm.
Ludwick Community Center
864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo
(corner of Santa Rosa and Mill Streets)

Take the walkway from Mill St. Do not enter the gymnasium section, but follow the signs to the right outside and then into the building. As you enter the door, continue heading inside toward Santa Rosa St., as Room A is all the way up front.


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Please join us for our May Meeting

Monthly ASA meeting: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 7:00 pm.
Ludwick Community Center
864 Santa Rosa, corner of Santa Rosa and Mill Streets
SLO
Take the walkway from Mill St. Do not enter the gymnasium section, but follow the signs to the right outside and then into the building. As you enter the door, continue heading inside toward Santa Rosa St., as Room A is all the way up front.


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ASA Action Alert

Tuesday, April 26: Morro Bay City Council meeting. Begins at 6:00 pm at Morro Bay Veterans Memorial Hall, 209 Surf St., Morro Bay.

We have learned that the Morro Bay City Council is now set to revisit the proposed medical marijuana dispensary ordinance, and that the item will be on the April 26 agenda.

The current impression is that Mayor Yates and Councilman Smukler are in favor of passing the ordinance, but the other three (George Leage, Nancy Johnson and Carla Borchard) may well vote against it unless they are strongly urged by their Morro Bay constituents to pass the ordinance.

This is a call to action to residents of the City of Morro Bay to join our ASA representatives in appearing at the meeting next Tuesday and speaking to the Council in strong support of passage of the dispensary ordinance. The Council has clearly expressed its priority to serve and hear comment from their constituents, the Morro Bay residents. So if you know someone in Morro Bay city limits who can attend and maybe speak, PLEASE spread the word!

A good turnout, which is professional in approach (both inside and outside the Hall) will be better received by the Council. The suggestion has been made by the subcommittee working on this ordinance that public comments not focus on specific, detailed parts of the draft ordinance, but more in overall support for its passage. (Reminder: Morro Bay voters rejected a proposed ban on dispensaries by a margin of 55% to 45%.)

Please also spread the word to Morro Bay supporters for them to PHONE or EMAIL the City Council, urging passage of the ordinance. We suggest that you particularly focus on contacting Councilman Leage and Councilwoman Johnson.

Contact Info:

Councilman George Leage
805-459-4119

Councilwoman Nancy Johnson
805-772-3738

Councilwoman Carla Borchard
805-772-1310

Councilman Noah Smukler
805-772-7668

Mayor William Yates
805-772-2341

The meeting agenda, with attachments, when it is posted, probably by Thursday, April 21st, can be accessed here: http://morro-bay.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=267

Please join us for our April ASA meeting on Tuesday, April 19th at 7:00 pm.

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF MEETING LOCATION.

Ludwick Community Center
864 Santa Rosa St.
San Luis Obispo
(corner of Santa Rosa and Mill St)
Enter the building from Mill St, then turn right for Meeting Room A.


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Please join us for our March Meeting

The next monthly meeting of the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Americans for Safe Access will be:

Tuesday, March 15th, 7:00 pm
Studio 23 Salon
570 Higuera St. (in The Creamery)
San Luis Obispo
Studio 23 is in the back of the Creamery, along the creek. The door to the salon upstairs is between the sushi restaurant and Open Studios offices. Sorry, no elevator access to the 2nd floor.


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Important Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, March 8:
Morro Bay City Council meeting begins at 6:00 pm at the Vets Hall, 209 Surf St. Public hearing related to Council review of draft medical marijuana ordinance. A good turnout, which is professional in approach (both inside and outside the Hall) will be better received by the Council. This Council has also clearly expressed its priority to serve the residents of Morro Bay; thus it would be extremely helpful to have Morro Bay supporters there who are willing to address the Council. So if you know someone in Morro Bay city limits who can attend and maybe speak, PLEASE spread the word! The suggestion has been made by the subcommittee working on this ordinance that public comments not focus on specific, detailed parts of the draft ordinance, but more in overall support for its passage. (Reminder: Morro Bay voters rejected a proposed ban on dispensaries by a margin of 55% to 45%.)
View the agenda and the draft ordinance and City Attorney's report to the Council

Wednesday, March 9 and Saturday, March 12
Lynching Charlie Lynch feature-length documentary, world premiering in SLO on Wed. Mar. 9 and Sat. Mar. 12 as part of the SLO Int'l Film Festival at Downtown Center Cinemas, film starts at 7:00 pm, but we want to arrive around an hour earlier. We will set up a table on the Palm St. sidewalk, just up from Chorro St., across from the ticket window. Plan to arrive around an hour early.
Please email asaprop215@gmail.com if you are able to help us out on either of these Film Festival nights.