Still Less Than Equal: Mayor Gloria’s Cannabis Social Equity Plan Falls Short

Still Less Than Equal: Mayor Gloria’s Cannabis Social Equity Plan Falls Short

Feb 5, 2024

While some progress has been made on the City’s cannabis social equity program, much is left to be desired.

2023 In Review: Where We’ve Been, What We’ve Learned, & Where We’re Going

2023 In Review: Where We’ve Been, What We’ve Learned, & Where We’re Going

Jan 1, 2024

Happy New Year San Diego ASA members! 2023 was a busy year for cannabis, with many wins and challenges. National WHERE WE’VE BEEN: On the national level, Biden issued additional pardons for those with cannabis-related convictions and granted clemency to 11 people with disproportionately long jail sentences. The Department of Health and...

Latino American Political Association Endorses Racist Party of Republicans

Latino American Political Association Endorses Racist Party of Republicans

Jan 30, 2018

Once again the Latino American Political Association has endorsed a candidate proven to be harmful to Latino families. Former DA Bonnie Dumanis joined Summer Stephan as a LAPA choice in the 2018 election. Stephan is running for District Attorney after being appointed by Dumanis when Dumanis left the office to run for County Supervisor Dist. 4. LAPA’s logo...

A Post-Prop 64 Not Guilty Verdict in San Diego

A Post-Prop 64 Not Guilty Verdict in San Diego

Mar 1, 2017

February 27, 2017 Michael Cindrich Wins His 4th “Not Guilty” Cannabis Verdict in 12 Months Originally posted on: http://www.michaelcindrich.com/blog/a-post-prop-64-not-guilty-verdict-in-san-diego/ San Diego, CA – After a week long trial and an hour of jury deliberations, Anthony Palumbo finally heard the words he had been waiting almost a year and a...

Citizen Found Not Guilty within Ten Minutes in June, District Attorney Keeps the Cash

Citizen Found Not Guilty within Ten Minutes in June, District Attorney Keeps the Cash

Oct 17, 2016

October 17, 2016  San Diego, CA – When medical marijuana patient Shaun Smith won his case with a ten minute not guilty verdict in June, he could not have known the District Attorney had already spent the cash they took from his medical cannabis collective and that the Sheriff’s department would take such a long time to return the motorcycle...

Jury Selection Completed in Micah Wojnowski Case

Jury Selection Completed in Micah Wojnowski Case

May 26, 2016

May 26, 2016     Terrie Best – SDASA San Diego, CA – Father and medical cannabis patient Micah Wojnowski was in court today to fight off charges of child endangerment and manufacturing of hash oil after a Team 9 NTF raid on his home in June of last year. After a full day of jury selection we have a seated jury and Micah’s unfair and...

Ten Minutes to a Not Guilty Verdict in San Diego Medical Marijuana Concentrate Case – Or, How to Ruin Bonnie Dumanis’s Weekend

Ten Minutes to a Not Guilty Verdict in San Diego Medical Marijuana Concentrate Case – Or, How to Ruin Bonnie Dumanis’s Weekend

Mar 4, 2016

  March 4, 2016 By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – It is hard to say exactly when the San Diego District Attorney’s Office lost their cannabis extraction case against legal patient John Mazula. His friends would say it was when the DA chose John to victimize; many activists say it was when John hired brilliant...

Local Access Project In San Diego County

Local Access Project In San Diego County

Dec 15, 2015

Dear Chapter Members, Happy Holidays from San Diego Americans for Safe Access! As a reminder, we have canceled our December 22 chapter meeting because of its proximity to the holiday.  Instead of holding the meeting, SDASA would like to ask for your help! We are rolling out our Local Access Project and reaching out to citizens of the 17 municipalities in San...

Feds Defy Court Order, Don’t Return Medical Cannabis

Feds Defy Court Order, Don’t Return Medical Cannabis

Nov 8, 2014

November 8, 2014 By Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Babbette Kurtz, a resident of northern California got a taste of border town, USA when she, a state legal cannabis patient, was stopped and arrested while her Jeep, medical cannabis and possessions were confiscated at a US Border Patrol checkpoint in San Diego County.  The stop happened in...

Medical Marijuana Patients Launch Not Dumanis Campaign

Medical Marijuana Patients Launch Not Dumanis Campaign

May 30, 2014

San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launches NotDumanis.com website to draw public attention to District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ fierce fight against medical marijuana patients as well as her many other failures in office. SAN DIEGO, CA – In her service as San Diego County District Attorney, Bonnie Dumanis has undermined the most...

Peace for Patients

Peace for Patients

Nov 20, 2013

END THE WAR ON MEDICAL CANNABIS

San Diego Medical Marijuana Patients Beware

San Diego Medical Marijuana Patients Beware

Nov 12, 2013

San Diego Medical Marijuana Patients Beware By: Eugene Davidovich, Chapter Coordinator, San Diego Americans for Safe Access The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) has re-launched a massive eradication effort against dispensaries, collective cultivation efforts, and medical marijuana patients. Those using cannabis with a doctor’s recommendation are not safe...

San Diego ASA Launches New Website

San Diego ASA Launches New Website

Nov 10, 2013

Tis the season for change. A couple of weeks ago ASA National, our parent organization, released this new website – and after many years of using Google Blogger the local ASA Advisory Board also made the decision a few months ago to upgrade our web presence to a more flexible platform. Going forward we expect to continue providing the most up-to-date...

November Chapter Meeting San Diego Americans for Safe Access

November Chapter Meeting San Diego Americans for Safe Access

Nov 7, 2013

Join the San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access on Tuesday, November 12th from 7-9pm at Giovanni’s Restaurant located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92123 for the November monthly chapter meeting. At this months meeting we will be joined by candidate for San Diego County District Attorney Robert Brewer who will discuss his campaign and...

Medical Marijuana Advocacy Monthly Chapter Meeting – San Diego ASA

Join patients, advocates, scientists, and concerned citizens Tuesday, July 9th from 7pm – 9pm at Giovanni’s Restaurant located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92123 for the July San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access monthly meeting. At Tuesday’s meeting we will discuss federal legislation as well as updates regarding...