The Compassionate Coalition

Hello Compassionate Coalition and Supporters,

There's a lot going on in the movement right now, keep reading for important news updates and links. And as usual, please forward this to your friends and family!

WHATS NEW!!

**Sacramento Town Hall

Please join ASA's Steph Shere this Saturday, March 3rd from 3-6 pm at 320 Harris Suite H, Sacramento, CA. This event will be a an opportunity for the community to come together while Steph walks everyone through a strategic planning session to create next steps for Sacramento city and county implementation of Prop 215 And SB 420. more information here http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4113

**New Placer County Compassionate Coalition Chapter

I am very happy to announce that the Coalition is adding another chapter to our group. I want to welcome the Placer County Chapter to the Compasssionate Coalition. I also want to give a big thank you to Rachel Nevarez who has volunteered to head out the group her county. If anyone in Placer county is interested in organizing with Rachel, you can find her contact information on here http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/chapters/placercounty

**Yolo County Votes to Issue MM ID Cards

February 27, 2007 Yolo County Approves MMJ I.D. Card The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted this morning to move ahead with the medical marijuana ID card program (MMIC), despite opposition from the Sheriff and District Attorney. The Board split 3-2 on the issue, with Chairwoman Yamada, Supervisor Thompson and Supervisor McGowan voting in favor of the program, and Supervisors Rexroad and Chamberlain opposing. read more here http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4114

**ACTION ALERT

An article about Yolo County's implementation of the statewide medical marijuana ID card program ran in today's'today's edition of the Sacramento Bee. Patients in the West Sacramento, Davis and Woodland areas will soon have access to the legal protections this program provides—but sadly, those who live in neighboring Sacramento County still have no choice but to risk unnecessary arrest, detainment or seizure of their medicine by state and local law enforcement. If you live in Sacramento County, please take a few minutes to write a letter to the editor of the Sacramento Bee, urging the County Board of Supervisors to approve local implementation of the medical marijuana ID card program. talking points can be found here http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4119

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**Compassionate Coalition Chapter Meetings**

Compassionate Coalition National and SPG Meeting: March 11th : The next Solano/national meeting will be held on Sunday February 11th at 3:00 PM. Location is 2145 Collinsville Road in Birds Landing, CA 94512 .

Next Sac CC Meeting: March 7th at 7:00PM at the River City Patient Center, 1512 C El Camino Ave, Sacramento, CA. Note: Any patients who wish to use their medicine at this meeting must be registered and verified in advance by the River City Patient Center.

Next Colorado Chapter Monday, March 19, 2007, 7:00 PM. Front Range Community College LIBRARY, 3705 W 112th Ave, Westminster , CO 80031-2140, 303-404-5104 http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/chapters/colorado

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**OTHER MEETINGS**

Check out the Oaksterdam News online calendar for all meetings, dates, details and more: http://oaksterdamnews.com/WebCalendar/month.php

ASA Meetings:

Tuesdays, March 13th & 27th – San Francisco ASA Meeting, 7:00 p.m. @ 350 Divisadero, San Francisco

Thursdays, March 8th & 22nd – Sacramento ASA Meetings,6:00 p.m. @ !Pura Vida!, 2400 14th Street, Sacramento For more information, please call 916-325-9000.

Wednesday, March 28th – East Bay ASA Meeting 7:00 p.m. @ ASA Headquarters Office 1322 Webster Street, Suite 402, Downtown Oakland

Tuesday, March 13th – San Diego ASA Meeting 7:00 p.m. @ Twiggs Coffee House in the Green Room 4590 Park Blvd, San Diego

Thursday, March 15th – North Orange County ASA Meeting 7:00 p.m. @ 1520 W Commonwealth Ave, in Fullerton For more info, please call Adam: (949) 315-1097or email adamwithasa@gmail.com

Saturday, March 17th – Los Angeles ASA Meeting 1pm - 3pm @ California Patients Group 6208 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles For more info, please call LA ASA: (323) 464-7719

Wednesday, March 21st – South Orange County ASA Meeting 7:00 p.m. @ WENTWORTH, PAOLI & PURDY, LLP 4631 Teller Avenue, Suite 100 Newport Beach, CA 92660 For more info, please call Bill: (949) 752-7711

AAMC Meeting: March 24th, 2007: The El Dorado County American Alliance for Medical Cannabis meets on the fourth Saturday of each month from 2:15pm until 4:20pm, at the Garden Valley Grange, 4940 Marshall Road, Garden Valley, California. www.ElDoradoCountyAAMC.com

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**COURT SUPPORT**

If you have a court support date and you don't see it listed here, please be sure to post your court dates on our site here http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/forum/6

Court Support Dates for Solano County: The Solano Patients Group will continue to be outside for these folks to show support. Please join us a half hour early with signs and t-shirts. If you have any questions, please call: 707-635-3752. More info: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4083

*Lawtons - May 17th, 2007 @ 1:30, Dept 12 Courtroom 101 - 321 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo - ruling/readiness/trial setting
*Sergio Perez- March 5th, 2007 @ 10 am, DPT 21 RM 207 JUSTICE CENTER, 600 Union Ave, Fairfield - Readiness/set prelim
*Rob Taylor - March 26th & 27th @ 10 am Judge Getty- Readiness/Pre-lim - Dept 8 RM 207 JUSTICE CENTER - 600 Union Ave, Fairfield, - readiness/prelim
*Lark Freeman & Michael Mendoza - March 28th, @ 10am - Judge Getty- Readiness/Pre-lim - Dept 8 RM 207 JUSTICE CENTER - 600 Union Ave, Fairfield - Jury Trial
*Damon Frach April 13th @ 8:30am Dept 12 Courtroom 101 - 321 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo - Arraignment

Thunder Rector: April 9th: Reverend Thunder Rector's next court date is April 9th 2007 and trial is scheduled for May 1st 2007 at the Federal Courthouse in Fresno (2500 Tulare St.), in front of Magistrate Oliver Wanger. Good luck Rev. Thunder; our thoughts and prayers are with you. All court supporters are welcomed! Link: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/3986

Fry & Schafer - Fry and Schafer's readiness conference at 10am on June 22nd, 2007, on the 15th floor of 501 I Street in Sacramento, CA. Their trial is set to begin on July 31st, 2007

Michael & Shannon O’Leary – March 6th, 2007. Stanislaus County Court house, 1100 H street Dept 5 @ 8:30am. Entrance on 11th and H Street. http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4101

California Healthcare Collective of Modesto: Next court date for Luke and the 8 other members who are facing charges in federal court is Tuesday, Friday, April 20th @ 9:00 am in the Federal Court House, 2500 Tulare St., Fresno, CA, on the corner of Tulare and O St. For more info and a report from Luke Scarmazzo, please visit: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4056#comment-3165

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The Compassionate Coalition is on MySpace! Like many other patients' rights organizations, The Compassionate Coalition now has a myspace page! If anyone wants to see the page you can find it here at www.myspace.com/compassionatecoalition Be sure to stop by and check out blogs, pictures and bulletins! And for more news and discussion, visit our forum at: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/forum

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The Compassionate Coalition is an all-volunteer, non-profit, educational organization. We work to defend the rights of medical marijuana patients and care providers, and your support enables our work to continue. Please consider making a donation today: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/donate

Thank you for helping to defend patients' rights!

Linda Jimenez
Chairman of the Board
The Compassionate Coalition
www.CompassionateCoalition.org
Email: linda4spg@CompassionateCoalition.org