Hi Kevin,

Congrats again. I took notes during the show & had we had time enough ( like all night) and the people stayed on, I would have chased down a few things:

Fire Chief
1. If its legal why hide it. I think I got started on this, but between the law and the thieves it should be obvious
2. No exotic fire alarms – I think this is a mistake that should be pointed out to people setting up indoors. They need alarms.
3. Butane – Explosive danger should be pointed out to growers as well. Perhaps at point of purchase?
4 People abandoning others in medical emergencies. Like? I thought this was a red herring. Then I heard that someone was found dead at the Best Western in Garberville & wondered if he was thinking of this. It sounds like something from the hard drug world, that, like an urban legend got attached to marijuana in the Chief’s mind.

Elizabeth
1. Does she ask renters about all their prescriptions for all substances? If not, she is probably in violation of the law however vehemently she denies it. If so, same result I’m afraid. Medical privacy is a big deal. I don’t think you can ask if prescribed before you know they are using. Does she check on other tenants handing around seditives etc?

2. Has she ever read the Fed drug-free rules? I went over the drug free workplace act pretty throughly and it has no teeth, and makes few requirements on people getting funds. I find most people who explain they get federal funds are hiding anti-marijuana sentiments behind federal alibies. HSU is doing this and may be facing a law suit. She could be too (I have no idea if she is facing a suit, & I don’t know any of her renters).

3. Inspection is probably ok, if she’s inspecting everyone. Looking at the electric bill, as she suggests, seems difficult to do without reading someone else’s mail – a definite violation of law.
a. No agricultural operations is probably bad language. It does have a no grows for money sound about it, but it is not very well stated. How about no growing for people who are not residents? And of course no alterations.

4. 215 patients are covered by the disabilities laws. She should ask her attorney about that.

5. Housing units. I was really interested in the 7500 unit fact, and the breakdown. I though her 750 grow house estimate was a wild guess.
But the questions regarding housing and grows are these:
a. How many single person grows (vs multiple)
b. How many grows in inhabited units
c. How many units devoted entirely to growing and thus unavailable for students.
d. If 1000 or 750 units have come off the housing market why can’t I raise the rent on the units I own in Eureka? Why should I ever have a vacancy.
e. Is the university adding students to the area over the usual enrollment?

Jack Nelson S/A

1. 99 plants hasn’t been the law for years. Cops need a current education about medical mj law.
2. 1000 growhouses in Arcata. Says who? ie what’s his source. See above
3 How many fake 215s has he found. Do they routinely verify 215s? Keep their own database of which ones they’ve seen?
4. Organized business using multiple houses? Like? It seemed to me he mixed this up with “Larger structures with diesel generators” so it was difficul tto tell exactly what he was discussing.
5 Is Arcata typical of urban Humboldt in its growing indoors?
6 They got 300,000 plants and didn’t get it all. How much (ballpark) didn’t they get. What happens to it?

On the other hand Jack got tossed in at the last minute and probably wasn’t really able to prepare as he would have liked to.

regards,

ED

How about those numbers? Two estimates of the number of homes used whole or in part for grows in Arcata: 750 and 1,000.

That was nice of the caller, Jay, to call me “Hank.” But I’m just his scheming soundalike.

And there will be a podcast, as usual.

Karma that is all I got to say.

Since I went to your page why don’t you go to mine
http://nerd10101.wordpress.com/

However, some grows aren’t 215-friendly, and there are those more, let’s say aggressive implementations of 215 that one might not want to invite anyone at all with a badge in to look at.

But if they were 215 permitted,it shouldn’t matter if they were “narced” out,they’re permitted to do so.But I guess some would be worried about the police stealing their stuff.