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Message from the CA Director - A busy week for medical cannabis in the California legislature

California News

• Regulations are good for patients (California)
• State Senate panel advances medical marijuana regulations (California)
• Medical Association won't back medical pot bill because of lack of research (California)
• Cops and Politicians Play Doctor With California Patients (California)
• Sacramento County supervisors vote to ban outdoor marijuana gardens (Sacramento County)
• Video: Applicants seek permits for medical pot shops (San Diego)
• Inside a Christian Pot Shop (Sacramento)
• Santa Monica City Council Balks At Endorsing Medical Marijuana Bill (Santa Monica)
• Medical marijuana advocacy group seeks suspension of Diamond Bar’s ban on dispensaries (Diamond Bar)
• D.A. candidates tackle medical pot at Santa Rosa forum (Sonoma County)
• Pot grower sues Fresno County, saying cultivation fines excessive (Fresno County)
• Tehama County Supervisors ban marijuana cultivation on vacant lots; require annual registration renewal (Tehama County)

Events

• Monday, April 28, 2014 – CA Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing on SB 1029 (Sacramento)
• Tuesday, April 29, 2014 – CA Public Safety Committee Hearing on AB 2500 (Sacramento)
• Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - CA Senate Public Safety Committee Hearing on SB 1193 (Sacramento)
• Wednesday, April 30, 2014 – CA Senate Health Committee Hearing on SB 1262 (Sacramento)
• Monday, May 12, 2014 – Bloodganja: Medical Cannabis Movie & Panel (Santa Barbara)
• Wednesday, May 28, 2014 – Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Meeting (Sacramento)

Take Action

• Oppose AB 2500 in California!
• Join Americans for Safe Access (ASA)

ASA Website Spotlight

• The Informed Advocate

ASA CA Chapter Spotlight

• Sonoma ASA

ASA Chapter & Affiliate Meetings

• Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - San Diego ASA (North County)
• Thursday, May 1, 2014 - Sonoma ASA (Santa Rosa)

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California News

• Crime Reduces at Steeper Rate in States Allowing Medical Marijuana, Study Says (National)
• Medical marijuana eases some MS symptoms, neurologists report (National)
• California Supreme Court upholds ruling on local medical marijuana cultivation bans (California)
• Police Lobby Wants to Gut Medical Pot in California (California)
• Leland Yee corruption case: State senator faces uphill fight against strong FBI evidence(California)
• On marijuana legalization in California and Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s remarks (Califonia)
• Petition drive seeks to overturn Watsonville medical marijuana ban (Watsonville)
• Shasta County expecting busy marijuana grow season as number of illegal farms explodes (Redding)
• City to ban pot growth; Council requests ordinance draft before next meeting; mayor says public welcome to comment on it (Colusa)
• Measure A Gives Long Beach Voters Option To Tax Medpot (Long Beach)
• Fresno County imposes marijuana growing fines (Fresno County)
• Fresno man pleads guilty in marijuana growing operation near Newman (Stanislaus County)
• The 102 Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries closed since Proposition D (map) (Los Angeles)

Events

• April 5-7, 2014 - The 2nd Annual National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference (Washington, DC)
• Wednesday, April 23, 2014 – Medical Cannabis Forum with District Attorney Candidates (Sonoma)

Take Action

• Oppose AB 2500 – Don’t turn patients into criminals!
• Join Americans for Safe Access (ASA)

ASA Website Spotlight

• Limiting Law Enforcement Encounters

ASA Merchandise

• ASA Cloud Vaporizer Pen
• ASA Condition-Specific Booklets for Kindle

ASA Chapter & Affiliate Meetings

• Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - San Francisco ASA (San Francisco)
• Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - Yuba County ASA (Valley)
• Thursday, April 3, 2014 - Sonoma ASA (Santa Rosa)

• Medical Marijuana States Add Number 17, Connecticut. Huffington Post.
• Medical marijuana ruling protects patients from prosecution. Michigan Live.
• California Assembly passes pot regulation bill - but Senate approval doubtful. Sacramento Bee.
• Dave's Not Here. New Times San Luis Obispo.
• Most California voters don't support legalizing pot, poll finds. Los Angeles Times.
• Steph Sherer: Cannabis Patient With a Mission. Medical Marijuana Magazine.
• Capitol Notebook: Strong Feelings. San Francisco Chronicle.
• A dying patient's request for medical cannabis. North Bay Business Journal.