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by via Americans for Safe Access
Court Support
**
11) Monday, July 31st, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt

*Special Events*

12) Friday, August 4th: 420 Report Radio Show hosted by Ed Rosenthal
13) Friday, August 11th, Los Angeles: Monte Carlo Night Fundraiser for ASA
14) Friday-Saturday, August 11th-12th, Monte Rio: Dazed on the Green
**and more
*ASA Chapter Meetings
**
1) Saturday, August 5th & 12th, Modesto: Central Valley Patients
Coalition Meeting
2) Tuesday, August 8th, San Diego: SD ASA Meeting
3) Tuesday, August 8th, San Francisco: SF ASA Meeting
4) Thursday, August 10th, Sacramento: Sac ASA Meeting
5) Thursday, August 10th, Guerneville: Sonoma ASA Meeting
**
City & County Hearings
**
6) Tuesday, August 1st, San Diego: Patient Community to Call on City
Council to Regulate & End the Raids!
7) Tuesday, August 1st, San Luis Obispo: SLO County Board of Supervisors
to Vote on MMJ ID Card Program
8) Tuesday, August 1st, Torrance: City to Vote on Banning Dispensaries
9) Tuesday, August 1st, Redondo Beach: City Council to Vote on Extending
Dispensary Moratorium
10) Tuesday, August 1st, Fairfield: Solano County Board of Supervisors
Closed Session on MMJ ID Card Program
**
Court Support
**
11) Monday, July 31st, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt

*Special Events*

12) Friday, August 4th: 420 Report Radio Show hosted by Ed Rosenthal
13) Friday, August 11th, Los Angeles: Monte Carlo Night Fundraiser for ASA
14) Friday-Saturday, August 11th-12th, Monte Rio: Dazed on the Green
**
**
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*ASA Chapter Meetings*
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1) Saturday, August 5th & 12th, Modesto: Central Valley Patients
Coalition Meeting*

4213 McHenry Ave #F in Modesto, CA 95354 at 1:00pm.

_Agenda Topics for next meeting:_

- Support for Mike on his court date
- Results from the letters campaign
- Help for those that didn't do letters
- Possibility of making postings for Mike's court date in The Healthy
Choice
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2) Tuesday, August 8th, San Diego: SD ASA Meeting*

Our San Diego chapter of ASA has been busy lately and needs you to get
involved. It is time to get involved and protect safe access!

For more info about the chapter, please visit their site:
http://sdasa.4mg.com/index.html

Twiggs Coffee House
4590 Park Blvd.
In the Green Room
7:00-8:00 p.m.

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*3) Tuesday, August 8th, San Francisco: SF ASA Meeting*

It's more important than ever that San Francisco patients join together
to ensure regulations that protect patients' access, rights and privacy.
Join SF ASA to plan for the future of medical cannabis in San Francisco.

7:00 p.m
San Francisco Woman's Building
3543 18th Street #8
Room B

For more info, call Tony: (415) 283-7404

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*4) Thursday, August 10th, Sacramento: Sac ASA Meeting*

Sacramento ASA has begun meeting again and they're busy strategizing on
ways to effect local, state and national policies.

The Sacramento medical marijuana community was once extremely active
with Americans for Safe Access. Sac ASA met regularly, organized a huge
rally for Bryan Epis at the Capitol, and did all they could to protect
patients' rights.

Patients and advocates in the Sacramento area are coming together again
to reinvigorate ASA. Please join them at their bi-weekly meetings:

Thursday @ 6:00 p.m.
Capitol Wellness Collective
2400 14th Street, Sacramento

Patients and non-patients are welcome. This is a great opportunity to
get involved with ASA and to work on both local and national campaigns.

For more information, please call 916-325-9000.

