SIGNATURE REQUEST: SB 643 (McGuire) Medical Marijuana

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This measure erects a critical component of a long overdue regulatory structure for the state’s medical marijuana program brought into being as a result of Proposition 215 and SB 420 (Vasconcellos), Chapter 875, Statutes of 2003.

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Dear Governor Brown,

The CITY OF CITY respectfully requests your signature on Senate Bill 643.

After nearly two decades of uncertainty, litigation, stakeholder opposition, and the periodic threat of intervening federal enforcement activity, multiple stakeholders, including the League of California Cities, the California Police Chiefs Association, the California State Association of Counties, United Food and Commercial Workers, the California Teamsters Public Affairs Council and others to affirmatively support a statewide regulatory structure for medical marijuana.

Senate Bill 643 requires the establishment of a critical component of the state regulatory structure, a track-and-trace, or seed-to-sale tracking program enabling accurate tracking of marijuana products throughout the stream of commerce, from cultivation sites to their ultimate retail destination.  This is an essential part of the security requirements of the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, as it will address the concerns of law enforcement by significantly reducing the likelihood of product diversion.  In addition, it will signal to the federal government California’s commitment to a robust regulatory and enforcement structure.

Of equal importance to cities and law enforcement are the bill’s suitability provisions, which provide a well-defined set of criteria for state licensing, specifying with clarity a universe of disqualifying felonies and a framework for the vetting of license applicants.  This is critical in that a great many of the anticipated businesses will be operating in our cities.

For these reasons, the CITY OF CITY respectfully requests your signature on this legislation.

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