MORATORIUM

Whereas, over 5 years have passed, since the COMPASSIONATE USE ACT 1996, government officials of the City and County of Los Angeles have failed to implement a safe and affordable plan to distribute marijuana to seriously-ill people who need marijuana for medicine in the city or county of L.A.

Whereas; since the COMPASSIONATE USE ACT 1996, failure to implement Proposition 215, seriously-ill Angelinos and their caregiver relations have suffered multiple arrests, seizures of marijuana plants grown for medicinal use, and suffered destruction of personal and real property affecting seriously-ill Angelinos.

Whereas; failure to implement an ordinance protecting the California State constitutional rights of patients, has resulted in unnecessary suffering, incarceration and death of seriously-ill people who believed they were under the protection of the COMPASSIONATE USE ACT 1996.

Whereas; Local law enforcement were encouraged with federal funds (DARE), to defy California State Law Proposition 215, ‘under the color’ of complying with ‘federal law, unlawfully in defiance of human/civil rights and the California State Constitution, COMPASSIONATE USE ACT 1996 conflicts NOT with federal laws, in fact, federal law concurs with State Constitutional rights;

Whereas, State Courts have held up the validity of PROPOSITION 215 by declaring marijuana grown for medicine is not contraband, and have court ordered the return of medical marijuana plants to seriously-ill Angelinos; the wanton raids to seize marijuana plants and arrests affecting seriously-ill Angelinos, is tantamount to genocide, and dictate a Resolution,

Whereas, prohibition of marijuana was based on racist premise that Nigritian people, and people of color have been the scapegoat for misconstruing marijuana for a ‘substance’ used to seduce white women; for a substance used to defy a white man, i.e., to look a white man more than 3 seconds in the eye, or, step on a white man’s shadow; blamed a substance on the Mexicans’ use of marijuana causes them to refuse to return to the fields and fruit plantations in torrid heat; that, based on these racist premises, people of color are the most affected, least protected under the present ambiguous marijuana laws and systematic targets for ‘racial/cultural profiling in regard to personal possession and cultivation of cannabis/marijuana/Nigritian Kief.

Whereas, the COMPASSIONATE USE ACT 1996 on its face, without ambiguity, states that CAREGIVERS designated by seriously-ill Californians with an oral or written approval of a California licensed physician, and physicians who recommend or approve of their patient’s use of cannabis for medicine, are EXEMPT FROM PROSECUTION OR SANCTIONS;

Whereas, COMPASSIONATE USE ACT 1996 ‘Insure” seriously-ill Californians the right to obtain, cultivate, possess and use cannabis/marijuana/Nigritian Kief, a wrong has been committed against a people, injured by failure to bring a Resolution, hence, entitled to be reimbursed/compensated for their injuries;

Whereas, after 5 years there has been no effort on the part of Los Angeles City or County government officials to make policy to regulate how to differentiate between a person who uses, possesses, and/or cultivates marijuana for medicine, from a person who does not use, possess, and/or cultivate marijuana for medical purposes,

Whereas the COMPASSIONATE USE ACT allows for oral or written recommendation or approval” from a California licensed physician, therefore, oral and undocumented claims of compliance to prop 215, shall also be included in MORATORIUM ON CANNABIS ARREST IN CITY AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.

Whereas, seriously-ill Californians live in public housing, that most of public housing is occupied by seriously-ill, elderly, and the disenfranchised; that people in public housing (including Section 8, HUD, VA, FHA) within the city and county of Los Angeles are included in this MORATORIUM and NOT SUBJECT to eviction/prosecution/sanctions, for possession, cultivation of consumption of marijuana for medical purposes and

Whereas; EVICTION is administrative prosecution/sanction and is in violation of California Health & Safety Code 11362.5, Compassionate Use Act 1996, Proposition 215, and the California State Constitution,

Therefore, let it be RESOLVED that the City and County of Los Angeles adopt this

WALK-AWAY MORATORIUM ON ALL CANNABIS ARRESTS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO PROTECT SERIOUSLY ILL ANGELINOS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS;

That the City Council demonstrate support of the COMPASSIONATE USE ACT 1996 in granting monetary compensation and reparations as well as, grant restitution to plaintiffs have filed claims for damages related to medical marijuana arrests, prosecution, or sanction of any kind since the November 5, 1996 vote for the COMPASSIONATE USE ACT 1996.

Resolved: All employed or unemployed Angelinos residing in government public or Section 8 housing within the city and county of LOS ANGELES are included in this MORATORIUM and NOT SUBJECT to loss of employment, loss of income, eviction/prosecution/sanctions, for possession, cultivation or consumption of marijuana for medical purposes, until such time an ordinance is adopted and established within the city and county of Los Angeles to protect ALL seriously-ill, Californians residing within the city and county of Los Angeles.

Resolved: Queen Negus Somayah Kambui, Jack Herer, Scott Imler, Kyle Kowerduck, Michael Hadnot, Charlie Blue Thompson, Marvin Chavez, Todd Mc Cormick, Markham Patrice Hunt-Kambui, Angelina Afeni Kambui, Regana Wright Kambui, Anthony Wafer, Nigga Selvin Wilkerson, Raymond Boyd, RW Akile, Patah Melanin-ite Kin Bey Annunaqi El, Kwebu Ussery, Chi Chi Kali, J. Nayer Hardin, Sherwood Akuna, Chionesa Muhammad, and Sekou Muhammad are living petitioners for sancturary as ‘medical marijuana’ consumers and/or caregivers in compliance with Compassionate Use Act 1996.

Resolved: We, the afore named petitioners, on behalf of the 56% of California voters, offer this provisional resolution for a Los Angeles City and  County-wide WALK AWAY MORATORIUM, giving blanket ‘benefit of the doubt’ to ALL Angelinos that their personal possession and cultivation of cannabis/marijuana/Nigritian Kief, is for medical purposes until public ordinance is established.

This City and Countywide WALK AWAY MORATORIUM on Cannabis Arrest shall be the Mandate to protect seriously-ill Angelinos. May the government elected officials expeditiously adopt and implement a final Ordinance for the City and County of Los Angeles to protect the lives and personal property affecting Angelinos in compliance with Compassionate Use Act 1996..