Los Angeles City Attorney Turns Up The Heat
Joe | Aug 27, 2010 | Comments 4
The Los Angeles City Attorney has filed a complaint against 135 medical marijuana dispensaries asking for a restraining order and injunction enforcing a new edict from city officials which will leave only 41 medical cannabis dispensaries in operation.
That only 25% of the collectives survived the initial vetting speaks to the severity of the city’s ordinance and the narrow interpretation championed by the City Attorney. City Councilmembers can expect renewed controversy over the escalation when they return from recess in September. There will also be new litigation, as “ineligible” collectives seek relief based on a myriad of individual circumstances.
Dispensary owners need to come at the city with everything they have. It’s obvious now that Los Angeles officials want nothing less than the total destruction of the city’s medical marijuana industry. And to those medical marijuana advocates that rail against Prop 19, I wouldn’t count on Prop 215 offering much protection to patients. Cities and counties can do what they want.
This is one of the many reasons cannabis prohibition must end. Freedom taken is not regained in a day, but with every step you take toward getting it back.
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and of course theres the Sunset clause that kicks in 2012 so the City can close EVERY COLLECTIVE DOWN …
Here we go again!
This city has to be the biggest bunch of idiots
Oakland Ca ,SF all have charged heavy “FEES” all collected and spent
This is why this city is broke, trying to thwart the will of the people
Most of these shops were Mom and Pops
they employed people, paid rent,payed taxes and the city council wants to shut them all down
why cant they just lay off the whole city council – give them 99 weeks of unemployment
3 years of debate , 10 minutes of map review and they eliminate most shops with a bullshit ordinance
Morans
I get so angry at these puppet politicians
walk down Sepulveda (818) what do you see ?
EMPTY STOREFRONTS
Not only have these shops closed they have eliminated all the foot traffic associated with these shops.
people who spend money in other stores
So Carmen Trutadik thanks a whole lot for sending jobs out of LA and undermining a legitimate industry
I wonder how many people voted for that clown