TEHAMA COUNTY POT COLLECTIVE REMAINS SHUT DOWN

RED BLUFF - District Attorney Gregg Cohen's request for a
court-ordered shutdown of the only medical marijuana collective in
Tehama County's jurisdiction may be dropped, but Red Bluff Patient
Collective - at least for the moment - remains closed.

"We are pleased to announce we have tentatively reached an
agreement," assistant county counsel Arthur Wylene, serving as a
deputy district attorney in the matter, told Superior Court Judge
John Garaventa on Thursday.

Cohen, who appeared in court with Wylene, sought a temporary
injunction - a civil action - after Dawn and Mike Jenkins refused to
close their Antelope Boulevard collective, he said.

But after consulting Redding attorney Keith Cope, the couple agreed
to stop operating pending further court proceedings. Garaventa
continued the matter until Dec. 15, when attorneys expect to propose
a stipulated judgment "that we won't go to the extent of having a
court-ordered injunction," Cohen said.

After Thursday's proceedings, Cope said he'd met with county lawyers
on Monday for more than two hours.

"At the county's invitation, the Jenkinses feel that the best
approach for all concerned is to work with the county on a long-term
basis to promote appropriate regulations to best serve medical
marijuana patients in the future," Cope said. "They are here to stay."

Cohen sees it differently.

"They agreed today that they're going to remain shut down," he said
by telephone on Thursday afternoon. "We just want the sales of
marijuana at that location to be stopped."

Cope credited the Board of Supervisors with its efforts so far to
draft an ordinance that regulates medical marijuana collectives. Just
last week, the board and other county officials met for more than two
hours to discuss the options.

"It's the job of any municipality to filter the drug dealers" from
those who are legitimately serving the needs of the public, Cope said.

Also Dec. 15, the Jenkinses will be arraigned on 70 misdemeanor
counts stemming from near-daily citations issued by Sheriff Clay
Parker beginning Oct. 15. Those citations allege violations of the
county's medical marijuana dispensary moratorium, adopted Sept. 15,
and the zoning code.

"Our office's main interest was to ensure the county's ordinance was
upheld," Cohen said.

But the couple maintain they were operating before the
moratorium.

"That is a factual issue that we will contest," Cope said.