Alameda Board of Supervisors to Discuss Revising Dispensary Ordinance
| By Americans for Safe Access | Published June 9, 2008 |
Attention Alameda County patients & supporters! We need 10 by June 10th!
We need 10 patients to help lobby the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on June 10th, at 10:30 a.m.
(1221 Oak St, Rm. 512, Downtown Oakland, corner of 12th St)
The Board of Supervisors will receive testimony, discuss, and vote on the proposed amendments to the county medical cannabis dispensary regulation. These amendments have strong backing from groups such as the Cherryland Homeowners Association and the Alameda County Sheriff’s office, pushing for more limited access to medicine throughout the unincorporated communities of Alameda county.
In order to give voice to the hundreds, if not thousands of patients living in these areas, we need to find 10 patients from these unincorporated communities - Ashland, Cherryland, Sunol, San Lorenzo, Fairview, Castro Valley - to share their experiences with medical cannabis at the next Board meeting on June 10th. Patients from nearby cities such as San Leandro and Hayward can also talk about their experience with local access.
The opposition’s proposals include:
1. Making it mandatory for patients to obtain a state-issued ID card to enter a dispensary.
2. Continuing the Alameda County Sheriff as the dispensary regulator—without agreeing not to cooperate with the DEA, unlike police in SF and Oakland.
3. Prohibiting the sale of edible medicinal products.
4. Cutting the number of dispensaries in unincorporated county from 3 to 2.
It is important to note that these changes have been drafted without any significant input from the patients whose lives will be directly impacted. These regulations are just the next step by authorities to shut down the remaining dispensaries in the region and severely restrict the opening of new ones. It is important for the patients who live in the unincorporated communities to speak out against these changes to protect safe access.
Who can help?
Patients living in the unincorporated regions of Alameda County- Ashland, Cherryland, Sunol, San Lorenzo, Fairview, Castro Valley. Patients from nearby cities like San Leandro & Hayward can address their experience with local access.
When and where is the Board of Supervisors meeting?
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will meet to discuss the proposed changes on Tuesday, June 10th at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will take place at 1221 Oak St. Room 512, in downtown Oakland (corner of 12th St.).
| Date: |
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 |
| Time: | 10:30 AM |
| Address: | Alameda County Board of Supervisors get directions 1221 Oak St., Room 512 Oakland, California 94612 |
