Comments on: Hardship hardships

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:15:41 +0000

Thank you, Don. We are now scheduled to go before the City Council on July 14th – along with the other 28 dispensaries that were denied. The PLUM committee has issued recommendations against all 29 – oddly enough, their decision was based on the recommendations made by the City Council…

By: Don Duncan

Don Duncan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:39:51 +0000

I do not know what appeals process is in place, if any. It is possible that President Garcetti’s staff is referring to the City Council’s final vote on PLUM Committee recommendations. If so, this is a procedural matter. The Council is unlikely to vote against the committee’s recommendation. Contact the Council office to ask what comes next. An in person meeting would be best.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:49:37 +0000

We had the misfortune of having been one of the 29 dispensaries which were denied our hardship exemption last Monday – in spite of the fact that we are one of the pre-ICO dispensaries which was displaced by the DEA letters. City Council requested denial of our hardship due to the lack of information on our application. This is because our legal representative failed to submit our written statement (which would have explained in detail, why a hardship exists.) We were told by a DC 13 rep that we would have another opportunity to go before the City Council to appeal and/or state our case, which, from what I understand, does qualify as a hardship. My question is how and when will we have this opportunity? Do we have to file an appeal? We realize the need to be pro-active, yet there has been no clarification on how to procceed. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.:)