Protest at City Hall

Met up with Degé Rosillier Coutee, the President of the Board of Directors of Patient Advocacy Network, to discuss the Measure's F, D and E. Degé is a long-time environmental activist and social advocate having worked with: Medical Marijuana Task Force of Los Angeles as patient advocate; Homelessness Prevention Network of Tippecanoe Co. and Indiana Chapter of NORML as Education Director; Greenpeace, Hoosier Environmental Council, Vallejo Community Plan Renewal, Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance as phone canvasser/door canvasser/signature gatherer; Alliance of Berkeley Patients as Campaign Manager for local voter initiative; and Sierra Club – Wildcat Chapter as an editor; as well as theater and radio. Advocates gathered state wide in front of federal buildings to protest. A week prior a the feds issued another round of DEA landlord threat letters in attempt to shut down as many dispensaries across the state as possible. Since then, Voters approved a ballot measure that restricts the number of medical marijuana dispensaries operating in neighborhoods all across the city of Los Angeles. The approval of Measure D comes after more than five years of wrangling over regulation of the businesses.