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*5) Thursday, August 10th, Guerneville: Sonoma ASA Meeting*

When: Thursday at 7:30pm
Where: Marvin's Gardens 15025 River Road (towards Guerneville)

Come check out Sonoma's chapter of American's for Safe Access. We've got
a lot to go over this month, dispensary regulations and plant guidelines
are being discussed county wide. Patients, supporters, caregivers and
friends are welcome to come share their opinions on what should happen
locally. More info 707-332-6556

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**City & County Hearings**
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*
6) Tuesday, August 1st, San Diego: Patient Community to Call on City
Council to Regulate & End the Raids!*
*
*Last Tuesday, San Diego ASA and the patient community spoke at the City
Council meeting to demand the Council pass a resolution to end DEA and
local law enforcement raids of dispensaries. The City has failed to act
on this demand.

Please join us to show our disappointment at the City's failure to act.
Tell them we expect them to take up this issue immediately when they
return from their five week recess. We need clear dispensary regulations
and safe access as soon as possible!

Gather @ 9:30 a.m. in front of City Hall, 220 C Street, San Diego
Speak to the council @ 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers.

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7) Tuesday, August 1st, San Luis Obispo: SLO County Board of Supervisors
to Vote on MMJ ID Card Program*

Dear Medical Marijuana Supporter,

Next Tuesday, August 1st, the San Luis Obispo County Board of
Supervisors will be voting on whether or not to approve the
implementation of the medical marijuana ID card program. The ID cards
would be voluntary for patients and caregivers to obtain through the
county and serve to further protect them from detainment, arrest or
seizure of their medicine by state and local law enforcement.

This is a major step in the right direction towards securing safe and
legal access to medical marijuana in SLO County.

Please take a few minutes to contact the Board of Supervisors to
politely urge them to support the medical marijuana ID card program in
SLO County.

You can use this online form:
http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/bos/BOSContactUs.htm or call: 805-781-5450
(8am-5pm)

It's also very important that we fill the board chambers with patients
and advocates backing the program. Please attend Tuesday's meeting to
show your support for safe, legal and hassle-free access to medical
marijuana. Feel free to contact me for meeting details.

Thank you for your support of this important program. Once implemented,
not only will it reduce patients' risk, it will also further strengthen
California's decade-old medical marijuana law.

Sincerely,
Aaron Smith
Safe Access Now
707-291-0076
fa_smith [at] yahoo.com

(see details below)

SLO Board Meeting Time and Location:

Tuesday, August 1st - 1:30pm
(will be heard sometime after lunch recess)

County Government Center
1055 Monterey Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408
Map: http://tinyurl.com/j5san

*This is a professional meeting, please dress in business or
business/casual attire.

Feel free to use these talking points when addressing your county
supervisor on this issue:

* The ID card protects patients and caregivers from lengthy detainment,
arrest, seizure of property or unnecessary court proceedings. While
patients are not required to participate in the ID card program, many
choose to because they cannot afford the personal risk of wrongful
prosecution that those without ID cards face.

* The ID card program will greatly assist law-enforcement in
distinguishing patients with legitimate medical marijuana
recommendations from those who are using false or counterfeit
documentation. The county-administered ID program clarifies the current
patchwork of patient documentation and frees our law enforcement and
judicial system to focus on genuine criminal activity.

* The county will not incur any additional costs by implementing the ID
card program because the county is allowed to set its own fees to recoup
the start-up and operating costs.

* The county has a legal responsibility to the State of California to
implement the program because it is a requirement of Senate Bill 420,
codified as HS 11362.7 in January 2004.

* Voters' support of safe and legal access to medical marijuana has only
grown stronger since the passage of the Compassionate Use Act (Prop.
215) in 1996. According to an independent field poll conducted in 2004,
74% of Californians support the implementation of our state's medical
marijuana laws.

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*8) Tuesday, August 1st, Torrance: City to Vote on Banning Dispensaries*

A couple weeks ago, the City of Torrance failed to pass a dispensary
ban. However, one council member was on vacation and has returned and
called for a second vote. Unless we can change the vote of one of the
council members, dispensaries will be banned in Torrance. This will
likely shut down the one dispensary currently operating in the city and
cut off future access to patients.

Please come speak in support of safe access!

