California's First Temporary Cannabis Business Licensees

Update: 12/20/17 - Several more businesses have been added to the State's website.  The State site has been adding several approved businesses daily.  We will update the list provided below when we learn if/when the State is done issuing the temporary licenses. In the meantime visit the Bureau's link provided below to see the most recent complete list .

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The Bureau of Cannabis Control has posted its list of the first cannabis businesses to receive temporary licenses.  This initial list of 51 businesses is below.  To access the complete list yourself visit the the following page; you will need to enter a Start Date of 12/15/15 and End Date of 01/02/18.

https://aca5.accela.com/bcc/Cap/CapHome.aspx?module=Licenses&ShowMyPermitList=N

A11-17-0000001-TEMP

Adult-Use - Distributor Temporary License

Pure CA, LLC

05/01/2018*

Active 

01/01/2018

           

M11-17-0000001-TEMP

Medicinal - Distributor Temporary License

Pure CA, LLC

05/01/2018

Active

01/01/2018

           

M12-17-0000001-TEMP

Medicinal - Microbusiness Temporary License

Buddy's Cannabis

05/01/2018

Active

01/01/2018

           

M11-17-0000002-TEMP

Medicinal - Distributor Temporary License

HERBL Distribution Solutions

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A12-17-0000001-TEMP

Adult-Use - Microbusiness Temporary License

Buddy's Cannabis

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M11-17-0000003-TEMP

Medicinal - Distributor Temporary License

Golden State Sciences

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

C8-17-0000001-TEMP

Cannabis - Laboratory Testing Temporary License

pH Solutions, LLC

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000001-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Torrey Holistics

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M11-17-0000004-TEMP

Medicinal - Distributor Temporary License

KindPeoples (formerly KindPeoples Collective)

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A11-17-0000002-TEMP

Adult-Use - Distributor Temporary License

KindPeoples (formerly KindPeoples Collective)

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000001-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

Torrey Holistics

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000002-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

KindPeoples

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000002-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

KindPeoples

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M12-17-0000002-TEMP

Medicinal - Microbusiness Temporary License

KindPeoples (formerly KindPeoples Collective)

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000003-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

KindPeoples (formerly KindPeoples Collective)

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000004-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Hueneme Patient Consumer Coop

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000004-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

530 CANNABIS

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000005-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

530 CANNABIS

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A12-17-0000002-TEMP

Adult-Use - Microbusiness Temporary License

KindPeoples (formerly KindPeoples Collective)

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000003-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

KindPeoples (formerly KindPeoples Collective)

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

A11-17-0000003-TEMP

Adult-Use - Distributor Temporary License

Golden State Sciences

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000006-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Green Mammoth

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M11-17-0000005-TEMP

Medicinal - Distributor Temporary License

Gaiaca

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A9-17-0000001-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary Nonstorefront License

Big Moon Sky, Inc

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M11-17-0000006-TEMP

Medicinal - Distributor Temporary License

Berkeley Patients Group, Inc

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000005-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

Berkeley Patients Group, Inc

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000007-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Berkeley Patients Group, Inc

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A12-17-0000003-TEMP

Adult-Use - Microbusiness Temporary License

Kure Wellness, Inc.

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000006-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

Ecological Cannabis Organization

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000008-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Ecological Cannabis Organization

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000009-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Green America Inc

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000010-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

IE Gardens, Inc.

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000011-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Purple Lotus Patient Center

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000007-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

Purple Lotus Patient Center

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M12-17-0000003-TEMP

Medicinal - Microbusiness Temporary License

White Fire, Inc

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

C8-17-0000002-TEMP

Cannabis - Laboratory Testing Temporary License

Steep Hill Labs, Inc.

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000008-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

Urbn Leaf

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000012-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Valley Health Options Collective, Inc.

