Download the logo, print copies, put them in clear covers and post them under you car wipers when shopping.

Contribute your input to the blog http://noonz2018.home.blog and share any posting that you wish on your social media sites.

If you are really committed, plan a community event at the park in your neighborhood.

Notify the City Council, Mayor, School Board and any others, that you do not want Vista to be the magnet for marijuana users from San Diego, Orange and Riverside Counties.

You can download the logo on a USB drive and have the logo placed on a white tee-shirt, like this committed citizen. This was done at Trendy Department Store and Soccer Mexico Specialty Soccer Store on Santa Fe or any other tee-shirt place.

We have not raised any money and will rely on you to post the logo and get the word out. I am totally on my own at this point.

However, if you know anyone who is against this measure and would like to donate any amount for purchase of flyers for door to door distribution, have them contact me and I will get them the template.   If you know someone, we do not have a tax ID so they would just need to get a file and have the copies made themselves.  Otherwise, donations of tee-shirts or photos of the logo would be appreciated.  No cash can be accepted.

Please provide you suggestions!

 

 

 

In the year 2025, the big billboard on Vista Way and Route 78 proclaimed: “Welcome to the Marijuana Capital of SOCAL”.  In smaller letters it is written, “and the brewery capital too”.  In even smaller letters it is written, “get your high here”.

The local front-page news headline is “Vista to add two new sheriffs to fight the rising crime rate” (illegal dispensaries have doubled due to incoming traffic looking for the best deal). The real estate section headline read “Home prices plummet for the third straight year”. The Business section read, “Unemployment climbs as more businesses flee the city.”  The education section headline is “graduation rates fall for fourth straight year amid attendance problems, declining enrollment and school closings”. The lead editorial chastises the voters for locking in Ballot Measure Z in 2018, preventing the city council from making changes that are in the community’s best interest. The previous election measures to reverse Z failed due to the incredible financial backing of the marijuana industry, as they know a good thing, for them. The residents are left between a rock and a hard place, amid an uncontrollable problem and a declining community. Some have suggested bringing in the National Guard, but the marijuana-paid-for Governor refuses.  By the way, street traffic has continually increased, with mostly weed buyers getting their stuff, not buying anything else and returning to Orange County and destinations throughout San Diego County.  With store fronts open 9 AM to 10 PM, rush hour is worse than 2018.

How did this happen?  Parents did not educate themselves about the potential impact on teens of ” medical marijuana sales, evolving into recreational sales” before voting for Z!   They listened to the expensive weed industry campaign, instead of doing their homework. They neglected to listen to The American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, The Food and Drug Administration, The North Coastal Prevention Coalition and other legit warnings about the impact of marijuana usage by teens. They were heavily influenced by a poll, paid by the city, which boasted that 56% of residents supported store fronts, but ignored the qualifying issues like location, security, compliance and background checks that caused them to vote yes. They instead bought the line that a few “medical marijuana” users needed 11 dispensaries. But most of the store fronts ended up close to middle and high schools, transit centers, skate parks, and several strip malls in Shadowridge.

 

The other failure was by apathetic voters, who did not show up to vote, or did not even know the difference between AA, BB, or Z, when they voted, while some just saw dollar signs of new revenue coming into the city.  

Let’s roll back to 2018 and what should we do to prevent the above from becoming a reality: Vote no on Z, yes on AA and yes or no on BB, depending on whether you want three delivery services for the medically needy along with three testing facilities.  

 Residents in 2018 were more concerned with the general election, sanctuary city status, expanding housing construction, traffic congestion, and homelessness in parks, not about some strange “ballot initiatives”. But now, with a declining population back to the 2010 level, vacant properties in every neighborhood, many of them illegally occupied by the homeless, crime on the rise, recreation programs reduced, senior services cut to the bone, and roads in deplorable condition, the residents are protesting and demanding that Mayor Black do something. The marijuana sales added revenue the first year of Z, but them other revenues started to decline as local companies moved, jobs were lost, and the net income of the city decreased to the 2009 level. The reserve fund was long ago spent to keep ambulance and sheriff services.

Be an educated voter? It all depends on you!

Garry

 

 

My goal is to defeat Z, a bad measure for Vista, written and funded by and for the weed people, who are making billions on the sale of an unproven commodity, with NO input from elected representatives or the general public.

