Measure Z Alert - TONIGHT, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL Dec. 20th

Measure Z supporters are urged to come to the Oakland City Council
meeting tonight, Tues Dec 20th to protest the city's efforts to water
down Measure Z. Meet beforehand at the Bulldog Coffee Shop, 1739
Broadway between 5 and 5:45 PM; or proceed directly to City Hall for
Public Forum session by 6 PM.
D Gieringer, Cal NORML 510-540-1066

OCLA Urgent Alert
Oakland City Council Moves to Undercut Measure Z - Again
Speak out at Oakland City Council Meeting
-Tuesday, December 20th - City Hall, 3rd Floor - 6:00 PM
Please Attend to Ensure the City Council Implements the Will of the Voters!

Oakland City Council Moves to Undercut Measure Z - Again
"Bizarre" resolution seems intended to push marijuana sales and
distribution into private homes -
Z advocates vow to turn out in force at Tuesday's council meeting

The Oakland City Council will vote on Tuesday on a bizarre proposal
by the city attorney to limit the scope of Measure Z and push sales
and cultivation of marijuana into private homes and. The initiative,
which passed in November of 2004 with 65.2% of the vote, makes
"private, adult marijuana use, distribution, sale, cultivation, and
possession" the city's lowest enforcement priority. The purpose of
the initiative as stated in the text was "to keep marijuana off the
streets," and move it into a regulated private venue. But the city
attorney's new proposed definition equating private with
noncommercial will only serve to drive sales right back there, or
into people's homes, instead of into private clubs and regulated
businesses as intended by the voters.

City officials have come under fire in recent months for their
obstruction and delay in implementing Measure Z. Law requires the
nine council members, as well as the mayor, city auditor and city
administrator to appoint representatives to a Community Oversight
Committee charged with implementing the law. However, more than a
year after Oakland voters passed the measure, only four of the eleven
officials had complied.

Who?
Measure Z supporters will address the Oakland City Council

What?
Resolution proposed by City Attorney John Russo, and supported by
Councilmembers Quan and Reid, to limit the scope of Measure Z by
defining "private" as only in the home.

When?
Tuesday Dec. 20th at 6:00 PM

Where?
Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor

Why?
The Oakland City Council must be held accountable to the will of the voters.