YES ON B, NO ON B REPORT FINANCES

As the fight over medical marijuana plant limits in Mendocino County
heats up, financial filings show Yes on B has been keeping its
promise not to take money from outside the county and No on B has
raised little money at all.

According to financial filing documents, the Green Party Working
Group for No on Measure B has raised a total of $800 as of March 24.

That money has come from three separate donations from the California
office of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

The lobbying organization made three donations, one of $300 and two
of $250 each between Feb. 25 and March 14.

No on B has used that money to pay five people, Kenn Zendels, Marc
LaBelle, David Cusack, David Gregory Sheridan and Gregory George
Hancock, to circulate petitions, according to financial filings.

No on B has also hired Corrina B. Avila to work on its campaign.

During the same time frame, the Yes on B Coalition raised $10,900,
mostly from small contributions.

Early in the campaign, the Yes on B Coalition said it would not be
taking money from sources outside the county.

"This is our future at stake," said Yes on B Coalition Co-Chairman
Duane Wells. "We shouldn't allow outside forces to dictate the choice
of voters in Mendocino County." The largest single donation, at
$3,900, came in the form of a loan from Wells.

Other top contributors included: Philip Dow, a civil engineer from
Dow Associates; Lawrence Mailliard, owner of the Mailliard Ranch; and
Pia Riva McIsaac, a ranch manager of Agriculture Industries Inc., who
each gave $500.

Yes on B has also received money from Ukiah Unified School District
teacher Larry Puterbaugh, Executive Director of the Mendocino Council
of Governments Lisa Davey-Bates, CalFire Supervisor Michael Hamilton,
Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Van Patten and City
Councilman John McCowen in $100 and $200 amounts.

So far, the money raised has mostly paid for advertising and
promotional materials for the campaign, including signs and mailers.
The coalition's largest bills have been to Direct Image printing in
Clearlake and the United States Postal Service.

Measure B, which was placed on the ballot by the Mendocino County
Board of Supervisors in January, would repeal Measure G and set
medical marijuana limits in Mendocino County at the state limits of
six mature or 12 immature plants and eight ounces of dried marijuana.

Measure G, which was passed by Mendocino County voters in 2000,
instructed law enforcement to make the prosecution of marijuana
gardens of 25 plants or fewer the lowest possible priority.

The election is scheduled for June 3.