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

C8-17-0000003-TEMP

Cannabis - Laboratory Testing Temporary License

Pure Analytics

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

C8-17-0000004-TEMP

Cannabis - Laboratory Testing Temporary License

ORCA Cannalytics

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

M10-17-0000013-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

ALL ABOUT WELLNESS

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000014-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Pure 710SF

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000015-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

MISSION ORGANIC CENTER

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A12-17-0000004-TEMP

Adult-Use - Microbusiness Temporary License

White Fire, Inc.

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M11-17-0000007-TEMP

Medicinal - Distributor Temporary License

Kind House Distribution

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000016-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Monterey Bay Alternative Medicine

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000009-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

Monterey Bay Alternative Medicine

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A12-17-0000005-TEMP

Adult-Use - Microbusiness Temporary License

The Cypress Group

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000018-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

SKUNKMASTERS

Expires 05/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

           

A10-17-0000010-TEMP

Adult-Use - Retailer Temporary License

Purple Heart

Expires             (blank)

Active 01/01/2018

           

M10-17-0000017-TEMP

Medicinal - Retailer Temporary License

Purple Heart

Expires 5/01/2018

Active 01/01/2018

* The date the temporary license expires.

The Tedious Process Of Implementing Cannabis Laws In California

Since the 2016 Election, Patient Advocacy Network has watched the slow, steady process in Sacramento to combine MMRSA (the medical marijuana law of 2015) and AUMA (Prop. 64 of 2016).  As of this post 61 marijuana-related bills are active in Sacramento.  The unique and tedious situation in California is applying regulations to an extensive and thriving medical cannabis industry that has existed for decades.  The real test will be how the new rules affect the existing businesses. 

PAN communicates regularly with Sacramento officials about the affordability of medical cannabis mandated by the Compassionate Use Act.  One of the biggest threats to patients is a bureaucracy, and fees and taxes that will make medical cannabis too expensive for low and moderate income, and disabled patients.  The new rules make it very disadvantageous for dispensaries to provide free or greatly reduced medical cannabis to its most vulnerable patient members.   

Last few months PAN has also been extremely busy with medical cannabis providers preparing for local approval and state permitting.  Despite what seems like legislative chaos in Sacramento, the new regulatory bureau and associated departments state they will be ready to take applications January 1, 2018. 

We will not know what is working or not until full implementation.  PAN is seeking feedback from patients and providers as to how the new rules are impacting access and compliance, respectively.   Any grievances will be taken up with our state elected officials at that time.

PAN is also extremely effective in helping patients get regulations on the local level.  We have stopped bans and assisted with crafting workable guidelines to protect patients and communities.  Please contact us if you have questions about getting (better) medical cannabis regulations in your community. 

Patient Advocacy Network Urges NO Vote on Proposition 64

PAN’s directors are unanimous in encouraging a NO vote on Prop 64.  This is a just a very brief list of reasons to vote NO:

*  Jeopardizes Prop 215 – On the first page of Prop 64 it states it is the proposition’s intent to ‘streamline’ medical and non-medical into one regulatory scheme.  The taxes and permitting fees that pertain to adult use will apply to medical as well.  While patients may be eligible to get a tax break at the register, the base price will be much higher as a result of the all the fees and taxes that were paid before it reached the counter.  This violates the affordability clause in Prop 215.  Prop 64 also gets rid of the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation and  interferes with the patient-doctor relationship. (Links with attorney analysis below.)

*  Too many taxes and undisclosed fees – Prop 64 includes a 15% excise tax, encourages local taxes, gross receipts taxes, and taxes on the flowers and the leaves.  No other agricultural product is taxed this way.  While Prop 64 lays out all of the permits required, the fees will be decided by the legislature because Prop 64 gives power to the legislature to amend Prop 64… and we know what a great job they do.

*  Funds stay in Sacramento – Prop 64 clearly states that none of the taxes, fees or fines will be used by the general fund (as in Colorado).  All of the money generated stays in Sacramento to fund the 11 different agencies, offices and departments that will enforce Prop 64.  The portion proponents state is going toward education is for after-school drug classes and a research program at UC San Diego.  Prop 64 creates the largest slush fund of any Governor’s office in the country and Lt. Gov. (CA governor-hopeful) Gavin Newsom is literally banking on it.

