Like so many others in California, we’ve heard — and listened to — all the arguments for legalizing marijuana. We even agree that some have merit, the Vallejo Times-Herald opines in this No-on-19 editorial. Proposition 19, however, is another matter. The controversial Nov. 2 measure, which would legalize limited personal cultivation and use of marijuana and allow local governments to authorize and regulate commercial enterprises, is a certified mess. We therefore urge voters to reject it. Here’s why. For starters, there’s Proposition 19′s distorted and contradictory message to children about drug use and gateway drugs. [...]
Aug 172010
In the 1940s and ’50s, Stan Eby was part of a strong-man balancing act, traveling the country and becoming a regular in the early days of Santa Monica’s famous “Muscle Beach.” Some 60 years later, Eby runs a marijuana dispensary — Stan the Man Collective — on the outskirts of Vallejo. He’s under legal fire for alleged illegal operations due to city zoning policies, writes Jessica A. York of the Vallejo Times-Herald. When Eby talks about why he bears police raids and legal hurdles instead of dropping his efforts, he spends little time explaining. “Because [...]
The Stan the Man Collective’s operations should be up to the Vallejo Planning Commission and City Council — not the courts, the medical marijuana dispensary’s attorney has argued in a recent court filing. The dispensary is the target of a recent city lawsuit to shut it down. Attorneys are scheduled to appear Thursday before Solano County Superior Court Judge Ramona Garrett to argue the merits of a temporary cease-operations order for the collective. City Deputy Attorney Alan Cohen argued this month that the dispensary is violating city zoning codes and is working under a falsified [...]
Whether Vallejo will have a legal medical marijuana cooperative is up in the air after a Solano County Superior Court hearing Wednesday, according to this Vallejo Times-Herald article. (See Bud’s armchair legal analysis below.) Resident Chris Valentine, on behalf of the Vallejo Giving Tree Patients Cooperative, is suing the city. He says he was barred from his venture, despite city zoning codes not specifically banning cooperatives within city limits. Vallejo zoning codes specify what types of retail businesses are allowed, and marijuana dispensaries are not covered, said deputy city attorney Alan Cohen. Valentine initially sought [...]
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