Call your California State representatives now and urge their support for the following bills:

SJR 20: A resolution authored by Sen. Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) that calls for an end to the DEA raids in California, the resolution also denounces the federal government’s recent tactic of threatening to seize the property of landlords who rent to medical marijuana facilities. Further, SJR 20 urges Congress and the President to enact federal legislation that would protect medical marijuana patients and providers from arrest and prosecution.

SB 1098: A bill authored by Sen. Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) that provides tax-amnesty to medical marijuana dispensing collectives for the period prior to October 2005, when the state was not accepting sales tax payments, making it impossible for dispensaries to pay.

AB 2743: A bill authored by Asm. Lori Saldaña (D-San Diego) that directs state and local law enforcement agencies to not cooperate with the DEA or other federal law enforcement agencies in their attack on sick and dying medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.

AB 2279: A bill co-authored by Asms. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), Patty Berg (D-Eureka), Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley), and Lori Saldaña (D-San Diego), and sponsored by Americans for Safe Access, prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees and applicants for employment based solely on their use of medical marijuana while away from work.

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