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With this weeks California Supreme Court ruling on their side, authorities in Inland cities and counties that ban medical marijuana dispensaries have begun shutting stores and assessing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees, penalties and costs
Storefronts or other types of dispensaries that remain open face an array of legal maneuvers to shut them down, authorities said: contempt-of-court citations with fines, warranted seizure of produce and goods in the stores along with possible arrest and jail time; $1,000-per-day penalties; misdemeanor nuisance violation charges; and asset forfeiture letters from the U.S. attorneys office.
James De Aguilera, a Redlands attorney who said he has represented in court or advised about 100 medical marijuana dispensary clients, said he is recommending the collectives end dispensing on the sites.
If they want to maintain a brick-and-mortar location, it should be for advice and education on medical marijuana, but the medication should be made available in another manner that complies with state law, not through the collective office, De Aguilera said
Riverside City Attorney Greg Priamos said his office was trying to shut down the 10 dispensaries that remained open in the city; 56 had been shut down since the law prohibiting dispensaries went into effect in 2009.
Priamos said he was seeking cooperative action from the U.S. attorneys office, to send letters that inform property owners who lease to the clinics that marijuana sales are in violation of federal law, and their property is subject to possible asset seizure.
He said the letters would go to clinics that Priamos felt had been defiant. We are calling them out for special treatment, Priamos said of those outlets. He declined to identify them.
Priamos said assessments were underway for hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney fees, police investigation costs and other expenses than can be attached to the litigation to shut down the dispensaries.
The Health and Wellness Center will likely have the largest bill, well into six figures, Priamos said. Its the longest and most expensive dispensary case that we have.
In San Bernardino, 30 still-operating dispensaries were served with notices to close. For each subsequent day a clinic remains open, it faces a $1,000 fine, said Penman, the city attorney.
By Wednesday, 17 had voluntarily shuttered.
Most were very friendly; their lawyers had contacted them and they were in the process of removing their signs, their green crosses, Penman said. The green crosses are frequently used by the dispensaries to indicate they offer medical marijuana.
He had other plans for the remaining 13.
Complete story http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130509-medical-marijuana-cities-take-action-to-shut-down-remaining-clinics.eceWe're treating these businesses as illegal drug houses and drug businesses, Penman said.
What we hope to find today and every day is that these stores have closed. Our goal is to shut everyone down.
