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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_53507\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 238px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/01/matthewcohen-1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/01/matthewcohen-1-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"matthewcohen\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53507\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medical marijuana grower Matthew Cohen examines plants at his Mendocino County farm before a raid by federal drug agents last year. (Michael Montgomery, California Watch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The always-complicated relationship between the federal government and California officials over the issue of medical marijuana became even more strained last October when the four U.S. Attorneys for the state \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/10/07/california-u-s-attorneys-issue-statement-on-targeting-marijuana-industry/\">announced an enhanced enforcement strategy\u003c/a> designed to crack down on what they see as abuses of California's legalization of the drug for medical purposes. Legal threats by the government seem to have had the desired effect, with new \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_19755643\">reports\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/market-street-cooperative-closes_n_1205835.html\">dispensaries shutting down\u003c/a> coming every month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps no federal action has angered and mystified marijuana advocates more than the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/10/14/northstone-organics-matt-cohen-mendocino-county-sheriff-tom-allman-on-yesterdays-dea-raid/\">federal raid on Northstone Organics\u003c/a>, a Redwood Valley marijuana dispensary and cultivator that had worked closely with local law enforcement and local officials to come into compliance with a unique county permitting program. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program, which operates under the supervision of the sheriff's department, has drawn \u003ca href=\"http://video.pbs.org/video/2165815068/\">national media attention\u003c/a>. It has also been held up by marijuana advocates as an example of the kind of government involvement that could bring new legitimacy to the marijuana industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, sources told Michael Montgomery, who has been covering this story for several years, that Melinda Haag, the US Attorney for California's Northern District, threatened to sue Mendocino County over its marijuana program. The sources said Haag gave the county two weeks to respond and take action. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county's legal counsel has since advised the Board of Supervisors to end the program. Supervisors are scheduled to vote on the counsel's recommendations next Tuesday, and it's widely expected that they will abandon the model program.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Michael Montgomery spoke with two officials who have starkly different views of the Mendocino's marijuana program: \u003ca href=\"http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/bos/mccowen2009.htm\">John McCowen\u003c/a>, the chairman of the Mendocino Board of Supervisors who helped design the ordinance; and Tommy LaNier, who directs the White House-funded National Marijuana Initiative and opposes legalized marijuana, for medical or any other purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, here's the interview with LaNier, the federal official and marijuana opponent: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems that the program is being shutdown. My first question is just your response to what has happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You have to go back to October when the four US Attorneys did the press conference. This is something that was inevitable. Entities, whether a city or county or those involved in the illegal distribution of marijuana through the so-called dispensary program, knew this was going to come. So the counties had fair warning. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are lots of places in California the Feds could focus on since any marijuana cultivation or distribution is illegal under the Controlled Substances Act. Why do you think they took this step to essentially intervene in Mendocino County?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, each of the US attorneys are taking action within their respective judicial district. Melinda Haag is dealing with a number of things in her area, and one of those areas she is taking action against is Mendocino. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other three US attorneys are also doing the same thing with different counties and cities and have also advised those places where they’re trying to regulate marijuana-- which is illegal under the Control Substances Act —- they cannot do that. This is just another process; Mendocino was on the list to do it in the first part of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving forward, now that the feds to some degree have revealed their hand in Mendocino in terms of saying that a local jurisdiction cannot permit or authorize marijuana cultivation, what should we expect in places like San Francisco and Oakland, which also have permit programs for dispensaries? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can't speak directly for the U.S Attorneys because they're working on individual cases, but I would think it would send a message to those cities that see what's going on in Mendocino and that they're most likely going to be advised that they're in violation of the law if they haven't already. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those discussions I'm sure are going to continue throughout the state, within the various districts. U.S. Attorneys are going to act based on the resources available but those places that really have developed large programs, like in Mendocino, are going to be probably a priority on the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Would you say that includes cities in the Bay Area that are permitting dispensaries?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would say, yeah. I would assume that that's going to include any of the dispensaries as well. One of the things that the U.S. Attorneys stated at the briefing included those people that had dispensaries and/or property owners that facilitated the ability for dispensaries to operate. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So you're not only looking at entities like cities and counties, but you're looking at private property owners and dispensary owners. They're all included in this thing. When you look at the Controlled Substances Act, if you produce, if you distribute, if you sell, you're in violation of federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You run a national organization. Does this help us understand what might happen in states like Colorado that have also set up pretty elaborate state-wide permitting programs? Or is this a California-specific development?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No, I don't think it's a California development. When you look at main Justice (the federal Justice Department), they're looking at the entire program with the 15 states that have (passed laws allowing) marijuana for medicinal use. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorado is also one of those place that's being looked at. So I would hope that the U.S. Attorney over there is also going to direct his attention to those places where they are permitting, and I think that is going to happen as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, here's an edited transcript of the interview with Supervisor McCowen, who sees no sense in the federal actions in Mendocino. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a city council member you supported a ban on outdoor marijuana cultivation but your views evolved over time. Talk about that…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My interest has always been in protecting public safety. Prior to the city of Ukiah adopting a ban on outdoor cultivation, people were filling up their residential backyards with scores of plants that created significance nuisance and public safety impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I think a ban on outdoor growing in a residential area was absolutely the right approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also helped pass a countywide initiative that put Mendocino County back in line with state limits, an effort to control what had become an out-of-control situation. That narrowly passed, was held up in the courts, and meanwhile people continued to come into the area from outside of California, specifically to grow as much marijuana as they could and make as much money as they could. Our efforts up to that time were futile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the amendments I supported included a balance of increased restrictions, such as setbacks from property lines, from occupied houses, a ban on growing within sight of the public right of way, balanced with an opportunity for people to apply for a permit from the sheriff to grow up to 99 plants per parcel, subject to compliance with a long list of conditions and inspection by the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that resulted in successfully balancing the public safety impacts and environmental protection against the right of medical marijuana patients under California law to have safe access to medical marijuana. It's been a very successful regulatory program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You've said in the past that one aim of the program was to create a bright line between illegal marijuana growing and legal medical marijuana growing, in order to help law enforcement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absolutely. There's so much marijuana being grown out here, and no one has any illusion that we could eradicate it all if we wanted to. The best estimates are that the authorities, federal state and local combined, might be able to eradicate about 10% of the illegal marijuana grown every year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it just made sense to me to try to come up with a program that would identify a group of people who were absolutely legal in terms of state and local law. So here we had people who were willing to step forward and comply with a long list of conditions, including that they are paying all their payroll taxes like any other business and they're being inspected by the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then you have other people outside of that system who are more of a question mark, and some of them are clearly out of bounds. But by creating this separation between what is clearly legal and what is more questionable, it allows law enforcement to focus their efforts on the people who are actually creating the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Were you surprised by the decision of the US Attorney's office to essentially intervene by threatening the county with litigation over its medical marijuana permit program? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No I wasn't really surprised. I think we've been aware for some time now that our program has been on the radar of the federal authorities. A lot of people involved in federal narcotics enforcement have a zero tolerance viewpoint on marijuana. They think it's all illegal; they think medical marijuana is a sham. And they have no respect for the ability of states to determine their own position on medical marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you see the federal action vis-à-vis Mendocino as interference in the county's political decision-making process? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I absolutely do. The government that is closest to the people is more in tune with the people and what our local needs are. What might work in Iowa might be very different from what works in Mendocino County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, we had a very successful local, state, and federal program to eradicate marijuana in Mendocino national forest last year. I personally very much welcomed the participation of the federal authorities. They eradicated over 600,000 plants, took out miles of irrigation lines, dozens of illegal dams, tons of garbage. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think there were over 130 arrests, one prosecution. So who are we kidding? The federal government is making no serious effort to prosecute the people who are illegally cultivating marijuana for the black market and who are harming the environment, and instead they're trying to knock down a program that provides for the cultivation of medical marijuana in compliance with state and local law, protection of the environment, protection of neighborhood impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they really want to go after all the marijuana they think is illegal – great. And after they clean up the trespass growers in the national forest who are polluting and destroying the environment, then let's talk about people who are complying with our local program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But otherwise, if you're not going to provide the resources to solve the problem, then don't interfere with our efforts on the local level to bring order out of chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because prior to this program, it was like the Wild West. We had people flooding in here from all over the nation and the world, focused on growing as much marijuana as they could without regard to the environment or the local communities. There was complete polarization between the marijuana growers, whether it was on a small scale level or the out of control people…and it was very divisive within the community. It took up a lot of time at the local government level. The courts were clogged; there was no clear resolution to the cases, there was no clear dividing line as to what was legal and what wasn't illegal, and what we should spend our resources on and what not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the program we put in place went a long way in addressing those problems. My concern is that the federal action, whatever their intention, is going to have the effect of driving medical marijuana back underground, which will make it more dangerous, more profitable, and more favorable to the black market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it fair to say the program as it's existed is effectively dead right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We'll see on January 24, when county counsel brings forward her proposed amendment and the board of supervisors makes its decision. But if the ordinance is to conform to the Pack decision, and the federal threat, then it is likely the program will be effectively dead in terms of the permitting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could the county fight this threatened litigation? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county could fight; I'm not sure that would be wise. For one thing, we've been struggling for the last three years to balance our budget in the face of the economic collapse, and we don't have the resources to take on the federal government. Their budget is probably in worse shape than ours, but they have the luxury of being able to run trillions of dollars of deficit, so they have an open checkbook to pursue a criminal or civil case against us. So we can't match their resources. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the fact is all marijuana is illegal under federal law. Until there's a change in federal law that recognizes the right of states to chart their own course, I think battling the federal government in court is a losing proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the decision by the U.S. Attorney to threaten litigation against Mendocino, what do you think that could mean for other places like Oakland or San Francisco that also have permit programs for distribution? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government has already put numerous local jurisdictions on notice that their program or intended programs are in violation of federal law. What we've seen is a lot of the local jurisdictions have adopted bans on dispensaries. Many of those that had regulations have replaced them with bans. The programs for cultivation in several cases have been dropped or greatly reduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think it's clear that the federal government on several fronts has been going after any above-ground method of cultivating or dispensing medical marijuana. It's almost as if there was a conscious effort to drive it all back underground. My opinion is that's going to further endanger public safety and the environment – the federal government doesn't seem to care about that.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Michael Montgomery spoke with two officials who have starkly different views of the Mendocino's marijuana program: \u003ca href=\"http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/bos/mccowen2009.htm\">John McCowen\u003c/a>, the chairman of the Mendocino Board of Supervisors who helped design the ordinance; and Tommy LaNier, who directs the White House-funded National Marijuana Initiative and opposes legalized marijuana, for medical or any other purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, here's the interview with LaNier, the federal official and marijuana opponent: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems that the program is being shutdown. My first question is just your response to what has happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You have to go back to October when the four US Attorneys did the press conference. This is something that was inevitable. Entities, whether a city or county or those involved in the illegal distribution of marijuana through the so-called dispensary program, knew this was going to come. So the counties had fair warning. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are lots of places in California the Feds could focus on since any marijuana cultivation or distribution is illegal under the Controlled Substances Act. Why do you think they took this step to essentially intervene in Mendocino County?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, each of the US attorneys are taking action within their respective judicial district. Melinda Haag is dealing with a number of things in her area, and one of those areas she is taking action against is Mendocino. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other three US attorneys are also doing the same thing with different counties and cities and have also advised those places where they’re trying to regulate marijuana-- which is illegal under the Control Substances Act —- they cannot do that. This is just another process; Mendocino was on the list to do it in the first part of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving forward, now that the feds to some degree have revealed their hand in Mendocino in terms of saying that a local jurisdiction cannot permit or authorize marijuana cultivation, what should we expect in places like San Francisco and Oakland, which also have permit programs for dispensaries? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can't speak directly for the U.S Attorneys because they're working on individual cases, but I would think it would send a message to those cities that see what's going on in Mendocino and that they're most likely going to be advised that they're in violation of the law if they haven't already. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those discussions I'm sure are going to continue throughout the state, within the various districts. U.S. Attorneys are going to act based on the resources available but those places that really have developed large programs, like in Mendocino, are going to be probably a priority on the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Would you say that includes cities in the Bay Area that are permitting dispensaries?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would say, yeah. I would assume that that's going to include any of the dispensaries as well. One of the things that the U.S. Attorneys stated at the briefing included those people that had dispensaries and/or property owners that facilitated the ability for dispensaries to operate. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So you're not only looking at entities like cities and counties, but you're looking at private property owners and dispensary owners. They're all included in this thing. When you look at the Controlled Substances Act, if you produce, if you distribute, if you sell, you're in violation of federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You run a national organization. Does this help us understand what might happen in states like Colorado that have also set up pretty elaborate state-wide permitting programs? Or is this a California-specific development?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy LaNier \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No, I don't think it's a California development. When you look at main Justice (the federal Justice Department), they're looking at the entire program with the 15 states that have (passed laws allowing) marijuana for medicinal use. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorado is also one of those place that's being looked at. So I would hope that the U.S. Attorney over there is also going to direct his attention to those places where they are permitting, and I think that is going to happen as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, here's an edited transcript of the interview with Supervisor McCowen, who sees no sense in the federal actions in Mendocino. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a city council member you supported a ban on outdoor marijuana cultivation but your views evolved over time. Talk about that…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My interest has always been in protecting public safety. Prior to the city of Ukiah adopting a ban on outdoor cultivation, people were filling up their residential backyards with scores of plants that created significance nuisance and public safety impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I think a ban on outdoor growing in a residential area was absolutely the right approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also helped pass a countywide initiative that put Mendocino County back in line with state limits, an effort to control what had become an out-of-control situation. That narrowly passed, was held up in the courts, and meanwhile people continued to come into the area from outside of California, specifically to grow as much marijuana as they could and make as much money as they could. Our efforts up to that time were futile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the amendments I supported included a balance of increased restrictions, such as setbacks from property lines, from occupied houses, a ban on growing within sight of the public right of way, balanced with an opportunity for people to apply for a permit from the sheriff to grow up to 99 plants per parcel, subject to compliance with a long list of conditions and inspection by the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that resulted in successfully balancing the public safety impacts and environmental protection against the right of medical marijuana patients under California law to have safe access to medical marijuana. It's been a very successful regulatory program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You've said in the past that one aim of the program was to create a bright line between illegal marijuana growing and legal medical marijuana growing, in order to help law enforcement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absolutely. There's so much marijuana being grown out here, and no one has any illusion that we could eradicate it all if we wanted to. The best estimates are that the authorities, federal state and local combined, might be able to eradicate about 10% of the illegal marijuana grown every year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it just made sense to me to try to come up with a program that would identify a group of people who were absolutely legal in terms of state and local law. 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I think we've been aware for some time now that our program has been on the radar of the federal authorities. A lot of people involved in federal narcotics enforcement have a zero tolerance viewpoint on marijuana. They think it's all illegal; they think medical marijuana is a sham. And they have no respect for the ability of states to determine their own position on medical marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you see the federal action vis-à-vis Mendocino as interference in the county's political decision-making process? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I absolutely do. The government that is closest to the people is more in tune with the people and what our local needs are. What might work in Iowa might be very different from what works in Mendocino County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, we had a very successful local, state, and federal program to eradicate marijuana in Mendocino national forest last year. I personally very much welcomed the participation of the federal authorities. They eradicated over 600,000 plants, took out miles of irrigation lines, dozens of illegal dams, tons of garbage. