LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A group of marijuana activists is preparing to begin gathering signatures in order to put an initiative on next June’s ballot that would establish new marijuana cultivation rules.
Lake County Citizens for Responsible Regulations said it will begin gathering the signatures in locations around the county in support of the Lake County Medical Marijuana Cultivation Act of 2012 on Monday.
The group reportedly has until Dec. 20 to gather the necessary number of signatures to place the initiative on the June 2012 ballot.
“We believe that our Medical Marijuana Cultivation Act meets the needs of patients, caregivers and the general community,” the group said in a statement. “We believe that medical marijuana cultivation can be done in such a manner that is environmentally sustainable, beneficial to the local economy and respectful of the community at large, and that our initiative provides the framework for this to occur.”
Earlier this year the group submitted enough signatures to place a referendum on the June 2012 ballot against a cultivation ordinance approved by the Board of Supervisors in September, as Lake County News has reported.
The proposed six-page cultivation initiative, which can be seen below, calls for qualified patients, primary caregivers, collectives and dispensaries to be allowed to grow up to 12 plants on parcels of a half-acre or less or 24 plants on a half acre or more in residential districts, and up to 84 plants on parcels seven acres or more.
Unlike the ordinance passed by the Board of Supervisors, the group’s proposed ballot initiative does not require a landlord’s permission for growing, does not prohibit cultivation in homes where children are present and requires a 600-foot buffer from schools but does not restrict grows close to churches, day care centers and other facilities providing services for minors.
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