By: Eugene Davidovich, 4/14/2010 SAN DIEGO – On April 13th the San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access held their monthly meeting at the Pt. Loma Public Library. The location was great! A state of the art conference room that fits over 120 people, with comfy modern chairs, and perfect lighting. The problem was getting into the actual room on...

Our monthly meeting will be held TODAY from 6:00PM-7:30pm – 4/13/2010 at the Pt. Loma Public Library located on 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego, CA 92107 WHAT: Monthly San Diego ASA Meeting WHEN: April 13, 2010 – 6pm – 7:30pm WHERE: Pt. Loma Public Library – 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego, CA 92107 What to expect: Latest National News on Medical...

Oppose AB 2650 – Protect patients’ access statewide April 10th, 2010, Posted by Don Duncan On Tuesday (April 13, 2010) , the California Assembly Committee on Public Health will discuss AB 2650, bill that would require that medical cannabis collectives, cooperatives, and growers be located at least 1,000 feet away from a laundry list of “sensitive uses”...

Sends Demand Letter Seeking to Fix Serious Violations in Proposal The County of San Diego has long demonstrated hostility and resistance to California’s medical marijuana laws. In a proposed new ordinance, it continues to resist the lawful will of the people. The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties today sent a demand letter to the county’s Department...

TODAY, we need everyone to email the below letter to all of the following email addresses: joseph.farace@sdcounty.ca.gov dplu@sdcounty.ca.gov Greg.cox@sdcounty.ca.gov dianne.jacob@sdcounty.ca.gov Pam.slater@sdcounty.ca.gov ron-roberts@sdcounty.ca.gov bill.horn@sdcounty.ca.gov Although the official Public Input deadline has passed, we still have time to let the...

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Drug Policy Alliance & San Diego Americans for Safe Access www.drugpolicy.org www.safeaccesssd.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Margaret Dooley-Sammuli (213) 291-4190 April 1, 2010 Eugene Davidovich (619) 621-8446 San Diego County Medical Marijuana Ordinance Developed in Secret Advocacy Groups Condemn the Lack of Transparency, Call on County to Consult...

By: Kris Hermes (ASA), Eugene Davidovich (SD ASA) San Diego County Board of Supervisors issued a proposed ordinance that they would like to see adopted in the County of San Diego. The ordinance is supposed to provide guidelines, regulations, and zoning for medical marijuana dispensing collectives and cooperatives. This proposed ordinance instead of helping...

San Diego County has been at the forefront of overturning proposition 215 and SB420. This fight has included a case that made it all the way to the Supreme Court in a resounding defeat for the county. Still, the San Diego County board refuses to respect state law. In an attempt to effectively zone out and ban access to medicine for patients in San Diego, the...

Join us today at the San Diego Convention Center! San Diego Americans for Safe Access will be participating in the Medical Marijuana Education Expo at the San Diego Convention Center today, March 27th. Members of ASA will be speaking at 2pm however the convention is an all day event. Stop by and say hello to San Diego ASA! Meet and Greet with the Activist...

On Wednesday March 24, 2010 at 2pm the San Diego City Committee on Land Use and Housing will take up the report from the San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force (MMTF) as an Action Item. The committee will be discussing the MMTF Zoning Recommendations and will consider the input of the Community Planning Groups in deciding on what to recommend to the San Diego...

The San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force meets again this Friday 9am -11am 202 C St. San Diego A 92101 (map) City Council Committee Room, 12th floor of the City Administration Building. The task force is working on recommendations to the San Diego City Council with regards to medical marijuana regulations and zoning ordinances. This Friday it is critical that...

Greg Moran, San Diego Union Tribune Tuesday, March 16, 2010 James Stacy, the Vista medical marijuana dispensary owner facing federal drug charges, has lost an intriguing bid to have the charges against him thrown out. Stacy had argued that President Obama, when he was Candidate Obama, had basically said he wouldn’t prosecute medical marijuana providers who...

Today we have received confirmation that California’s Finest Meds Collective located at 1133 Broadway in San Diego was in fact closed down. According to eyewitness testimony, several unmarked vehicles pulled up to the collective yesterday, March 16, 2010 and proceeded to confiscate paperwork, medicine, as well as a number of other items inside the...

Court Support Requested – THURSDAY 3/11/2010 – 10am Department 55 – 220 W Broadway San Diego CA 92101 Today, Wednesday March 10, 2010 all in limine motions were completed and a jury was selected in the medical marijuana trial of People v Davidovich. On Thursday opening statement will begin from both the prosecution and the defense. This will be the...