Marijuana, Cannibals, weed, pot, grass, bud, skunk, Mary Jane, Ganja and many more names cover for a product without medical research supporting positive results and many studies defining the negative impact on youth and adults.

Put sheep clothing on a Wolfe and it is still a Wolfe. Weed is weed!

“Some studies and anecdotal evidence suggest marijuana can be used for various medical problems, including pain, nausea and loss of appetite, Parkinson’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis.

But a review of the evidence published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found little evidence for marijuana’s ability to treat health conditions outside chronic pain and muscle stiffness from multiple sclerosis.

The federal government doesn’t recognize marijuana’s medical potential, largely because the studies have been small so far, and there have been no large-scale clinical trials proving pot’s medicinal value.

It is estimated that the most successful marijuana stores can average around $400,000 per month in gross sales, while their slowest location averaged about $100,000. So money talks. That is how they can pay the signature gatherers, campaign supporters, for brochures, for auto phone calls and many other ways to sell voters. (one worker indicated that a organizer-leader boasted that they were willing to spend up to $70,000 in Vista to get it passed).

Is your vote for a very bad measure for sale, with a phone call, a paid supporter at your door, a phone call or a slick-flyer?
Letting the marijuana industry determine their own rules, which Measure Z does, since they wrote it, funded the signature gathering, and is funding the campaign, would be as if the building industry created their own ballot measure XYZ:

MEASURE XYZ
“We the building industry can build where we want, with noted exceptions ,every day 7 AM till 10 PM, with one parking space per apartment, no setback requirements, and no construction restrictions, except those contained herein. We commit to build 600 feet from existing schools, parks, churches, and 500 feet from any apartment that already has six stories or higher. We will not be required to do an Environment Impact assessment, Native American grounds review, traffic study or water availability report. There will be no community input (no notices, no big yellow signs, no early design review, no Planning Commission review but mandatory approval from the City Council).

There will be licensing requirements, to include completing an application, paying $5 and knowing how to use a hacksaw. Applicants cannot have a police felony record that is newer than last year and must not have been in prison in the last thirty days.

We do not require compliance with the Vista General Plan, zoning regulations, or architectural design guidelines, except to never blend candy-apple red, pink and mauve in the same street front, within 600 feet of a Vista Arts Commission display.

If a builder does not comply the provisions of this measure, the city can fine them $135 per year. If a builder continually is out of compliance, the city can call for a special election, at their cost, $400,000, to have to voters vote to tear it down.

The taxation will be .005% of what we say is the value of the property, to be used for road repair only. It cannot be used for schools, parks, sheriffs, firemen, infrastructure, senior services or youth services.

Vote no on Z. If you desire to have access to medicinal marijuana, Measure BB will provide three delivery services and testing labs.

Garry

 

Some challengers have expressed concerns or questions about the direction of our great city. They cite the below issues:
1-Traffic
2-Building affordable apartments
3-Marijuana dispensaries of Measure Z
4-Sanctuary City/State status
5-Homeless population crisis
6-Graffiti and petty crimes
7-Climate Action Plan
8-Bike trails, dog park,
9-Public Art
10-Parks to keep pace with population growth
11-Communication
12-Sidewalks and safe routes to school

UPON FURTHER REVIEW!   Do not let their headlines mislead you.

1-Most of the traffic is cut through from neighboring cities as they grow and as they commute to the 24,000 jobs in our south Vista Business Park. The city has approved the purchase of a traffic management program to coordinate lights and help process traffic through the city. Forty-seven percent of big projects are non housing (Dealership, motel, storage, car wash, eating establishments, office buildings, etc.).  The city website indicates 60 projects over the last 15 years. The population of Vista has increased only 1.5% per year since 2000 (89857-101659). The population increase for residents having kids is almost all of that.

2-The state of California has mandated that cities provide a certain number of affordable apartments or they will intervene and bypass the city zoning and planning guidelines. Vista has approved, built or considering the following:

545 Multi-family apartments 25%

817 Attached condos 38%

264 Detached condos 13%

518 Single family houses 24%

59% of projects have been/will be north of Route 78 and 41% south of Route 78.

349 affordable units
62 Senior housing units

3-Marijuana measure Z is not what the voters thought they were getting when they signed a petition nor when they voted in the poll. It is a marijuana industry initiative, written for them, minimizing local control and opening up where the 11 dispensaries could go.

