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JUL, 0 72015
OROVILLE,
Butte County Board of Supervisors, July 1, 2015
25 County Center Dr. Suite 200 WM(*WWWWO
Oroville, CA 95965 0 7 MS
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Dear Elected MVLLJECAUFWM
Before the County's Chapter 34-A codes, I had plants in my yard. Everyone
in the neighborhood seemed to go about their business and do exactly what they
had done before there were plants in my yard even though some tops could be seen
from the road. People walked, walked their dogs, rode their bicycles, horses and
ATVs on the street, adults and children alike. There was no objectionable stink.
There was no crime associated with the plants. There were no firearms, booby
traps, hash oil labs, illegal substances, narcotics or explosives. No one was
endangered. No one ever tried to steal the plants. No one ever complained to me
that the plants bothered them in any way. Then, the presence of my plants was
declared by the county to be a nuisance in not just one way but in many.
I have an encyclopedia of dictionaries that has a section for legal definitions.
The definition of nuisance reads as follows, "Anything which interferes with the
full enjoyment of property or common right"'. I can't see how I or my plants could
have done this.
There is a couple down the street who walk their dogs every morning up and
down the street. There are other directions that this couple could walk their dogs,
but they don't. This couple talked with my neighbor mentioning how such they
and. a few other neighbors did not like my plants and some other patches in the
neighborhood. They were planning to start a neighborhood watch to do something
about it. During a later conversation with my neighbor the couple , because they
did not live within one thousand feet of my property asked my neighbor to file a
nuisance claim with the county. My neighbor declined saying, "Heck no. I need
my medicine too." This couple apparently found others to complain. Do you think
that I was, really a nuisance to the couple walking the dogs or those that
complained, or do you think that some people just hate marijuana?
Now, of the many patients who received their medicine from the bounty of
the garden on my property, few have a place to grow their medicine. Some now
spend a lot of'money to buy it on the black market because dispensaries are far
away and way too expensive. This not only makes the poorer but also felons. Is
this really what you want? Perhaps it is.
The marijuana that was growing on any property did not interfere with any
ones enjoyment of their property or a common right. Your codes do interfere with
me and many others from being able to fully enjoy their property. Your codes are
a nuisance. The marijuana never was. Your codes have created the platform for
the haters and intolerant to abuse people under the guise of a nuisance abatement.
Please realize that if there were no cannabis nuisance codes, there is a legal
remedy if someone should think the presence of marijuana is a nuisance to them.
Those who feel they are harmed would actually have to prove the existence of a
nuisance. They would not be able to avail themselves of your assertion that
growing contrary to the codes is a nuisance to everyone in all cases and under all
circumstances. 7 find it ridiculous that our county's codes claim a plant to close to
a fence in Palermo is a nuisance to everyone in Magalia and apparently to
everyone in Modesto and Madagascar as well.
Thousands of patients realize what you have done to them. It is time you
realize it too.
I am not withholding my name and address because Y am paranoid from
using my medicine. I am just being realistic.
Sincerely
X
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