'REEFER MADNESS' BAN A VIOLATION

People in Sutter County should know that political hacks like
Supervisor Jim Whiteaker want to enforce a "reefer madness" ban in
violation of the California Constitution.

Sutter County's creation of barriers to access for medical marijuana
violates their oath of office and disobeys the direct instruction of the
Constitution of the State of California:

Article III, Section 3.5 of the California Constitution (adopted in
1978) states that "An administrative agency, including an
administrative agency created by the Constitution or an initiative
statute, has no power: ... (c) to declare a statute unenforceable, or
to refuse to enforce a statute, on the basis that federal law or
federal regulations prohibit the enforcement of such statute unless
an appellate court has made a determination that the enforcement of
such a statute is prohibited by federal law or federal
regulations."

Repealing a ballot initiative is not a matter that the Sutter County
supervisors have the authority to decide. The U.S. Supreme Court did
not strike Proposition 215 from the books so it is still the law in
California, including Sutter County.

Ralph Givens

Daly City