4-The city will not have a vote on SB 54. The local vote was to support the opposition to becoming a sanctuary state which would ignore federal enforcement of immigration laws.

5-The Homelessness crisis is multi-faceted, which needs local, county, state and federal intervention. The city supports Solutions for Change, Operation Hope and North County Lifeline in providing options. The city opposes the closing of the psychological unit at Tri-City Hospital.

6-Vista implemented Access Vista app to make it convenient for residents to report any concerns they see, send a photograph, and get a memo when it has been completed. We now have over 500 sets of eyes monitoring, reporting and achieving correction. Every citizen can download and utilize the App for Android or Apple mobile devices.

7-Vista’s Climate Action Plan was developed in 2013 and is currently being updated with public input through public reviews with the community, Planning Commission and City Council.

8-The city is working with the county and state to complete the rail trail beside the Sprinter line. It is now completed from Escondido to San Marcos. The Trail to Mar Vista Drive in Vista will be completed in the Summer of 2019. Additional work is being done on other parts of the trail that will eventually connect to the Oceanside coast. The city is working on additional grants to complete the remaining miles. Vista has approved off leash all day at the South Buena Vista Park. An additional dog park is under review at Bub Williamson Park, but many neighbors object.

9-The Vista Public Arts Commission is doing a great job on many projects, like the Kites Over Vista program.  The Commission is supported by the existing council.

10-The Vista General Plan has a mandate to expand parks with the rate of population growth. Vista is presently in compliance with that plan and are continually reviewing potential future sites.

11-Communication concerns are centered on development and general information. The city is addressing the issue as follows:
➖All meetings are posted and the general public can speak on agenda items for current meetings as well as speak on any subject for future meetings (no council/commission/board discussion or vote can take place).
➖Every resident can sign up to get a monthly newsletter of updates.
➖The following process is followed for every major project:
A-The development is posted on the city web site. A map with all large projects is always available.
B- A big  yellow sign is placed on the site being proposed for development to alert neighbors and passer-byes.
C- If an EIR (Environmental Impact Report) is required, the public has an opportunity to provide input.
D-A letter is sent via USPS to neighbors within 1000 feet of the development.
E-If the approval can be made at the staff level, a noticed public meeting is scheduled, with the residents invited.
F-If the development is housing, an Early Design Review (EDR) is scheduled for community and Planning Commission input prior to developing proposed plans.
G-The Planning Commission will schedule a noticed public meeting to consider the proposal. All public input is welcomed. The Commission can approve some projects but certain changes must go to the City Council for approval.                                                                   H-All decisions can be challenged with a review by the City Council, as they are the final decision makers.                                                                                                                                         I-The City Council conducts public meetings to define future goals for the city. The Council meets with the commissioners as a group over dinner to discuss the past years accomplishments and to improve relationships and communication. The Mayor presents an annual State of the City at the scheduled Vista Chamber of Commerce event.
12-The City and The Vista Unified School District work closely to improve safety of children walking to school.

Bottom line?   Why vote against the incumbents?  No good reason.   It’s just politics.

 

🔵🔹Measure Z is so bad that proponents either did not read it thoughtfully, did not read the objective legal perspective completely, are basing their support on a bogus poll (did they study the poll and ALL that Vista participants required for support), or they refuse to see all the evidence supporting how bad it can get. Either reason is not acceptable to get my vote. Proponents major platform for support seems to be financial, although the passage could have a very negative financial impact on Vista, long term.

🔵🔹Past accomplishments are the best predictor of future performance.
New businesses and jobs over the past few years include: Mossy BMW of Vista, Living Spaces, John Deere Water, Hyatt and Marriott hotels and soon to be constructed Honda dealership; generating funds that provide for fire and sheriff’s services, as well as other city services that keep the city operating.

