Friday, September 23rd, 2011
UPDATE: The class has been postponed until Tuesday, October 25. Sorry!
You are iunvited to attend a new course I am teaching at the MCC Directory Training Center in Pasadena, CA, on Tuesday, September 27. The course will cover operations and professional procedures for supervisors, managers, and senior staff at medical cannabis cooperatives and collectives. My co-instructor will be Yami Bolanos, co-operator of Purelife Alternative Caregivers and President of the Greater Los Angeles Collective Alliance (GLACA). Yami and I have created a course that is ideal for operators and mangers who are committed to running their associations in a legal, ethical, and professional manner.
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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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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Don Duncan and Yami Bolanos are widely known for their work as activists, collective operators, consultants and educators in the medical cannabis industry. The MCC Training Program is pleased to host this dynamic duo and the unique seminar they have developed for Collective and Cooperator Operators, those who contemplate opening a medical cannabis collective, or professionals who would like to service these entities.
Don and Yami developed the MCC 136 Seminar for the specific purpose of providing information to Collective or Cooperative Operators that will support the protection of medical cannabis facilities and the improvement of operations and patient member services. Additionally, they will take participants completely through the process of setting up a collective or cooperative. The course covers the nuts and bolts of how to do this correctly, and the political and government hurdles that must be overcome to establish and maintain a medical cannabis facility.
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Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Medical cannabis cooperatives and collectives in Los Angeles should already be paying a “sin tax” of 5% of their gross receipts. The tax was created by Measure M, a voter initiative proposed by the City Council last year. Tax is due effective April 18, 2011. Patients associations can download forms to pay the tax from the city’s web page.
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Monday, August 8th, 2011
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Executive Director Steph Sherer and I are visiting eleven cities in California between August 19 and September 1. You can see when we will be near you online and download fliers to help spread the word. Our goal is to educate, empower, and mobilize the grassroots base of support for medical cannabis! We will be hosting free trainings and stakeholders meetings in each city. We will also be meeting with organizers, community members, and elected officials to push the local, state, and federal agendas forward. Make plans to see us this month!
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