CA: San Clemente Introduces Ordinance Requiring Permit To Grow Pot

[Katelyn Baker]

San Clemente's City Council, anticipating that California voters may lift statewide bans on marijuana by passing Proposition 64 on Nov. 8, will try to maintain some local controls.

The City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to require a city permit for anyone who grows up to six marijuana plants inside their home. Proposition 64 would allow adults to grow up to six plants indoors, and cities have the option of allowing that cultivation unrestricted or requiring a permit.

Several council members were skeptical whether the city will be able to enforce the permits or if anyone growing marijuana in the home would approach the city to ask for a permit.

Councilman Tim Brown said the permit would be just a light regulatory touch and the city can repeal it if issues arise.

"I would rather have something in place to that regulatory option," Brown said.

Scott Smith, city attorney, said the permits would give the city a point of contact if there are neighborhood complaints about cultivation inside a home.

The Planning Commission voted 5-2 on Sept. 7 to recommend the permit. Commissioner Wayne Eggleston, a dissenting vote, attended the council meeting, calling the permit unenforceable and an invasion of privacy.

If Proposition 64 doesn't pass, the city's existing codes banning marijuana would remain intact.

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[Icemud]

The Cashgrab has begun in California... Sad

NO on AUMA (Prop 64)!!!!!!


Screw these cities who are like... "no we don't want marijuana in our city"... .and then... "wait, you mean we can make money off saying yes"... "OK 5-0 vote in favor of making money.... "


AUMA requires a database of medical patients, and if someone requests your information, it says you will be notified, but does not say you can deny a request.

AUMA requires a primary physician to give you your "permission slip" to medical marijuana... How many primary care doctors are willing to risk their decade of schooling and probably multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars spend on it... where does AUMA protect primary caregivers?

AUMA limits home growers to 6 plants, but does not define what that means.. (male plants, clones, vegging plants???) do these count??

AUMA requires you to be in a database, therefore, you definitely can not own a firearm, even though back in 2008 I believe the ATF required applications to ask about controlled substances and denied gun ownership to those on controlled substances. Since then there hasn't been a list of medical users, so technically you could lie and risk perjury but at least protect your family, but with AUMA, now there will be a list to reference, and if you own a firearm... well you are now a lawbreaker.

Auma limits possession of cannabis to 1 oz... so what if I want to make cannabutter? that requires more than 1 oz with my recipe, so now its illegal?

AUMA does not fully legalize cannabis, anyone under 21 it is still a crime to use or possess. Also there are still penalties in place for those that go over their limits, and some are fines and jail time... this is not Legalization. If you happen to go over your 6 plant limit.. you still will get a felony...

AUMA does not direct any of the tax money into the states general fund, doesn't help build infrastructure, or schools (except universities)... but it does put money into drug counseling, police, will help with DUI research for cannabis devices to detect the "legal driving limit" and helps with cleanup with the grow sites of illegal grows. So basically a huge portion of taxes goes to law enforcement?

Since Prop 215 was a voter approved initiative, MMRSA was ILLEGALLY passed as of Jan 1st, and because MMRSA was not voter approved, it currently may become turned around because many dispensaries are in a lawsuit against it. By passing AUMA, this will be a voter approved intuitive, in which then will solidify MMRSA and do away with Prop215. We don't want this to happen!!!

Commercial growers, businesses, will be required to be approved by not only state, but also local ordinance, and AUMA and MMRSA give cities the right to ban cannabiz if they want. The can not fully remove the ability to use cannabis or grow it, but they can place restrictions, fees.... right now with MMRSA in place, there are about 495 cities in California, and only about 5% of them even allow cannabiz to be licensed. About 95% of them banned it all together. AUMA will secure this.

AUMA in one place states it allows up to 8 grams of concentrate in personal possession, and the other parts of AUMA list it as 4 grams... so which is it AUMA?

Under Prop 215, there are many ailments and issues that cannabis can be approved for use, but with AUMA, it opens the law to be redrafted and passed without voter approval limiting what "medical reasons" that you can medically use cannabis. We all know the governments perspective on "medical cannabis".

If you become a licensed cannabis biz, this removes your constitutional right to search and seizure as you are basically agreeing the oversight boards can come in (during business hours) whenever they want and search your business. If you miss keeping a record, or somehow records become lost or not kept correctly, there are hefty fines imposed on the business, very heafty.

Speaking of getting state and local licensed... there is absolutely no mention of what fees will be, limitations on fees..etc.. so we pass this and then they say... oh you want a license.. thats going to be 100,000$ per year... well we voted for it blindly.... these fees are not described.

AUMA allows local governments to ban outdoor growing... so more people will go indoors, putting even more strain on our electrical system, more carbon footprint on the earth... when we have a perfectly free sun.

AUMA will restrict companies and products from being given away free... how will that effect cannabis gatherings, cups, conferences, events???

Also, prices under AUMA of flowers and cannabis products must be similar all through the state... so what if you are a small commercial grower, with the smallest license available, putting your products in stores... and then a large scale 22,000 sq foot warehouse company also puts their product in stores. Its quite obvious on who will make huge profits and who will struggle... how about norcal vs socal where norcal has an abundance of growers and large scale farms, much more permissive city ordinances for large cultivation, where southern California has pretty much banned large cultivation all together, except for a few desert communities.



Read AUMA before voting!!!!!! This is not the type of regulation, oversight, tax hungry political mess that AUMA/Prop 64 is, we don't need this and we can do better California!!!!

I am personally saying NO to AUMA/PROP 64!!!!