In the midst of a court battle with the city of Vallejo over alleged illegal operations, a local medical marijuana dispensary has been evicted by its landlord, the landlord's attorney said Thursday.
Stan the Man Collective founder Ken Estes, who was recently named in the city lawsuit against the dispensary, said he will wait out the eviction, attorney Tom Porta told a Solano County Superior Court judge. The group is required to depart Aug. 13.
"We have other locations we can move to ... and other cooperatives we can send people to, if we have to," said Estes, who estimated it will take only a day to pack up the dispensary.
Estes alleges the dispensary's landlord seemed happy to have the collective paying regular rent for an out-of-the-way Warren Avenue site, which is across the street from a cemetery. He hopes she will reconsider the eviction, if his efforts to bring the Vallejo City Council on board are successful.
To this end, Estes said he recently distributed copies of a medical marijuana dispensary ordinance still pending before the Richmond City Council to Vallejo council members. He claimed involvement in the ordinance's development, although the Richmond city attorney's office could not immediately confirm this Thursday.
Solano Judge Ramona Garrett was set Thursday afternoon to consider closing down the Stan the Man dispensary for the length of the city's lawsuit, but delayed a decision after the city added new defendants to its lawsuit. She also directed defense attorneys to explain how their case differed from other successful prosecutions of unlawful municipal business operations cited by the city.
One man, named as the Warren Avenue site's property owner, may be removed from the lawsuit in exchange for landlord Ramia Dib, if the incorrect ownership has been established, Vallejo Deputy City Attorney Alan Cohen told the court.
Dib's attorney, Tom Porta, said Dib is not the property owner, that the land actually belongs to a limited liability corporation.
A status conference hearing has been set for 9 a.m. Aug. 5.
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Source: Vallejo Times Herald
Author: Jessica A. York
Copyright: 2010 Vallejo Times Herald
* Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
Stan the Man Collective founder Ken Estes, who was recently named in the city lawsuit against the dispensary, said he will wait out the eviction, attorney Tom Porta told a Solano County Superior Court judge. The group is required to depart Aug. 13.
"We have other locations we can move to ... and other cooperatives we can send people to, if we have to," said Estes, who estimated it will take only a day to pack up the dispensary.
Estes alleges the dispensary's landlord seemed happy to have the collective paying regular rent for an out-of-the-way Warren Avenue site, which is across the street from a cemetery. He hopes she will reconsider the eviction, if his efforts to bring the Vallejo City Council on board are successful.
To this end, Estes said he recently distributed copies of a medical marijuana dispensary ordinance still pending before the Richmond City Council to Vallejo council members. He claimed involvement in the ordinance's development, although the Richmond city attorney's office could not immediately confirm this Thursday.
Solano Judge Ramona Garrett was set Thursday afternoon to consider closing down the Stan the Man dispensary for the length of the city's lawsuit, but delayed a decision after the city added new defendants to its lawsuit. She also directed defense attorneys to explain how their case differed from other successful prosecutions of unlawful municipal business operations cited by the city.
One man, named as the Warren Avenue site's property owner, may be removed from the lawsuit in exchange for landlord Ramia Dib, if the incorrect ownership has been established, Vallejo Deputy City Attorney Alan Cohen told the court.
Dib's attorney, Tom Porta, said Dib is not the property owner, that the land actually belongs to a limited liability corporation.
A status conference hearing has been set for 9 a.m. Aug. 5.
NewsHawk: Ganjarden: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: Vallejo Times Herald
Author: Jessica A. York
Copyright: 2010 Vallejo Times Herald
* Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
