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A video of a 2015 raid by Santa Ana police on the Sky High Holistic dispensary showed officers entering with guns drawn, and then later appearing to joke around and eat marijuana edibles while also destroying a surveillance camera system.
Police say many of the shops are fronts for prostitution, but legal concerns delay plans to reduce their numbers.
Supervisor John Moorlach says yes, and cites an argument in the
county’s retroactive pension lawsuit. Other experts say no.
Letters from the county to the town’s dispensaries say close or
face a misdemeanor charge.
An Orange County ban in the unincorporated territories may have
squashed owners’ hopes of keeping their stores open.
A sampling of cities’ email policies shows widespread
inconsistencies in retention rules. First Amendment advocates say
many cities are violating California’s Public Records Act.
The Brown Act has nothing to say about so-called “late communications,” reports, correspondence or emails that come in too late to be included in the normal council meeting agenda packet. As Huntington Beach example shows, they can contain crucial information that the public doesn’t see.