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Home My WebLink AboutMed Man CollectiveAugust 27, 2012 To: Butte County Board of Supervisors 2S County Center Drive, Suite 20a Orovilie, California 95965-3365 From: Medicine Man Collective Board of Directors PO Sox: 591 Shasta, California 96087 ~[I7'fE COIlt~TPY ADMINISTRATION A~JG 3 0 2~~2 OROV[LLE, CALII+ORNIA Based on recent events it is apparent that the County of Shasta has no qualms with being held civilly accountable for their activities in contradiction to California State law(s). How does Butte County feel about this issue, being held civilly accountable...? Based on recent media reports we believe it wise to take pause before trampling patient rights in California no matter what city or county government a conspiracy may cloak itself in. We are sure our current Governor as farmer Attorney General who wrote the law enforcement guidelines which you all are bent to ignore is taking note. Regardless; this corporation is taking note, illegitimate interruption to our business relationships will not be tolerated. Regardless of how personalities feel about this issue it must be addressed appropriately. Sincerely, Board of Directors, Medicine Man Collective F~l~ : ~S,C~- C~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~ Banned medical marijuana collective threatens to sue Shasta County for millions » Reddi... Page 1 of 10 s romwe :v ~xy paper ~.. , •.. 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Mediane Man Collective Spiritual Center Corp. filed a claim against the county earlier this week, alleging the County's ban on pot strops will have robbed them of some $i7.2 million by 2013, an amount the group says it plans to seek in court if the County doesnY ease up an its pot restrictions. "if you all wish to receive Federal paychecks, perhaps you should have applied for and swum to uphold Federal appointed office(s}. phis is unequivocally California, the State of ... and Shasta is NOT an island unto itself within this context," vrtote Christopher Staffin, Medians Man's'Yrrst officer," in the claim. A claim !s a precursor to a lawsuit The collective's boaRi of directors demands in the claim that the county meet and negotiate a mare fair medical pot ordinance for county patients that coincides with state law. Staffin claims in the past his collective served some 20,ODD patients. "Let's sit dovm and come up with something that works for everybody, that works for patients' rights," acid Rodney Jonas, a medical cannabis activist who worked as a private investigator for Medicine Man. "They're dilating to us the who, what when, whore and why ... of medical-grade cannabis, and none of #hem have any experience County supervisors passed an ordinance banning pot cdlectives indefinitely in the unincorporated part of the county in t7ecember, and they also passed the county's first-ever ordinance limiting growing. The county's cultivation ordinance bans growing inside residences, taut allows it in detached accessory structurtes and sets limits far outdoor growing regardless of how many patients live at a residence. 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Page 2 0~ 10 7'he growth ordinance also sets a 1,000-foot "no-gravel' zone between cultivation sites 4~f~'+"Q ~~n~ 1D'a'state hospltais poised for strike and "58n5itIVB afeaS," Such aS SCI16Ci 5, yquth OrganlzationS, sghgOl buS stgps Or Puh!~shed 0115~20t2 al t?-44 p m -;v72 comments ChL!rCh @5. Banned medlca! marijuana ta[leetlve threatEns to sue Shasta County for mlltlons Pu0!ishcd Gr75!2012 al t t:44 p m ,c78 cammnnls The ordinanloes came about partially in response to the widely pu#3licized Aack v. Lang Beach case, which said federal marijuana bans trumped that city's grdinance Photo Galleries allowing medical pot _ ~__ But the claim says the county's "gverzealous locaE poFticians" are just "bent on private ; ~ . agenda in conttict with their swam office{s) ". ,; _........... ................ ......... ............. ............ .............. ................ ............... ........_.sdoete.iJ{eaie£..._...awmarea3cew............FrtrnnrNonae ..................... Jgnes said the group is "taloriq thls seriously' and will sue if the meeting request is Falr denied. "If they refuse, then welro got a $t7 million suit that we're going tq be talking attout;' Weather he said. "This isn't a joke. Basically, the ball's in their court. What are they going to do Currently with itT" Supervisor I-r-- s Haugh said Thursday he wasn'tiamitiarwitlt the Gaim He said he couldn't comment on whether he'd be open #q a spedaf meeting without knowing more about the daim, but member; of the public always are welcome to speak at regular Board of Supervisors meetings. "Every Tuesday #here's an oppor#unity for people to come to speak, and 1 don't recall them coming to address the board on that issue," t3augh said. Couny Counsel Rubin Cruse Jr. said there hasn`t been a decision made vn the request yet. "We are evaluating the claim in our normal course." he said. The county counsel has 45 days from the date the claim was fi7eel fo accept ar reject It. Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko could not be reached iarggmrnent earlier this WEEK. In a lengthy "harassment report" included in file Gaim, Staffin also details alleged injustices done to the ogfledive by the planning department, sheritPs office and other county departments. The collective was cited numerous times by building officials before finally dosing around October, according to the document. Staffin has a tong-standing hectic with the county over his collective, but judges have always ruled in favor of the county- lie alleges in the report that the county is working against him to deny him "truth and justice." The daim comes the week niter federal prosecutors began to file rise#-forfeiture lawsuits in a new move tq quash pot operations by properly owners who are stilt allowing the shops on their fend, Reuhers reported. C? 7.Gf2 neror'd Sear'Citligft#, All rrgirFS reserve-d- 'Tfris rn~fer,~af,may not be pc+blished, Urni;ricast. rer:rillerr Dr rerlish'rhutec;. 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