*  Not real adult legalization – If you’re over 21 and not a patient, you can still go to jail if you are caught with more than an ounce, six plants or 4 grams of concentrates.  Possession of an ounce or less was decriminalized in California in 2010, S.B. 1449.  Prop 47 released all non-violent cannabis offenders.  (See news article below.) Minors caught with cannabis will still be treated as felons.  (See criminal penatlies chart below.)

*  Written and funded by special interests and not the cannabis community – Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom seated the Drug Policy Alliance to write Prop 64.  (In an article below DPA admits they don’t know how to regulate Cannabis.)  George Soros creates, funds and heavily influences DPA.  Soros also is a major partner in Monsanto-Bayer.  Do I need to continue?  Ok, fine.  Monsanto has been sued and/or tossed out of several countries and wants cannabis to be there next big venture, especially industrial hemp, GMO-you-can-only-buy-hemp-seed-from-Monsanto hemp.  They would also create the GMO seed for Bayer, GW Pharceutical, R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris.  A brief research into the history of Monsanto and you will learn that they have put small family farms out of business all over the world.  How do you think their involvement is going to affect California’s cannabis growers?  What is Newsom’s motivation for getting bed with these corporations while he blocked authentic patient advocates and long-time cannabis industry players from the table?

* Racist.  Classist. – This is a long socio-economic discussion that Axis of Love SF explores deeply.  I have included those links below.

Some of those asking for your NO vote: Ed Rosenthal, Valerie Corral, Steve Kubby, Scott Imler, Dennis Peron, several growers’ associations, numerous attorneys, dozens of patient advocates and many others.

Prop 215  =  less than 250 words

Prop 64  =  62+ pages

The good news is that there are already good legalization initiatives drafted by a broad coalition of our cannabis community members with the input of good lawyers, and have received favorable analysis from the Office of the Attorney General.  These complimentary initiatives take into account the California single-subject rule, which stipulates that proposed legislation can only take on one issue.  By having complimentary initiatives we aim to legalize marijuana, ensure that medical marijuana patients are protected, end bans, have fair permitting and taxes for ALL types of cannabis businesses, release prisoners, expunge records, protect genetics, small farmers, civil rights and more. 

Your NO vote protects Prop 215, allows legal challenges to MMRSA/MCRSA to move forward and let’s us get a much better set of laws passed in 2018.   Please help protect California’s unique cannabis heritage; and don’t let mega corporations and their lobbyists destroy it.

Be Safe.

Get out and vote.

Sincerely,

Patient Advocacy Network

Some links:

Does Prop 64 Threaten, Diminish, or End Medical Cannabis?

(Answer: Yes, Yes, and Yes)

By Sasha Brodsky, Attorney at Law

http://www.sbrodskylaw.com/Blog/VoteNoOnProp64.html

Will Calif.’s Prop. 64 Really Free any Pot Prisoners?

"...one fact that can’t be ignored is that almost no one is in prison for cannabis in California... according to the the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, only 285 people are in prison for any cannabis-related offense."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/will-califs-prop-64-really-free-any-pot-prisoners_us_581d2767e4b0334571e09b91

California legalization: Prop. 215 author fights Prop. 64, here’s why

http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/10/12/california-legalization-prop-64-opposition/65113/

Why California Cannabis Growers Are Coming Out Against Prop 64

https://www.merryjane.com/news/growers-against-california-prop-64

Strange bedfellows unite to oppose California pot legalization

"...there’s a lot we don’t know about commercial cannabis regulation..." -- said Lynne Lyman, state director for the Drug Policy Alliance, authors of Prop 64.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Strange-bedfellows-unite-to-oppose-California-pot-10418478.php

Prop 64 Money Trail – from the Sac Bee

http://www.poppot.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Prop-64s-Money-Trail.jpg?111614

Penalties Chart from Tharp Consulting

https://cannabissite.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/correction-chart2.pdf

