The wish of L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer was her command.
He wanted the city’s first marijuana farmer’s market shut down. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joanne O’Donnell said hell yes this week to the prosecutor’s request for a temporary restraining order that should keep the California Heritage Market from opening again this weekend.
The event debuted during the 4th of July weekend and opened again last weekend.
But Feuer argued that it was running in violation of Proposition D, the voter-approved city law that wants to reduce the number of collectives in town from higher than 1,000 back down to the 135 that were legit back in 2007.
The City Attorney says that the law doesn’t allow multiple vendors to sell directly to patients on the site of a dispensary, which is what was allegedly happening at West Coast Collective in Boyle Heights.
David Welch, an attorney for the dispensary, told reporters that the farmer’s market was more like a meet-and-greet where patients could get to know who grows their medicine.
And he argued that nothing in Proposition D prevents a dispensary from allowing its suppliers to sell directly to customers. The city’s law is all about the location of the action, not the people who participate in it, he said.
The City Attorney’s office also alleged that the market violated zoning rules and presented traffic and crowding issue.
The judge said no “irreparable harm” would be done if the restraining order was granted. The issue goes back to court Aug. 6, when a full-on preliminary injunction will be considered.
LA's Marijuana Farmer's Market Shut Down
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