The following is the text of Supervisor John Pinches'  proposed  
Medical Marijuana Guidelines.  He told me (this afternoon) he has it  
scheduled as an agenda item, 3PM Tuesday August 7 before the full  
Board.  This means that the Board will vote it up/down or table it.   
While his proposal, in my view, does have merit in its general  
concept, it has numerous unworkable flaws which might have been  
corrected had he involved others in the drafting process.  As far as  
I know, no-one from the medical marijuana community was involved in  
this at any point prior to the present wording shown below.  It is  
presented without further comment on my part.

Mendocino County Guidelines for Medical Marijuana in Unincorported
 Areas Cities may adopt same or different guidelines.  These guidelines are  
intended to address and control problems associated with medical  
marijuana.  In no way are they intended to conflict or interfere with  
state or federal law.

1.Not more than 25 mature medical marijuana plants per legal  
Assessor's parcel; or not more than 150 square feet of plants  
indoor.  If the grower is not the legal owner of the parcel, they  
must obtain written consent from the property owner.

2. Twenty-six or more medical marijuana plants per parcel must  
obtain a conditional use permit to address issues such as securitiy,  
air quality, traffic, and impacts on wildlife, water, etc.

3. Yield stamps (zip ties) will be issued and sold at the rate of  
$15 per indoor plant and $25 per outdoor plant (based on same rate of  
timber yield tax on timber).

4. Yield stamp fees will be collected prior to growing, and  
administered by the Tax Collector's office.  Applicants wishing to  
grow for multiple individuals will be required to apply to the  
County's Planning and Building Services for a conditional use permit.

5. The Tax Collector's office will receive 5% of the yield stamp  
revenue for administration services.  The remaining 95% of revenues  
will be deposited into a special account to be allocated on an annual  
basis by the Board of Supervisors for general government function  
(i.e., Sheriff, Jail, DA, Probation, Roads, Public Health, Mental  
Health, etc).
		
	Additionally, Planning and Building Services will charge fees set  
for use permits (minor or major).
		
This proposal...
	Conforms to Measure G; and
	Does not conflict with Proposition 215; and
	Provides law enforcement clear direction on what is acceptable; and
	Discourages large operations and encourages law enforcement to  
concentrate on removal of same.
	
Best of all, this propoal is doable! "