• Over 6,500 pothole repairs annually, 172 miles of sewer lines cleaned every three years, and graffiti removal within 48 hours of notification. The Paseo Santa Fe Phase I Improvements were completed in 2016 and Phase II is under construction. Vista has the emerging distinction as the micro brewery capital of North County.
• The crime rate is at a twenty year low.
• Added Access Vista for improved reporting and delivery of services
• New ambulance added
• Our fire department received a full accreditation of compliance with national standards of performance that only few in California have accomplished.
• Over $14 million invested in road projects and other public works infrastructure over the past five years.
• Initiated Strategic Collaboration efforts to bring prosperity to the North County region with cities of Carlsbad, Escondido, Oceanside, and San Marcos which resulted in Innovate 78 efforts.
• Vista’s Business Park growth of over 900 local, national, and global companies employing over 24,000 people. The occupancy of the park is 97%.
• The city unemployment rate is less than 3%.
• Increased emergency reserves to 29% of annualized budget for a rainy day fund.
• Collaborating and using resources regionally with adjoining cities and Sheriff on gang suppression.
• Homeless Master Plan was initiated with the goal of ending homelessness in the area.
• Completion of major public improvement projects:
• Vista Civic Center constructed with one-stop customer service center.
• Three new fire stations constructed (*remodel of Station No. 1).
• Vista Sports Park built for youth and adult sports field programs
• Two new skate parks constructed.
• Most parks have seen major upgrades, new shade covers and bridge to make parks more accessible and more user friendly
• State of the Art Moonlight Amphitheatre constructed.
• General Plan and Zoning map updated.
• Climate Action Plan being updated.
• Historic downtown area experienced revival with new businesses and tourism opportunities.
• Vista was one of the first cities in San Diego County to require employees to contribute their full share (8%) towards their pension costs.
• Vista established itself as a Charter City, saving Vista tax payers millions in city construction expenses.
• 27-acre Vista Village downtown district established.

Regional / State Government Involvement
• North County Mayors and Managers
• SANDAG Board of Directors since 1998
• SANDAG Transportation Committee, currently Vice Chair
• SANDAG Borders Committee (past member)
• SANDAG Regional Planning Committee (past member)
• Encina Wastewater Authority, Chair
• North County Transit District (past member, chair two years)
• League of California Cities (past member)
• North County Regional Gang Task Force Committee
• Five City Mayor’s Innovate 78 Partnership
Community Involvement
• Vista Chamber of Commerce
• American Legion Auxiliary
• Elks Club Member
• Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
• Vista Community Clinic Board of Trustees
• North San Diego County Board of Realtors member
• Vista Downtown Master Plan Committee
• Solutions for Change Leadership Board
• Alta Vista Gardens Member
• Comerciantes Latinos Association Member
• Community Development Association Member
• Historical Society Member
• Friends of the Library Member
• Vista Village Business Association (one of founders and past member /chair)
• Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors (past member)
• Vista Rotary (past member)
• Sunrise Kiwanis (past member)
• Shadowridge Rotary (past member)
🔵🔹My unidentified inner prompt
tells me leadership change will be neutral at best, and potentially very harmful. We are fortunate that all of the candidates seem to possess deontological ethics, which is my first qualifier. I then consider their track record, their vision and my confidence that good things will happen under new leaders. Without a candidates track record, we would be voting in the dark. After watching each candidate forum, I would like to be a friend or neighbor with each of the candidates for Mayor or City Council. However, I love my family but would not vote for them just because of those feelings. I have been fortunate to see our incumbents in action during my past 20 years of volunteering, and have observed their future vision, positive actions, and fanatical finishing of goals.

Vote for Judy Ritter for Mayor, John Aguilera for District 1 City Council and John Franklin for District 4 City Council.
Se

 

 

Z will not impact the Shadow Ridge neighborhood, you might think. Well, think again. Look at the content of measure Z, but do not focus on where dispensaries cannot go, (600 feet from schools, parks, etc.) but where they can go, in your neighborhood, close to your home.

 

Of course dispensaries will be placed in the Business Park Specific Plan. If you focus on Specific Plan 14, 24, 21 and Shadow Ridge, you will find potentially acceptable development areas to place marijuana stores, attracting “buyers”, close to you.

Go to Google Earth, click on every school, park and church.  Then check out 600 feet and see that everywhere else could see a dispensary, depending on the zone.

If you feel that marijuana, weed, bong, and other cover names should be available, then vote for Measure BB, which makes it available in three delivery facilities, positioned by the city, with your input.  Otherwise vote no, no, no!

 

Vote NO ON Z

 

 

 

American Medical Association
The policy-making body voted to reaffirm its opposition to marijuana legalization…The AMA’s 527-member House of Delegates decided during its interim meeting in National Harbor, Md., to retain the long-standing position that “cannabis is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern.”

Veterans Association
• VA clinicians may only prescribe medications that have been approved by the FDA for medical use. At present most products containing Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), Cannabidiol (CBD), or other cannabinoids are not approved for this purpose.
• The VA Healthcare system operates 170 Medical Centers and 1400 community-based clinics, the largest in the USA, serving 9 million veterans.