AUMA Analysis by Attorney Letitia Pepper - http://marian0280.wixsite.com/4pepper

AUMA Analysis by 151 Farmers - http://151farmers.org/2016/08/19/prop-64-aumaanalysis/

AUMA Analysis by The Weedly News - Prop 64 – AUMA Legalization for the 1% - http://theweedlynews.com/2016/08/01/prop-64-auma-makes-marijuana-legal-only-for-the-1/

AUMA Analysis by Cal Growers Assoc. - Cal Growers divided on Proposition 64 - http://www.calgrowersassociation.org/proposition_64_julyconcerns

GEORGE SOROS AND BIG AGRICULTURE MOVE THE MARIJUANA MOVEMENT - http://katehon.com/837-george-soros-and-big-agriculture-move-the-marijuana-movement.html

Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for Corporate Cannabis - http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/08/monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/

Part II - https://ellenbrown.com/2016/07/07/the-war-on-weed-part-ii-monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/

Napster founder Sean Parker announces $250 million grant to fight cancer - http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/technology/sean-parker-donation-cancer-immunotherapy/

How Justin Hartfield could become the Philip Morris of weed - http://moneyweek.com/profile-of-justin-hartfield/

Three Biggest Reasons Tobacco Giants Eye Lucrative $50 Billion Marijuana Market –

http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/04/tobacco-giants-eye-lucrative-50-billion-marijuana-market/

Marijuana Related Arrests Skyrocket In Colorado For Black And Latino Minors

http://www.vibe.com/2016/05/marijuana-arrests-colorado-skyrocket-black-latino/

‘Medical’ Marijuana Costs $500 More Per Pound In Washington State Than Recreational Weed. What’s The Difference?

http://tokesignals.com/medical-marijuana-costs-500-more-per-pound-in-washington-state-than-recreational-weed-whats-the-difference/

AUMA Full Text - https://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-03%20(Marijuana)_1.pdf

Videos – Prop 64 San Francisco Patient Town Hall (Part 1 – 5)

https://www.youtube.com/user/axisoflovetv

Social Media Posts:

https://www.facebook.com/VoteNoAUMA/

On the radio:

Degé Coutee is the in-studio guest on KFI AM 640 with the Wayne Resnick Show; She will be explaining why she is Voting No On Prop 64.

http://kfiam640.iheart.com/media/play/27211403/

Even Asian Media has it figured out.

[Video] - California recreational pot: Can Sean Parker puff puff pass recreational buddha with AUMA!? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpM_bGrV1j0

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To Adam Ill, Getting High With and BREAL TV - friends & family

Greetings, Adam Ill -

It was great to see you.  Thanks for having me on your show.  I mentioned a number of resources during the debate and thought it best to provide you and your audience with a list of links instead of reading them all on air.   Hope this helps clarify the issues that were raised.   Thanks again. 

Truly,  

Degé Coutee

http://cannabissaveslives.org

@PAN4Compassion

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Prop 64 Full Text - https://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-0103%20(Marijuana)_1.pdf

AUMA (Prop 64) Analysis by Attorney Letitia Pepper - http://marian0280.wixsite.com/4pepper

AUMA (Prop 64) Analysis by 151 Farmers - http://151farmers.org/2016/08/19/prop-64-aumaanalysis/

AUMA Analysis by The Weedly News - Prop 64 – AUMA Legalization for the 1% - http://theweedlynews.com/2016/08/01/prop-64-auma-makes-marijuana-legal-only-for-the-1/

AUMA Analysis by Cal Growers Assoc. - Cal Growers divided on Proposition 64 - http://www.calgrowersassociation.org/proposition_64_julyconcerns

Prop 64 Money Trail – from the Sac Bee

http://www.poppot.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Prop-64s-Money-Trail.jpg?111614

California legalization: Prop. 215 author fights Prop. 64, here’s why

http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/10/12/california-legalization-prop-64-opposition/65113/

