Santa Ana northeast neighbors meeting regarding medical pot, on May 19

It looks like some residents of northeast Santa Ana are riled up about medical marijuana, which was legalized by California voters awhile ago.

Here is an email that was circulated today about a meeting regarding medical marijuana dispensaries in northeast Santa Ana:

Good afternoon everyone,

I would like to call your attention to a meeting on the proliferation of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in the City of Santa Ana. I live in North / East Santa Ana and there are currently 16 active dispensaries on 17th St. between the 5 Freeway and the 55 Freeway. The problems that these dispensaries are causing is a City wide concern impacting the quality of life for both the residents as well as the business community.

This meeting will be quite educational and I encourage everyone to attend. It’s being sponsored by the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Police Dept.

The speakers are as follows:

1. Commander Ken Gominsky – SAPD Field Operations

2. Detective Michael Gibbons – SAPD District Investigations

3. Alvaro Nunez – Community Preservation Coordinator – City of Santa Ana Code Enforcement

4. Mike McCoy – SAPD Community Services Specialist

There wil also be some discussion on Unsightly Vacant Commercial Buildings and Vehicle / Property Crimes.

Date – 05/19/11

Location – Church of the Nazarene – 1500 E. 17th St., Santa Ana ( Fellowship Hall )

Time – 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m – Information tables and Safety Displays

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Informational Meeting

This is an issue that affects all of our neighborhoods City wide so I encourage you to attend and please spread the word.

Thank you,

Winston R. Covington
Co-Chairman
Meredith / Parkwood and Portola Park Neighborhood Associations
714 832 0020 Ext. # 118

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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  • "Why are most of the pot shops located on upper floors of office buildings that don’t have elevators or any handicap access for the nice little old lady in the wheel chair?"......... Hmmmm

    Name one!...... Give me an address.

  • Ken Lay,

    You don't even live in Santa Ana anymore. You live in Orange! You have no right to comment here! Go away!

  • "You have no right to comment here! Go away!"........ Hmmmm

    And where do you live holly molly?....... Huh?

    Get lost!

  • 15 pot shops, wow.

    I bet that is more than liquor stores.

    What is the city license tax on one of these shops? And has the price of their product dropped so the drug war in Mexico can end?

  • Junior, the omniscient.

    Do you have addresses that you can list of these 15 pot collectives that you claim are in your neighborhood? I'm in the market for a new collective and don't need to hide behind my grandma to get my medication. How much do they charge for 1/8 oz of blueberry kush in your neighborhood these days? The few shops in South MasterPlannedistan charge way too much for their product since Grand Emporer Bren and his Irvine Co. stormtroopers need to get his "cut" of the proceeds.

    To make you feel safer junior, I promise to be one of those (in the words of Kenlay)"... customers from the “pot stores” (that) are travelling and wa(n)t to get the hell out of there as soon as possible."

  • Holly said: "You don’t even live in Santa Ana anymore. You live in Orange!"

    Holly - That pr**k kenlay keeps posting my name as Tardif on every blog in the OC. It seems only fair that we know the identity of mr. kenlay - what do you think?

  • "That pr**k kenlay keeps posting my name as Tardif on every blog in the OC"........ Hmmm

    Googling kenlay images shows an obese person, so you shouldn't have hard time to figure out who kenlay is.

  • "Do you have addresses that you can list of these 15 pot collectives that you claim are in your neighborhood?"......... Hmmmm

    Fawkes, they are located on the spiral of life.

  • Guy,

    I assume that you carry a medical marijuana permission card.

    Do you toke for pleasure or for a true medical reason, like grandma here?

  • Actually Ken Lay is enjoying retirement on the Bush girls family compound in Paraguay!

    No viable extradition treaty as long as I procreate a male son.

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