American Academy of Pediatrics
Is marijuana safe for teens? American Academy of Pediatrics says no.
• Teens who use marijuana regularly may develop serious mental health disorders, including addiction, depression and psychosis.
• Marijuana smoke is toxic, similar to secondhand tobacco smoke. The use of vaporizers or hookahs does not eliminate the toxic chemicals in marijuana smoke.

North Coastal Prevention Coalition

NCPC works in partnership with the San Diego County Marijuana Prevention Initiative to decrease the harm of marijuana use in our communities, especially among youth.

Members
American Heart Association (858-410-3850)
Carlsbad Police Department (760-931-2100)
City of Carlsbad (760-434-2820)
Carlsbad Unified School District (760-331-5000)
Cyber Education Consulting (760-440-8232)
County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency, Alcohol and Drug Services (619-692-5727)
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (760-471-4237)
Drug Enforcement Administration (858-616-4100)
The Fellowship Center (760-745-8478 / 888-533-9555)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (858-564-0780)
McAlister Institute for Treatment and Education (760-721-2781)
Occupational Health Services (760-752-5300)
Oceanside Police Department (760-435-4900)
City of Oceanside (760-435-3065)
Oceanside Unified School District (760-966-4000)
San Dieguito Alliance for Drug Free Youth (858-755-6598)
San Marcos Prevention Coalition (619-392-6963)
Vista Community Clinic (760-631-5000)
Vista Sheriff’s Department (760-940-4551)
City of Vista (760-726-1340)
Vista Unified School District (760-726-2170)

Parents and VUSD leaders:
You are role models for your children, and actions speak louder than words. So if you vote yes on Z, what are you communicating to your kids.

AAA (Autoclub)

THC, marijuana’s active ingredient, disrupts key parts of the brain that influence the perception of time, concentration, movement, memory and coordination. Impairment can last up to five hours.  It takes 10-30 minutes after the last puff until peak effect occurs. Drivers are impaired 2-5 hours after ingesting marijuana.  THC can be detected two plus weeks after last use.

VOTE NO ON Z

 

Garry

 

 

Proponents of the marijuana initiative, Prop Z, keep quoting that 1007 residents were polled with 56% supporting dispensaries to make marijuana available to medicinal users. The polling was done in mid-2017. However, Measure Z in its current form was not public until after the poll. For the past few years there have been many iterations of Z and other citizens initiatives that went through some or all the initiative-creation process until legally qualified this year.

An overwhelming majority of those polled seemed to be unaware of city regulations that prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries operating in the city (66%).

 

What is missing from proponents use of the local poll results, are the qualifying factors that those polled demanded to get their support for medicinal sales.  The below are copies of the results.

 

 

Location must be 1000 feet from schools stated 84%. What would be their reaction if they knew Prop Z only calls for 600 feet? That is only a 10-15-minute walk.

Dispensaries must be 1000 feet from a treatment center indicated 75%. What if they knew proposition Z allows dispensaries within 600 feet?

“No residential zone” was required by 77%. What if they knew that commercial, industrial, business and mixed-use zones are next door or real close to their residential neighborhoods if Z passes?

Criminal background check necessary for 88%. What would they have said if they knew that felons, who committed the crime more than 4 years ago, could work in their local dispensary, even in their building?

What would be their reaction to allowing dispensaries in mixed use zones, with housing units just above the shop, on the commercial first floor?

What would be their reaction if they knew the city was going to propose BB allowing three delivery facilities to meet the medicinal needs?

What if they knew how limited the cities enforcement will be if Z passes? Very small fines are stated in the proposition and exempts compliance with city ordinances.

What if they knew that getting rid of a bad operator may take a citizen vote?

Did they know that there are no setback requirements for dispensaries  from sidewalks?

Once permitted, the city would have little control over the operation of the dispensary, per the measure.

Z does not have any testing facilities. BB does.  (See blog on state testing results below).

Applicants can get a license by meeting minimum requirements, ignoring other requirements defined in the Vistas General plan and city ordinances.

The poll was not taken with these important facts on the table, therefore is somewhat invalid. It was just a general “feeling” poll, mostly centered on compassion for medicinal users, many who are terminally ill or in great pain.

