About Medical Marijuana

Make a difference in LA next Tuesday

There is a special election for the City of Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 19, and we have a chance to make a big difference for medical cannabis patients and providers that day. Because this is a run-off election it will be decided by just a few hundred votes!  The medical cannabis community is supporting  Paul Koretz for City Council (District 5) and Carmen Trutanich for City Attorney.

If you are a registered voter in the City of Los Angeles, please find your polling place and vote on Tuesday, May 19. You should  encourage friends, loved ones, medical cannabis advocates, and members of your patients’ association to do the same!

The Greater Los Angeles Caregivers Alliance (GLACA), a voluntary association of local collectives working to promote best practices in the field of medical cannabis, is organizing volunteers to make calls and walk precincts in the final days before the election. The Union of Medical Marijuana Patients (UMPP) is also mobilizing the base by distributing thousands of post cards about the candidates all over the city and hosting a victory party. Many Los Angeles patients’ associations are offering incentives to memebrs who cast a balllot next week.

Why all the fuss over a runoff election? Because this runoff will have a big impact on the city’s medical cannabis policy. If elected, Paul Koretz, a long time champion of medical cannabis rights, will replace medical cannabis opponent Jack Weiss in District 5. That means we will replace an anti–medcial cannabis vote with a solid pro-medcial cannabis vote. Better still, we can help elect Carmen Trutanich in his close race for District Attorney with outgoing District 5 Councilmember Jack Weiss. If Trutanich wins, we can anticipate a more reasonable approach to medical cannabis and local implementation. If Weiss wins, we can expect more stalling and blocking from his office.

Imagine how much better off we will be in Los Angeles with one more vote on the City Council and a reasonable City Attorney! This is a rare chance to make a big difference with a few votes. Do your part to elect Paul Koretz to City Council (District 5) and Carmen Trutanich as City Attorney.

Tags: caregivers alliance, carmen trutanich, city attorney, glaca, jack weiss, los angeles city council, paul koretz, runoff election