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 article;\nhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/03/18643723.php \n\nSay 
 NO to Reduction of Prop.215 Dispensaries! \n\nSaturday Apr 3rd, 2010 3:35 
 PM \n\nCertain members of the Sacramento City Council came up with the idea 
 that reducing the current number of dispensaries (around 40) within Sac 
 city limits to a number around 12 or 13 chosen by lottery instead of 
 allowing free market access of Prop. 215 dispensaries to compete fairly 
 based upon product quality and service from staff. \n\nTo impose a drastic 
 restriction on the 40 + or so currently operating 215 cannabis dispensaries 
 will create an economic bottleneck effect as demand will remain the same, 
 if not increase, while supply will be restricted to only 13 lucky lottery 
 winners who will be allowed to remain open. This is incredibly unfair to 
 215 patients who currently have choices of which dispensary they want to 
 shop at, and the quality of the product and service from staff and possibly 
 location within the city are their reasons for choosing one dispensary over 
 another. \n\nSupporters of 215 patients rights and anyone with a 215 
 recommendation is invited to speak out at the city council meeting on Tues, 
 April 6th beginning at 3 pm. Prior to the city council meeting will be a 
 medicinal cannabis rally held at Ceasar Chavez Park on 10th and J street 
 beginning at 12 pm and moving to Sacramento city council at 3 pm. 
 Supporters of 215 patient rights are welcome to attend the rally also. 
 \n\nIf you cannot make the rally or council event physically, please try to 
 email Sacramento city council members and advise them to not support the 
 dispensary reduction plans and instead work with 215 patients together to 
 ensure positive outcomes with the currently operating 215 dispensaries. 
 \n\nhttp://www.cityofsacramento.org/council/ \n\nThe City Council meets on 
 Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at the new City Hall at 915 I Street on the first floor. 
 Public comment will be at the beginning of the meeting. \n\nKevin Johnson 
 \nMayor \nMayor's Office \n916-808-5300 \n\n\nSandy Sheedy \nDistrict 2 
 \n916-808-7002 \n\nSteve Cohn \nDistrict 3 \n916-808-7003 \n\n\nRobert King 
 Fong \nDistrict 4 \n916-808-7004 \n\nLauren Hammond \nDistrict 5 
 \n916-808-7005 \n\n\nKevin McCarty \nDistrict 6 \n916-808-7006 \n\nRobbie 
 Waters \nVice Mayor \nDistrict 7 \n916-808-7007 \n\nBonnie Pannell 
 \nDistrict 8 \n916-808-7008 \n\nThe FAX number for all Council Members is 
 916-264-7680. \n\n\n\n\nBackground article on city council proposal; \n\nBy 
 Peter Hecht \nphecht [at] sacbee.com \n\n"Last night city politicians 
 presented an ordinance that would cap the number of medical marijuana 
 dispensaries at 12, as well as placing tighter restrictions on how they 
 operate (see link). The city meeting was packed with medical marijuana 
 advocates and dispensary owners, who stated that such a proposal is unfair, 
 and that lawsuits would be sure to follow. One dispensary owner put it into 
 perspective when he said, “This proposal would kill myself and other 
 patients in similar situations,” complained Ryan Landers a Sacramento 
 senior adviser for the Compassionate Coalition. “You’re going to close 
 clubs where hundreds of patients get marijuana. This is a huge problem for 
 the sick.” \n\nThe plan includes: \n\n A Lottery to decide which shops 
 would be allowed to stay in business. Wow, are you kidding me? Other cities 
 have placed moratoriums on new dispensaries, essentially 
 ‘grandfathering’ in old dispensaries. I think that would have been a 
 more rational approach then a ’12 winners take all’ approach. \n\n\nOne 
 dispensary owner, Sonny Kumar of ‘El Camino Wellness Center,’ feels 
 that the rules will crush almost every dispensary in the City of 
 Sacramento. “It would result in only three locations where clubs or 
 dispensaries would be left in the total city,” Kumar said. The City 
 Council is expected to work on the proposed ordinance through May, and if 
 approved, the ordinance could take effect in June or July." \n\narticle 
 found @; 
 \nhttp://www.theweedblog.com/sacramento-to-limit-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/ 
 \n\nalso; 
 \nhttp://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/12/2601587/sacramento-marijuana-dispenseries.html 
 \n\nfurther 
 info;\nhttp://www.safeaccessnow.org\n\nhttp://californiamedicalmarijuana.org/sacramento-dispensaries 
 \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/03/18643726.php
SUMMARY:Sac City Council; Rally for Prop. 215 Medicinal Cannabis Rights!
LOCATION:Rally begin; Ceasar Chavez Park (10th & J St.) Downtown Sacramento\nRally 
 end;\nSacramento City Council \n915 I St. 1st Floor
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