What if those polled knew that 20 % of marijuana products failed potency testing, especially edibles, which has seen a 33% rejection rate? (UT page A5 9/12/18) and with unacceptable levels of pesticides, solvents and bacteria, including salmonella. (State Bureau of Cannabis Control.). THC, the psychoactive chemical that causes the high, is not tested now for harmful species of mold and yeast.

The poll was taken (4/17) before the content of Z were known by the public . What if the poll asked the complete question and accurate question this way:

” Do you support 11 marijuana store fronts in your neighborhood, 600 feet away from you, 600 feet from schools, 600 feet from parks, 600 feet from churches, which can be manned by felons, can be in mixed use apartments, that create parking issues, with very little local enforcement control, that would be extremely difficult to force compliance and with unreliable testing results?  This is the real Z.

“or do you support three highly controlled delivery locations, determined through public meetings, for delivery to medically qualified users, with three local testing facilities to ensure high quality and safety”? This is BB.

How will you vote? It all depends on you for our future!

Garry

Proposition Z, which asks voters to approve 11 marijuana store front dispensaries has some surface appeal.  Medical marijuana may help some, and the voters wish to decide many issue through the ballot measure.  This blog is not about the merits or opposition to marijuana, but the folly and dangers of the measure itself. You can support marijuana, and still see  the strong reasons to reject Z, by voting for Measure BB.

Reason number one is that the proposition, drafted by the industry, for the industry, is on the ballot because paid signature-gathers, paid by those who stand to benefit financially, got enough signatures, not because our elected officials voted for it, after getting citizen input. The ballot was drafted by attorneys outside of San Diego County, but the financing party is unclear, which I find very troubling.The industry is now putting its own money toward paid canvassers, mailers, etc. This “pay to play” approach to ballot initiatives is not new, but it still should not be rewarded.

The second reason to vote against it is a store front marijuana dispensary could end up in your neighborhood.  This is a cash business due to federal regulations: do you want this big temptation for theft in your building? The measures articulates that it can be in commercial, industrial, business parks, and mixed use zones.  That pretty well covers every neighborhood with a commercial store. The limit would only be 600 feet from schools, parks, churches, day care and treatment facilities. Walk 15 minutes from any of these prohibited locations, within the zones mentioned, and see if you want the crowd that can be attracted coming and going (not to mention hanging around), seven day per week, 9 AM to 10 PM.  The distributors could also purchase existing day care facilities and churches and re-purpose them, thereby putting marijuana in your back yard. The proposition allows store front dispensaries in Mixed Use Zones (commercial on the first floor and residential on the upper floors). Do you wish to have marijuana distributed in your building? 

Another reason to reject Z is that, if passed, the controls will be in the proposition, not according to city ordinances, general plan, zoning limitations, etc. The proposition would set their own rules. Have you read all 25 pages?  It is on the city website, along with the City Attorney’s objective analysis.  The city would only be able to fine offenders $125, which is no incentive to follow rules, when you are making really big bucks: many will just pay the fine, and never comply with ordinances that the rest of us must follow.  Z calls for only one parking space for 1000 square feet in the proposition, but the city requires five.  It will create parking issues in your neighborhood; a real big problem already in many sections of Vista.  There would be no set backs from the street. Closing down a dispensary could almost require a citizen vote, not by law enforcement for code irregularities. Edibles could be sold, (marketed to kids?). Do you want your kids exposed to that temptation every day?

Many would feel compassion for those who testify to getting relief from marijuana. The city proposition, BB, would allow three delivery services to accommodate those who have a medically approved prescription.  Prop BB would also approve testing facilities, which would protect users from incorrect doses. Prop AA is a city measure to tax the use,  if the state comes down with future mandates. Vote yes on these two measures if you support medicinal marijuana use but do not want Z.

The proponents cite the past cost of enforcement to close illegal dispensaries. Who really believes illegal dispensaries will go away?  Who does not believes that law enforcement costs will go up if your city becomes a magnet from all over San Diego and Orange Counties, by those seeking marijuana?  Can recreational sales in the proposed dispensaries be far behind?  Then what will be the impact on our housing values, retaining or attracting businesses and creating new jobs?  Go find those neighborhoods in SD County impacted by store front dispensaries in their back yards and see for yourself.

We should only approve a bond that is crafted by lawmakers or citizen committees–not by groups that would most benefit from it.  If approved the marijuana industry would be setting the rules. 

Vote no on Z