In order to avoid the expense of putting a
ballot initiative sponsored by the West Hollywood Civil Liberties Alliance that would have directed the Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on duty in the City of West Hollywood ("WeHo") under an outsourcing contract with WeHo to de-prioritize their enforcement within West Hollywood of laws against the possession and use of marijuana, the WeHo City Council
on June 16th announced it would consider, and tonight adopted, by unanimous consent (with one abstention from a Councilmember who works for LA County Sheriff Lee Baca), Consent Calendar Item 2.0, a resolution that does just that.
You can read that resolution, the official title of which is "Declaration of Policy that the City of West Hollywood does not target marijuana offenses and direction to the Public Safety Commission to review drug-related law enforcement statistics annually," by clicking
here.
You can watch and listen to video of the proceedings of tonight's WeHo Council meeting and interviews with the principal players in this story by clicking on the appropriate button in the Online Broadcasting Service (OBS) Brightcove syndicatable
News of West Hollywood player below.
Featured in this video are Don Duncan, Southern California Coordinator, Americans for Safe Access; Mike Gray, Chairman, Common Sense for Drug Policy and Chairman, West Hollywood Civil Liberties Alliance; Scott Imler, Pastor, West Hollywood United Methodist Church; and John Duran, West Hollywood City Councilmember.