Why California Cannabis Growers Are Coming Out Against Prop 64

https://www.merryjane.com/news/growers-against-california-prop-64

Wayne Resnick Show - KFI AM 640 - Degé Coutee, in-studio guest, explaining why she is Voting No On Prop 64.

http://kfiam640.iheart.com/media/play/27211403/

[Video] - California recreational pot: Can Sean Parker puff puff pass recreational buddha with AUMA!? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpM_bGrV1j0

GEORGE SOROS AND BIG AGRICULTURE MOVE THE MARIJUANA MOVEMENT - http://katehon.com/837-george-soros-and-big-agriculture-move-the-marijuana-movement.html

Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for Corporate Cannabis - http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/08/monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/

Part II - https://ellenbrown.com/2016/07/07/the-war-on-weed-part-ii-monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/

Napster founder Sean Parker announces $250 million grant to fight cancer - http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/technology/sean-parker-donation-cancer-immunotherapy/

How Justin Hartfield could become the Philip Morris of weed - http://moneyweek.com/profile-of-justin-hartfield/

Three Biggest Reasons Tobacco Giants Eye Lucrative $50 Billion Marijuana Market –

http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/04/tobacco-giants-eye-lucrative-50-billion-marijuana-market/

Penalties Chart from Tharp Consulting

https://cannabissite.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/correction-chart2.pdf

O.C. Sheriff on plunge in marijuana-related arrests: 'It's essentially decriminalized already'

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/marijuana-701245-legalization-use.html.

WikiLeaks: Clinton Told Wall St. She Is 100% Against Legalizing Cannabis

http://yournewswire.com/wikileaks-clinton-wall-street-cannabis/

More links, videos and information here:

https://www.facebook.com/VoteNoAUMA/

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VOTE November 8th!

A Message From Degé Coutee - Vote NO On Proposition 64

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

This November so-called ‘legalization’ will be on the ballot in California, and I write to encourage you to vote NO on Proposition 64 aka AUMA (Adult Use of Marijuana Act).  Here’s why, with links and more information below:

None of the money generated by all the new taxes and fees will benefit California.  All of the money stays in Sacramento to pay for a large bureaucracy and enforcement.

Taxes, taxes and more taxes, even on medical.  Excise tax.  Sales tax.  Gross receipts tax.  Use tax.  Cultivation tax.  Flower tax.  Leaf tax.  All of this is expected to raise the cost of cannabis by at least 40%.  This doesn’t include all the licensing fees.

In addition to the significant expense for patients, Prop 64 ‘consolidates’ medical and ‘nonmedical’ cannabis into one system.  It interferes with the patient-doctor relationship and outlaws compassion programs.  A significant portion of AUMA works to overturn Proposition 215. 

The initiative is funded by interests in Monsanto, Big Pharma and Big Tobacco.  George Soros is a major partner in Monsanto and funds the Drug Policy Alliance, the authors behind Prop 64.  Billionaire Sean Parker, Napster founder, former CEO of facebook, CIA recruit, and good friend of Lt Gov. Gavin Newsom, is also funding Prop 64.  Weedmaps is also a significant funder with CEO Justin Hartfield supporting a big tobacco model for adult recreational use.

Prop 64 contains a lot of misleading language.  This 62-page initiative promises many lofty things in the first two pages.  For example, it claims to prevent DUI’s, stop the polluting of waterways, crackdown on cartels – all of which sounds great, except that there are already laws on the books in California that do this and these issues are not mentioned again in the rest of the initiative. 

The rest of Prop 64 is an expensive and convoluted regulatory scheme that absorbs authentic medical cannabis operations and favors mega corporations, and puts California’s unique cannabis heritage in jeopardy. 

If I thought this initiative would be good for patients, California, and the cannabis industry, I would applaud this effort and be helping in every way.  However, myself and a grassroots coalition of many thousands of cannabis advocates are reaching out to make sure everyone we know understands the implications of Prop 64 before the billionaires start dropping deceptive advertising.

