City of Oakland - File #: 03-0073

• File #: 03-0073
• Version: 3
• Name: Low Law Enforcement Policy towards Medical Cannabis
• Type: Report and Recommendation
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 9/10/2003
• In control: Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / City Council
• On agenda: 10/28/2003
• Final action: 11/6/2014
• Title: Subject: Low Law Enforcement Policy towards Medical Cannabis From: Office of the City Manager Recommendation: Approve Recommendations regarding conditions to fall under the City's Low Law Enforcement Policy towards Medical Cannabis and to select one medical cannabis provider association to administer the City's Medical Cannabis Distribution Program
• Sponsors: Office Of The City Administrator

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/4/2003	3	*Rules & Legislation Committee	Rescheduled
11/20/2003	3	*Rules & Legislation Committee	Rescheduled
11/4/2003	2	Meeting of the Oakland City Council	Rescheduled
10/28/2003	1	*Public Safety Committee	Forwarded with No Recommendation
9/23/2003	1	*Public Safety Committee	Continued	Pass
9/11/2003	1	*Rules & Legislation Committee	Scheduled

Title
Subject: Low Law Enforcement Policy towards Medical Cannabis
From: Office of the City Manager
Recommendation: Approve Recommendations regarding conditions to fall under the City's Low Law Enforcement Policy towards Medical Cannabis and to select one medical cannabis provider association to administer the City's Medical Cannabis Distribution Program
Body
RE- A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING
CONDITIONS TO FALL UNDER THE CITY'S LOW LAW

ENFORCEMENT POLICY TOWARDS MEDICAL CANNABIS
AND RECOMMENDATION TO SELECT ONE MEDICAL
CANNABIS PROVII)ER ASSOCIATION TO ADMINISTER
THE CITY'S MEDICAL CANNABIS DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM


SUMMARY


In November 1996, the voters of the State of California passed Proposition 215, the
Compassionate Use Act of 1996, to "ensure that seriously ill Californians have the fight
to obtain and use cannabis (marijuana) for medical purposes. The City Council found
that medical cannabis helped alleviate pain and discomfort in people suffering from a
variety of illness including AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and multiple sclerosis when no other

medications have been effective. In March 1996, the Council passed Resolution No.
72516 C.M. S. endorsing H.R. 2618 which allowed physicians to prescribe medical

cannabis for medical purposes, insured the production of cannabis to meet the need for
medical use, supported the Oakland Cannabis Buyer's Club, and declared that the
investigation and arrest of individuals involved with the medical use of cannabis shall be
a low priority for the City of Oakland. In June 1997, the Council passed Resolution No.
73555 C.M. S. declaring that the investigation and arrest of individuals involved in the
cultivation, manufacture, and/or transportation of medical cannabis products shall be a
low priority for the City of Oakland.

In July 2000, the Oakland Police Department created a memorandum detailing the City's
low law enforcement policy regarding medical cannabis. On July 28, ...