Ventura County Star from Ventura, California • 32

1 STATE Sunday Sept 17 2006 FC The Star1 H4 -'M- San Diego County resists medical marijuana law cal police raids in July Fifteen operators were chaiged with illegilly selling the drug for recreational use to people who are notSL By AUtaM Hoffman Ths Associated Press vSAN DIEGO This i rityuwas a bystander as liberal atMighokta like San Frandaco and Santa Cruz crewed identification cards for sick patients who ase marjjuana and wrote regula- -i a a J'a ttn to permit stornront pot our nearly 30 marjjuana dispensaries in the county San Diego legal showdown rats state laws that permit marijuana use hr medical reasons federal laws that prohibit At stake: California law and the industry with potentially far consequences far other and tt the tolaranca fevsT The remaining services the stores delivery services in the threat of a lawsuit from the local chapter of the National for the Reform of Marijuana Laws the county struck first and sued die otguiization and the state TheyMgOMtMlar' "Wre trying to get the court to tell the state they've gone too far in telling the counties to do something that facilitates the ability of a person to break federal few" said John Sansone San Diego county counsel The state attorney general contends in court filing that California is entitled to pass its own state ate Use Act was passed in 1996 10 other states Alaska Colorado Hawaii Maine Montana Nevada Oregon Rhode Island Vermont and Washington have passed laws protecting qualified patients from prosecution California law allows people suffering AIDS cancer anorexia chronic pain arthritis and migraine and 'any other illness for which marijuana provides to grow or possess small amounts of marijuana with a doctor recommendation In 2003 the California Legislature amended the 1996 bill to direct county health departments to issue ID cards to medical mari which is scheduled to be heard in November in San Diego Superior Court San Diego board of supervisors entered the leffll fray shortly after dispensaries popping up in coastal enclaves thanks to the 2003 law which created a framework for the dispensaries California has an estimated 200 storefronts that serve about 200000 people according to Americans for Safe Access a group that advocates medical marjjuana laws San Francisco Berkeley and Los Angeles have passed guidelines regulating the shops San Diego prosecutors say neighbors complained about one store in the summer of 2005 prompting an that culminated in joint US Drug Enforcement Administration and lo county dosed after receiving phone calls and visits from law enforcement agents warnfogthat they and their landlords may be prosecuted San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said the state law does not require local authorities to permit marijuana storefronts "It the tolerance level in the community tint rules in the end" she said think in Northern California much more tolerant than in this part of Southern California" Irnjtiow 10 yean after Califor-nians voted to decriminalize marijuana for medical purposes conservative San Diego County Sl teading a backlash agunst the groundbreaking law The county is challenging California medical mari juana law in state court saying it should not be required to comply with a state law directing counties to issue ID pards to users At the same time fetal police working with federal hgents have shuttered all of the WI set a precedents "This is the first time that a county has said that the state is forcing them to do something they don't want to said An-juli Verma director of advocacy for the Drug Law Reform Prefect of the American Civil Liberties Union they prevail it will set a precedent that basically means medical marijuana laws are Since California Compassion juana i Counties that did not receive money to fulfill die requirement have been slow to issue ID cards but San Diego was die first to refuse on legpl grounds Under relating to the use of medical marijuana TVvo other California counties San Bernardino and Merced have joined as plaintiffs in the professors to document Angel Japanese immigrants only the Japanese story but also the unknown sagas of people of other nationalities who made Angel Island one of the most culturally diverse way stations on the planet Yung current emphasis is on Japan and she and Lee will gradually include other nations more than said Daphne Kwok executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation "It was other Asians Australians South Americans Europeans Mexicans Central Americans" Gee the foundation education director Chinese' immigrants have drawn more attention not only because of their larger number but also because they generally endured longer stays and more difficulties Yung said Though both Chinese and Japanese faced hostility in that period Chinese were subjected to tighter immigration controls and many resorted to using false documents which in turn resulted in stricter screening Yirng said The project aims to add not on the immigration station with University of Minnesota Associate Professor Erika Lee One of the most prized finds uncovered so far is a pocket-size leathertound regiker of "picture marriages performed in San Francisco nearly 100 yean ago Found by retired Mill Valley dentist and UC San Francisco professor Don Nakahata in the effects of his late aunt the ledger records about 600 weddings performed by Nakahata grandfather Barnabas HisayoshiTfera- Yung is trying to match the register names with immigration records at the San Bruno branch of the National Archives which house many records on immigrants to California Angel Island served from 1910 to 1940 as the West Coast portal to the United States The largest group to pass through consisted of an estimated 175000 Chinese immigrants followed by about 60000 Japanese Russians were the thiid4argest group followed by citizens of India said Erika By Charles Burrsss San Francisco Chronicle foiSAN FRANCISCO It was America Western welcome mat to put a positive spin on it The Angel Island Immigration Station is famous as the flace where Chinese immigrants were processed probed and detained sometimes for periods Many carved their stratum in poems still visible fe the old barracks walls However the story of the jecond-laigest group to pass hrough Angel Island is hardly Inown Hoping to fill a hole in his-y organizers of the emerging on Angel Island want to shed light on the experiences of Japanese who got their first taste of America at the immigration station in San Francisco Bay "All we really know about the said Judy Yirng a University of California Santa Cruz professor emeritus conducting research for the project As plans and construction move forward on restoring the historic site organizers have appealed to Japanese Americans for information about the Japanese experience "Our hope is to recover some of the memories and stories from the descendants" said Yting who is co-author of a book I' ESS- 5s- II2i: Ventura'S 1 authorized 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