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Mendocino County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
Measure B
Cannabis Personal Use Ordinance
Mendocino County

14577 / 52.16% Yes votes ...... 13369 / 47.84% No votes

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Results as of Jun 20 9:41am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (235/235)
Information shown below: Impartial Analysis |

Shall the ordinance titled "The Repeal Of (Measure G) Mendocino County Code Chapter
9.36 Cannabis Personal Use Ordinance For Mendocino County, And Adoption Of New Guidelines For Maintenance And Possession Of Medical Marijuana That Do Not Exceed The Minimum State Limits" be approved? Yes or No

Impartial Analysis
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS of a MEASURE PROPOSING THE REPEAL OF MENDOCINO COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 9.36 (MEASURE G) AND ADOPTING INSTEAD NEW GUIDELINES NOT EXCEEDING THE STATE LIMIT (MEASURE B) This measure seeks voter approval for the adoption of an ordinance which will replace the current Mendocino County policy for medical marijuana adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 2007 of allowing possession of twenty-five (25) mature plants and two (2) pounds of processed marijuana, with the limits established by state law of six (6) mature or twelve (12) immature plants and eight (8) ounces of dried marijuana, unless a doctor's recommendation states that a different amount is consistent with the needs of a patient, in which case the patient may possess an amount consistent with the doctor's recommendation. The state limits are set forth in Senate Bill 420 which became law in October 2003 and which established state guidelines for medical marijuana. SB420 also provided that counties and cities could retain or enact medical marijuana guidelines allowing qualified patients or primary caregivers to exceed the state limits. The ordinance will also repeal Measure G which was adopted as an initiative measure in 2000, and which was later administratively incorporated into the Mendocino County Code as Chapter 9.36 "Cannabis Personal Use Ordinance for Mendocino County". The stated purpose of Measure G was to establish a maximum limit of plants and weight for cultivation and possession of marijuana for personal, medical, and recreational use in Mendocino County, and prohibit the expenditure of public funds for enforcement of marijuana laws against those who cultivate, possess, and transport quantities below that limit, which was identified by the Measure as twenty-five (25) adult flowering female marijuana plants or the equivalent in dried marijuana. Measure G also directed County government to lobby for the decriminalization of marijuana.

A YES vote will be a vote in favor of adoption of the proposed ordinance.

A NO vote will be a vote against the adoption of the proposed ordinance.

DATED: March 5, 2008
s/Jeanine B. Nadel Jeanine B. Nadel, County Counsel

  Events

Pros and Cons Workshop

  • Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
    Time: 10AM to Noon
    Place: St. Michaels Episcopal Church, Fir St., Fort Bragg
    Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Mendocino County
  • Open to the public; written questions will be taken from the audience.
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