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Newshawk: Dale Gieringer
Pubdate: Fri, 17 Jun 2005
Source: San Mateo County Times, The (CA)
Copyright: 2005 ANG Newspapers
Contact:
http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87%257E2524%257E,00.html
Website: http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/392
Author: Jason Dearen, Staff Writer
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California)
COUNTY LEADERS WANT LIGHTER MARIJUANA PENALTIES
Law Enforcement and Government Officials Support a State Bill That Would
Reduce Misdemeanors to Infractions
San Mateo County's top law enforcement and government officials are
backing a new state bill that would make the penalty for possessing
less than an ounce of marijuana the legal equivalent of a traffic ticket.
And on the surface, the little-known measure, Senate Bill 797, seems
to be a mostly positive development for marijuana advocates in the
face of recent setbacks in the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress. The
bill would reduce possession of less than an ounce to an infraction
but would raise the maximum fine from $100 to $250.
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
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