6:00 pm
City Hall Council Chambers
3031 Torrance Blvd
Torrance, CA

Please download ASA talking points
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?list=type&type=212> on dispensary
regulations, moratoriums & bans.
*
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9) Tuesday, August 1st, Redondo Beach: City Council to Vote on Extending
Dispensary Moratorium*

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006 ~ 6:30pm ~ Redondo Beach
Public Hearing
Redondo Beach City Council Meeting
415 Diamond Street, Redondo Beach

Attend the Redondo Beach public hearing on the extension of moratorium
for 10 1/2 months. The city has forced the dispensary that was open to
close. Stand up for safe access! Come out to urge the city to allow
California Caregivers Association to reopen and regulate dispensing
collectives quickly.

Please download ASA talking points
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?list=type&type=212> on dispensary
regulations, moratoriums & bans.

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*10) Tuesday, August 1st, Fairfield: Solano County Board of Supervisors
Closed Session on MMJ ID Card Program*

08/01/06 - Fairfield: Solano County Board of Supervisors' closed session
to discuss ID card program and "legal issues"

The Solano County Board of Supervisors will be meeting in closed session
to discuss the medical marijuana ID card program and the legal issues
surrounding it. Please join the Solano Patients group outside the Board
of Supervisors Chambers at 12pm on Tuesday, August 1st for a peaceful
protest to show support for local patients.

When: Tuesday, August 1st -- 12:00pm
Where: County Administration Center
675 Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533

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*Court Support*
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*
11) Monday, July 31st, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt* *
*
Status hearing at 9:00am before Judge Anthony W. Ishii in U.S. District
Court, 5th Floor, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA. Despite Joe Fortt
closing the doors to his Bakersfield medical marijuana dispensary,
American Kenpo Kungfu School of Public Health, a day after the Gonzales
v. Raich decision, three places of cultivation were raided and he was
arrested on July 20, 2005. Allegedly, over 2,000 plants were seized and
Fortt was subsequently charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess
more than 1,000 plants. Fortt is currently incarcerated, and faces a
10-year mandatory minimum sentence if convicted.

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*Special Events*
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*12) Friday, August 4th: 420 Report Radio Show hosted by Ed Rosenthal*

The 420 Report airs on KPFA - 94.1 FM Noon --1:00pm PDT and
features cannabis news, interviews with activists and policy makers, and
musical insights from Ed Rosenthal. Call in comments are welcomed.

For anyone who cannot tune in on Friday, you can still hear the show
online at http://www.kpfa.org. Also the show will be archived at http://www.kpfa.org
under "Living Room," Aug. 4, 2006

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*13) Friday, August 11th, Los Angeles: Monte Carlo Night Fundraiser for ASA*

~ Friday, August 11th, from ~ 9p-1a ~

LA ASA is holding a Monte Carlo Night at the CPG! Join us to play Poker,
Roulette, Craps, 21/Blackjack & Pai Gow for valuable prizes!! We will
have free food and beverages. Tix are only $20 and you must be a patient
to attend. Dress to impress! Prizes will be given to the Best Dressed
Man, Woman and Tranny! Only 150 tickets will be sold!! Tickets are
available at CPG (323) 464-7052 & LAPCG (323) 882-6033.

Come out, have fun and support the amazing work that ASA does to protect
and advance safe access!

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14) Friday-Saturday, August 11th-12th, Monte Rio: Dazed on the Green*

Marvin's Gardens Presents the 2nd Annual Daze on the Green
Co-sponsored by Americans for Safe Access Sonoma County

Featuring Live Music by:
Stiff Dead Cat
George Haggardy & Friends
JaLight
Stonetrout
Ancient Mystic
Dgiin
and DJ I-Lee
Special Guest Wisdom

Friday from 5pm-10pm
Saturday from 11am-10pm

Monte Rio Amphitheatre
9925 Main Street
Monte Rio, CA

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Rebecca Saltzman
Field Coordinator
Americans for Safe Access
p (510) 251-1856 x 308
f (510) 251-2036
http://www.safeaccessnow.org
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