Here’s the good news:  It’s quite easy to defeat Prop 64; we all simply need to vote NO on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.  We will then move forward to get the right legalization on the ballot.  Please join me on Election Day to protect Prop 215 and say NO to the hostile corporate takeover of California’s #1 cash crop.  Please forward this letter to your friends, family and colleagues.  Also, for you convenience I’ve attached a window sign and flyers you can print out and display at your home or office. 

Here’s the other good news:  There are already good legalization initiatives drafted by the Cannabis Community with the input of good lawyers, that have received analysis from the Office of the Attorney General.  These complimentary initiatives take into account the California single-subject rule, which stipulates that proposed legislation can only take on one issue.  By having complimentary initiatives we aim to ensure that medical marijuana patients are protected, to end bans on medical operations, to have fair permitting and taxes for all types of cannabis businesses - from patient non-profits to large for-profit companies, to release prisoners, expunge records, protect genetics and more. 

The proponents of these complimentary initiatives made the choice last fall to suspend our campaigns to focus on defeating Prop 64 and then promptly refiling our initiatives for 2018.  We knew that with billionaire players like Soros and Parker it would be impossible to raise the money we’d need to gather those 500,000 signatures. 

Please help me defeat this horribly flawed initiative so we can work together to establish the best laws for California in 2018, because California deserves better.  I thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours Truly,

Degé Coutee

Patient Advocate & Cannabis Activist

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Some Links:

AUMA Full Text - https://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-0103%20(Marijuana)_1.pdf

AUMA Analysis by Attorney Letitia Pepper - http://marian0280.wixsite.com/4pepper

AUMA Analysis by 151 Farmers - http://151farmers.org/2016/08/19/prop-64-aumaanalysis/

AUMA Analysis by The Weedly News - Prop 64 – AUMA Legalization for the 1% - http://theweedlynews.com/2016/08/01/prop-64-auma-makes-marijuana-legal-only-for-the-1/

AUMA Analysis by Cal Growers Assoc. - Cal Growers divided on Proposition 64 - http://www.calgrowersassociation.org/proposition_64_julyconcerns

GEORGE SOROS AND BIG AGRICULTURE MOVE THE MARIJUANA MOVEMENT - http://katehon.com/837-george-soros-and-big-agriculture-move-the-marijuana-movement.html

Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for Corporate Cannabis - http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/08/monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/

Part II - https://ellenbrown.com/2016/07/07/the-war-on-weed-part-ii-monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/

Napster founder Sean Parker announces $250 million grant to fight cancer - http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/technology/sean-parker-donation-cancer-immunotherapy/

How Justin Hartfield could become the Philip Morris of weed - http://moneyweek.com/profile-of-justin-hartfield/

Three Biggest Reasons Tobacco Giants Eye Lucrative $50 Billion Marijuana Market –

http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/04/tobacco-giants-eye-lucrative-50-billion-marijuana-market/

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On the radio:

Degé Coutee is the in-studio guest on KFI AM 640 with the Wayne Resnick Show; She will be explaining why she is Voting No On Prop 64.

http://kfiam640.iheart.com/media/play/27211403/

Degé Coutee, guest on LA Talk Radio with Dave 4 LA (Starts around 8 minutes into show) - http://latalkradio.com/…/def…/files/audio/Dave4la-091816.mp3

Degé Coutee calls in to Coast To Coast AM during Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto to explain the problems with Prop 64. Call starts at 1 hr:11min:25sec with Ventura's perfect lead in... "Follow the money!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaflCgmbOuY

Cannabis Activist & Patient Advocate Degé Coutee explains to reporter Jane Wells why she's leading the charge to Vote No On AUMA. The full report begins at 1hr:06min.

http://kfiam640.iheart.com/media/play/27121785/

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PAN’s Blog – Cannabis Patient Voice

The Corporate Billionaires’ Hostile Attempt To Take Over The California Cannabis Industry in 2016 – NO! California deserves better!!

http://panorg.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-corporate-billionaires-hostile.html

How The Grassroots & Independent Expenditures Can Defeat Proposition 64

http://panorg.blogspot.com/2016/08/how-grassroots-independent-expenditures.html

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Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/VoteNoAUMA/

[Video] - California recreational pot: Can Sean Parker puff puff pass recreational buddha with AUMA!? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpM_bGrV1j0

Independent Expenditure paid for by Degé Coutee – under $1,000.00.

