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ADDENDUM A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIME AND MARIHUANA OFFICAL PRESS RELEASES FROM THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE The following headlines were ALL taken directly from Official “Press Releases” issued out by the L.A. City Attorney’s Office. We did not make them up, these are all from official press releases as taken from their own website --- http://atty.lacity.org/index.htm The reader should also make note of the release dates, before and after the dispensary closures. We present them here as a means of giving the reader an inside into the mind set of the Attorney’s Office. PRESS RELEASES December 17, 2010 CITY ATTORNEY TRUTANICH REITERATES COMMITMENT TO PROTECT PATIENTS' RIGHTS AND ENFORCE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS AGAINST UNLAWFUL DRUG DEALERS OCTOBER 20, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SUCCESSFULLY SHUTS DOWN SKID ROW MARIJUANA SHOP December 02, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY SEEKS CLOSURE OF NINE MARIJUANA SHOPS LOCATED NEAR SCHOOLS FEBRUARY 18, 2010 INJUNCTIONS SOUGHT AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOPS FOR NUISANCE ACTIVITY JULY 28, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY ENFORCEMENT ACTION EVICTS NORTH HOLLYWOOD MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOP MARCH 10, 2011 PERMANENT INJUNCTION ISSUED AGAINST OWNER OF NOTORIOUS MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOP SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY SEEKS TO BLOCK OPENING OF AN ILLEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOP IN ENCINO SHOPPING CENTER April 13, 2010 PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION GRANTED AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOP FOUND TO BE “SIMPLY A DRUG DEALER” AUGUST 18, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY LAUDS LEGISLATURE FOR PASSAGE OF MOBILE BILLBOARD, MEDICAL MARIJUANA LEGISLATION SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY LAUDS GOVERNOR FOR SIGNING MEDICAL MARIJUANA LEGISLATION MAY 27, 2010 COURT RULING ALLOWS CITY TO BEGIN ENFORCING THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE AUGUST 11, 2010 MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY HALTS CASE FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST ENFORCEMENT OF CITY ORDINANCE AUGUST 11, 2010 MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY HALTS CASE FOR PRELIMINARY JANUARY 29, 2010 CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SECURES INJUNCTION PROHIBITING SALES OF MARIJUANA FROM MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY NOVEMBER 9, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY CARMEN A. TRUTANICH NAMED LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR LOS ANGELES – The California Narcotic Officers’ Association today named Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich as the Los Angeles County Prosecutor of the Year, specifically for his office’s work in the area of medical marijuana regulation. . . . MAY 3, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SEEKS TO SHUT DOWN SEVEN ILLEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES JANUARY 26, 2010 CITY ATTORNEY TRUTANICH STATES POSITION ON NEWLY PASSED LOS ANGELES MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY INJUNCTIONS TARGET GANG MEMBERS IN FRANKLIN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WATTS At the four locations, gang members congregated to, among other things, sell marijuana and intimidate neighbors. . . . JULY 14, 2011 NUISANCE ABATEMENT ACTION FILED AGAINST OPERATORS OF MOTORCYCLE CLUB FOR RAMPANT DRUG, GUN SALES Officers have observed over a dozen sales of controlled substances including marijuana . . . SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 CITY ATTORNEY SECURES SHUTDOWN OF GANG DRUG STOREFRONT March 7, 2011 LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE: AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT WANT TO KNOW MORE: ===================== Due to space / download time considerations, only selected materials are displayed. If you would like to obtain more information, feel free to contact the museum. All our material is available (at cost) on CD-Rom format. CONTACT PAGE
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