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March 27, 2014
Lou Correa
California State Senate
State Capitol, Room 5061
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: SB 1262 (Correa) — Medical Marijuana
NOTICE OF SUPPORT
Dear Senator Correa:
The City of San Luis Obispo supports your medical marijuana legislation, Senate Bill
1262, which will provide what we have lacked in California since the voters approved
Proposition 215 in 1996: a responsible, health -based regulatory scheme that upholds local
control, squarely addresses public safety concerns, and includes important health and safety
requirements.
Previous legislation in this area has sought to pre-empt local control, only partially
addressed the significant public safety concerns raised by medical marijuana, and failed to
address important health and safety issues that are inevitably triggered by a regulatory process
for any medicine. SB 1262 with its public safety, local control and health -based approach,
represents a welcome change.
As a municipal government, we are on the front lines on this issue along with our local
police department, and have to cope with the effects of the current chaotic regulatory structure
for medical marijuana. We applaud your effort to put a responsible regulatory structure in place
that protects patient access while protecting local control and addressing public safety issues.
We appreciate the incorporation of health and safety standards into the bill, and stand
ready to work with officials who will enforce these standards to ensure smooth implementation
should SB 1262 become law. Thank you for your leadership on this issue.
Sincerely,
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, VI4 or Jan Marx
Cc: City Council
Katie Lichtig, City Manager
Steve Gesell, Police Chief
Senator Bill Monning, fax 916-445-8081
Tim Cromartie, League of CA Cities, tcromartie�,cacities.org
David Mullinax, League of CA Cities Regional Representative
Senate Public Safety Committee, fax 916-445-4688