The New War Against the Homeless 
Political recalls and the campaign to dehumanize those who live without housing....
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:18AM
Join Us on the Picket Line: Janus of Santa Cruz 
200 7th Ave, Santa Cruz, CA...
Event Date: Thu May 30, 2019 2:00PM
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 4:44PM
Santa Cruz Drug Rehabilitation Workers Take Center Stage at Film Festival 
As Santa Cruz grapples with a drug addiction crisis, frontline caregivers at the county’s largest addiction treatment provider are struggling to survive on poverty wages....
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 4:35PM
Inmate Dies at Rountree Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Facility in Watsonville 
According to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, 35-year-old inmate Carlos Bolanos was found dead at 5:30 am today in the Rehabilitation and Re-entry Facility located at the Rountree Lane Sheriff’s Detention Facilities in Watsonville. Carlos was in custody at the Rehabilitation and Re-Entry facility since December of 2018....
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 8:38PM
The People’s Dispensary Fresno Cannabis Town Hall 
The Cannabis Town Hall was held at the First Congregational Church in Fresno on May 6, offering perspectives on jobs in the marijuana business, especially for people of color whose communities bore the brunt of the Drug War and who have trouble finding a living wage....
Posted: Mon May 6, 2019 11:41PM
Support 'mobile' Harm Reduction Services in Santa Cruz County: Refer to data not opinions 
A petition to support mobile harm reduction services in Santa Cruz County has been created. Please sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/mark-stone-support-mobile-harm-reduction-services-in-santa-cruz-county-refer-to-data-not-opinions...
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:56PM
Time is Right for Return to All Volunteer Needle Exchange 
Time to Reconsider City and County Drug Policy...
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 4:33PM
Public housing and Section 8 tenants face eviction and homelessness for medical marijuana Oakland has 13,586 units in its Section 8 inventory, 2,122 units in its low rent inventory, plus thousands of tenants being publicly assisted in rental units in Oakland operated by nonprofit housing developers that may be threatened with eviction if they are caught using medical marijuana....
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:29PM
Rally To Legalize Psychedelic Medicine / Nude Summer Of Love Parade 
The very first in human history (as far as we know) rally to legalize psychedelic medicine was followed by our 3rd annual Nude Summer of Love Parade. It took place in San Francisco on August 19, 2018....
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:29AM
Economic Impacts of Cannabis Legalization in Sonoma County 
This research project examines the economic benefits of cannabis legalization for Sonoma County. Research was done by Sonoma State Sociology undergraduate students....
Posted: Tue May 8, 2018 4:07PM
Tragic Irony: After Defeating U.S. Government, WAMM Shut Down By California Government 
Since January 1st, 2018, WAMM has been unable to dispense medical cannabis to its patients because of California's new cannabis law. The irony is tragic as the U.S. government was unable to shut WAMM down, but the California government has effectively shut them down....
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:51PM
Anti-houseless stickers spread in Santa Cruz public areas 
Sticker carrying violence-encouraging stereotype image of houseless tweaker found on crosswalk button downtown....
Posted: Thu Mar 8, 2018 9:56PM
Comic Criticizes Supply and Demand for Corporate Marijuana 
San José writer Eugenio Negro critiques the corporatization of legal marijuana....
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 9:44AM
Why Farmers Need Direct Sales 
As a vegetable farmer, the scale at which I produce is not large enough to enable me to survive in the wholesale marketplace. The same is true for my cannabis crop....
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:53PM
Call SF Bd of Supes for Marijuana: We Voted 75% for It The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, all Democrats, is currently doing everything they can to oppose the 75% of San Francisco voters who voted for Prop 64, the marijuana initiative, of November 2016. We need your phone calls, Emails and faxes now to demand enforcement of Prop 64 with marijuana stores everywhere in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed Nov 8, 2017 7:42AM
A Public Bank of Oakland Could Provide Financial Services to Cannabis Industry Oakland will spend $75,000 on a study to examine the feasibility of establishing a public bank in that city. Most corporate banks do not conduct business with the cannabis industry, even where cannabis operations are legal, pay taxes and hire employees. The study will hopefully prove that a public bank would be able to provide financial services to the cannabis industry....
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:10AM
Santa Cruz County Cannabis EIR Update and Important Meeting Dates 
A draft Environmental Impact Report on establishing a regulated cannabis trade in the County concludes that a more permissive approach is an “environmentally superior alternative” to either a ban or a more restrictive proposed ordinance under consideration....
Posted: Tue Sep 5, 2017 6:32PM
Recommendations for Action in the MHCAN Crisis 
MHCAN (Mental Health Clients Action Network) has faced a crisis for the last several years with police and city agencies breathing down its neck. The management of MHCAN and its Board of Directors has chosen to pursue, largely a low-profile work-behind-the-scenes approach. There's been little publicity about the upcoming Special Use Permit meeting of the Planning Commission which Board Chair Steve Pleich says is slated for 9-28. A month ago, I wrote the following suggestions to the community....
Posted: Sun Sep 3, 2017 6:06PM
Support Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) for City and County License 
WAMM is the longest continually running Medial Cannabis Collective in the nation....
Posted: Sun Sep 3, 2017 3:56PM
Time for Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Broaden Narcan Policies 
Saving Lives Should Be Top Priority...
Posted: Sat Aug 5, 2017 9:14AM