Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Have you seen the good news about SB 847? California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed this bill, which would have required medical cannabis cooperatives and collectives to be located at least 600 feet from residential zones and uses. That would have choked off safe access in many communities. The veto is good news in California, but how it happened is important for medical cannabis advocates nationwide. The big story about SB 847 is that grassroots participation works!
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The California Senate approved Senator Lou Correa’s (D-Santa Ana) SB 847 yesterday by a vote of 31 to 2. The bill specifies that “No medical marijuana cooperative, collective, dispensary, operator, establishment, or provider who possesses, cultivates, or distributes medical marijuana pursuant to this article shall be located within a 600-foot radius of a residential zone or residential use…”. This is in addition to the existing 600-foot buffer zone between the facilities and schools initially established by Senator Joan Buchanan’s (D-San Ramon) AB 2650 last year. Senators Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Leeland Yee(D-San Mateo) voted to oppose this measure.
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
From the Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Blog -
“The California Senate will vote soon on a bill that will make it much more difficult to establish a legal medical cannabis patients’ cooperative or collective. Senator Lou Correa’s (D-Santa Ana) SB 847 will require that all cooperatives and collectives be located at least 600 feet from residential zones or use – effectively excluding vast portions of most California cities. This would be on top of the existing requirement that facilities be located 600 feet from schools…”
Read the entire post and take action on the ASA blog.
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
It is legal in California to fire an employee just because he or she uses medical cannabis – even if the employee is neither impaired nor under the influence of cannabis at work. That is not fair, and Americans for Safe Access (ASA) needs your help today to protect responsible, law-abiding patients from employment discrimination.
Last week, California Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) introduced SB 129, ASA-sponsored legislation that will prevent workplace discrimination against legal patients. When adopted, the bill will prevent employers from firing an employee based solely on his or her status as a medical cannabis patient. This reasonable measure contains an exemption for employees in safety-sensitive positions (like health care providers, school bus drivers, operators of heavy equipment, etc.), and maintains the current prohibition on using medicine or being impaired by medical cannabis use in the workplace.
We need you to help us build support for SB 129 in the California Senate by asking your State Senator to co-sponsor the bill. Find your Senator and send an email today!
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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Kamala Harris
A poll conducted by the San Francisco Chronicle shows that San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris trails medical cannabis opponent and LA District Attorney Steve Cooley by only four points in the race for California Attorney General – less than the poll’s margin of error! The choice for patients and providers is clear. Kamala Harris has always supported medical cannabis, while Steve Cooley wants to roll back safe access.
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