Butte County referendum against outdoor limits

OROVILLE >> Opponents to Butte County's recently passed medical marijuana cultivation ordinance delivered petitions with 12,262 signatures on them in hopes they will lead to the abolition of the rule.
The petitions, which were brought into the Butte County administrative office in Oroville, arrived just two hours before the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday. If the petitions had not arrived by the deadline the entire drive would have been voided.
If at least 7,605 of the signatures are certified as valid, the petitions will force Butte County's supervisors to either on their own vote to rescind the ordinance or to place the referendum before county voters.
The county has 30 days to certify the signatures. During that time the ordinance is not enforced.
On Feb. 11, the supervisors unanimously approved an amended marijuana cultivation ordinance. The ordinance didn't set any limits on the number of plants that could be grown in outside gardens, but it restricted the size of the gardens and required they be placed a certain distance from property lines.
Under those regulations a garden on a lot of more than a half-acre but less than five acres could have only 50 square-feet of growing space, which must be at least 50 feet from the nearest property line.
The allowable garden spaces grew with the number of acres in the property and topped out at a maximum size of 150 square-feet on a parcel of 10 acres or more. A garden on that big a lot had to be 150 feet from the nearest property line.
At that meeting Andrew Merkel, a medical marijuana advocate who helped craft an earlier cultivation ordinance that was passed in February of 2013, warned the supervisors they would face a referendum over the new rules.
Wednesday Merkel was one of half a dozen people who delivered the signed petitions to the county offices.
He said the petition supporters had paid a professional firm about $65,000 to get the necessary petitions signed in the allowed 30 days.
He said the 30-day drive was a challenge, because of weather and alleged interference by people who opposed the referendum.
Denice Lessard, who carried the box containing the petitions into the county offices, said she was a "patient" signer of the petition.
She said she got involved because she was "afraid of people taking away my ability to get my medicine."
Ron Halvorson, a former Assembly of God pastor, said, while the ordinance does not prohibit the growing of marijuana in the county's jurisdiction, the garden sizes were too small for people to be able to grow the marijuana they need.
If the petitions are certified by the county elections office, the matter will go to a future meeting of the supervisors for action.

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pSi007 said:

Butte county organizers have delivered 12,262 petitions to the Butte County administrative office in Oroville, CA. If at least 7,605 of the signatures are certified as valid, the petitions will force Butte County's supervisors to either on their own vote to rescind the ordinance or to place the referendum before county voters.


http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_25331883/opponents-butte-marijuana-cultivation-law-deliver-petitions





When will these criminals in public office be convicted of conspiracy? The County Commissioner and his counsel members need to be removed from public office and to send a clear message to these FOOLS that this county will not be enslaved.

I never even knew about it, wow.. I would have signed it.

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Aeroknow said:

As i understand it: plenty of signatures to petition there super lame amendment. But was/is there enough signatures for the new referendum(that i signed also), which practically won't change much anyways, if it were to go to us voters?
Sorry if this is a stuupid question
I signed two different things at garden connection

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pSi007 said:

Both plans seem fucking stupid... 5 acres = 48 plants and 1.4 acres = 6 plants? W...T....F..... clearly this shit was thought out by the commercial grower, fuck... Fuck that, I can grow more with a 50ft SOG than 6 plants. Commercial growers, these bullshit ideas you people create could be problem for the proliferation of medical cannabis.

take your 6 plant "limit" and shove them up your ass.

40 acres = 99 plants? ya, real honest chioce for being pro for personal and medical marijuana, that shit is strictly commercial. These fucking idiots are trying to get rich and screw over the personal growers. Well, fuck you commercial growers, YES on A.

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pSi007 said:

I`ve talked to the police/code officers already about unrelated shit which began to include cannabis.

Look, I`m voting yes on A because the commercial growers can suck my dick. Fuck them screwing over the growers who grow for personal and medical reasons. Why would I vote yes to empower the fuck-hole drug dealers and tax evaders when it is screwing me over in the process?


with 50sqft outdoor, I can grow 10 lbs.. i`m not even going to try and grow a plant for 8 months in order for me to maintain a six plant limit. Fuck that... With YES on A, I can grow 99 plants in 170sqft, (50sqft outdoor)



with measure A, I can have 99 plants in a 10'x12' room, that's 120 sqft, PLUS, the 50sqft outdoor, that's 170sqft. So, drug dealers.. let me repeat myself, TAKE YOUR 6 PLANTS AND FUCK OFF.

catch my drift? Measure B is what the drug dealers did to fuck people like me, the "grow-your-own" medical toker - fuck them. They are NOT getting MY money for cannabis.

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pSi007 said:

I dont live in Chico or Paradise. Look, I`m not voting to take my 99 plant limit down to 6 plants. Fuck that. All my college buddies are also voting YES on A.... Sorry, Aero, the drug dealers fucked you..

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Aeroknow said:

Are you possitive measure B puts plant limits on the indoor?

If measure B does indeed limit the indoor plant #'s, and passes: Grow trees indoors, if you want to fully comply. I do both, it's no biggie. I'll give you some pointers/help.

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