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”  -- Margaret Mead

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The Corporate Billionaires’ Hostile Attempt To Take Over The California Cannabis Industry in 2016 – NO! California deserves better!!

Since the failure of Proposition 19, a voter initiative to “legalize” marijuana in California in 2010, the grassroots have worked very hard to bring the community and industry together.  The goal has been to draft workable guidelines that the cannabis community could get behind and voters would accept.  Prop. 19 mainly failed because it created NEW criminal penalties and this was not acceptable to enough voters that the effort was gladly defeated.

As the 2016 election cycle drew closer and grassroots proponents of cannabis community supported legalization initiatives began their signature gathering efforts, rumblings began that someone with VERY BIG MONEY would throw in their initiative and derail the efforts of authentic cannabis activists and cannabis industry leaders. 

Interestingly, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom abandoned his Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy soon before the passage of the California legislature’s Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA) in September 2015, in support of a gun control measure.  Almost immediately after the passage of MMRSA, Napster founder and billionaire Sean Parker, a good friend of Newsom, announced his support for an initiative of which no one in the legalization movement had heard, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), a 62-page legal mess.

Gavin Newson and Sean Parker

By this point all the grassroots efforts had websites where their initiatives were posted for review and input.  Multiple groups had already hosted panels and debates to demonstrate the differences and similarities between the initiatives.  What was demonstrated is that all the grassroots initiatives work together and not against each other.  The ‘Craft Cannabis’ initiative protects genetics and boutique growers; the ‘Jack Herer’ initiative releases prisoners and offers a broad and unrestrictive approach to legalization; and the Marijuana Control, Legalization and Revenue Act was referred to as the ‘comprehensive piece’ providing Sacramento with specific directives as to regulation, enforcement and taxation. 

Most importantly, what these proponents agreed upon is that their initiatives were not in competition with each other, but complimented one other.  Just as MMRSA was comprehensively made of three legislative bills, these voter initiatives could all pass and together legalize cannabis in California and protect the existing industry.  A gentlemen’s agreement was reached and for the most part the grassroots efforts were working along side each other.

Then in walks Sean Parker, backed by George Soros, Monsanto and others that have no in-state interest in the cannabis industry, but the ability to completely take it over and destroy California’s unique cannabis heritage.  Despite all of the open statewide debate and conversation for the last 3+ years, the Parker camp never participated or asked for feedback or input.  AUMA is a hostile attempt by the Billionaire Boys’ Club to steal California’s cannabis industry.  

This is just the short-list of what is bad about the AUMA:

It decimates Proposition 215 by absorbing medical marijuana into the initiative’s ‘non-medical’ scheme and does away with the newly formed Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation;

It creates new criminal penalties that mostly affect people under 21 and establishes a number of new punishable provisions (Growing more than 6 plants? = $250 fine, 3 years in jail – Get caught making a ‘Rick Simpson’ type oil? = up to a $50,000 fine, 7 years in jail - Get caught smoking in public? = $100 fine  - If near a campus or children can smell it? = $250 – $500 fine, 10 days in jail);

It taxes both cultivation and sales including a 15% excise tax, a use tax and sales tax, and places an additional tax per pound on all dried flowers and leaves;

None of the money raised through AUMA: taxes, fees or fines, benefits Californians – all funds go directly to enforcement and its bureaucracy’s salaries and pensions.

AUMA has gathered a little over 600,000 signatures that are being verified as of the writing of this post.  Soon it will have a proposition number and Patient Advocacy Network will have voter education materials prepared.  Currently, all of the other legalization efforts are on hold and working together to defeat AUMA just as we defeated Prop. 19, because California deserves better!  NO on AUMA.