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think there were over 130 arrests, one prosecution. So who are we kidding? The federal government is making no serious effort to prosecute the people who are illegally cultivating marijuana for the black market and who are harming the environment, and instead they're trying to knock down a program that provides for the cultivation of medical marijuana in compliance with state and local law, protection of the environment, protection of neighborhood impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they really want to go after all the marijuana they think is illegal – great. And after they clean up the trespass growers in the national forest who are polluting and destroying the environment, then let's talk about people who are complying with our local program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But otherwise, if you're not going to provide the resources to solve the problem, then don't interfere with our efforts on the local level to bring order out of chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because prior to this program, it was like the Wild West. We had people flooding in here from all over the nation and the world, focused on growing as much marijuana as they could without regard to the environment or the local communities. There was complete polarization between the marijuana growers, whether it was on a small scale level or the out of control people…and it was very divisive within the community. It took up a lot of time at the local government level. The courts were clogged; there was no clear resolution to the cases, there was no clear dividing line as to what was legal and what wasn't illegal, and what we should spend our resources on and what not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the program we put in place went a long way in addressing those problems. My concern is that the federal action, whatever their intention, is going to have the effect of driving medical marijuana back underground, which will make it more dangerous, more profitable, and more favorable to the black market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it fair to say the program as it's existed is effectively dead right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We'll see on January 24, when county counsel brings forward her proposed amendment and the board of supervisors makes its decision. But if the ordinance is to conform to the Pack decision, and the federal threat, then it is likely the program will be effectively dead in terms of the permitting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could the county fight this threatened litigation? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John McCowen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county could fight; I'm not sure that would be wise. For one thing, we've been struggling for the last three years to balance our budget in the face of the economic collapse, and we don't have the resources to take on the federal government. Their budget is probably in worse shape than ours, but they have the luxury of being able to run trillions of dollars of deficit, so they have an open checkbook to pursue a criminal or civil case against us. So we can't match their resources. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the fact is all marijuana is illegal under federal law. 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During a police search, investigators seized a video camera and iPhone used to exchange text messages about the injury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minutes after Gascon's news conference, Mirkarimi and Lopez held a news conference of their own at the sheriff's office at San Francisco City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe these charges are very unfounded,\" Mirkarimi said. \"We will fight these charges.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was making plans to be booked on the charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will of course be booked, I'm not above the law like anyone else,\" Mirkarimi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said he has no intention of stepping down from his post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have no intention of leaving,\" Mirkarimi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lopez also spoke to reporters, saying \"This is unbelievable, I don't have any complaints against my husband.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say that if Mirkarimi is convicted of a domestic violence charge, even a misdemeanor, he would have to give up his department-issued gun and could be subject to searches as terms of probation.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>More from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/13/BAT91MONIR.DTL\">Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2012/01/sheriff-ross-mirkarimi-charged-misdemeanors-domestic-violence-incident#ixzz1jOD7VER2\">Examiner\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:00 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gascon: \"We have looked at the extent of the injuries and determined it's necessary to charge 3 misdemeanors.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>One count of domestic violence battery\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>One count of child endangerment\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>One count of dissuading a witness\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>From ABC7:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/#!/abc7newsBayArea/statuses/157988434659655680\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:35 p.m.\u003c/strong> Still waiting on Gascon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4 p.m.\u003c/strong> ABC7 is reporting that police have asked Mirkarimi to surrender immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco D.A. George Gascon has called a press conference for 4:15 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:10 p.m.\u003c/strong> Mirkarimi spokeswoman Susan Fahey told Mina Kim that the sheriff has not yet heard from the DA's office and thus has no plans as of yet to hold a press conference. She said several members of the media are camped outside the sheriff's office. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3 p.m.\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/01/ross_mirkarimi_to_face_3_misde.php\">SF Weekly reports\u003c/a> the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Newly elected sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is expected to hold a press conference today, responding to domestic violence charges leveled against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A source tells SF Weekly that the District Attorney will file three charges against Mirkarimi, including domestic violence, battery, and child endangerment. The Associated Press is reporting that he will face an additional charge of dissuading a witness. Sources inform SF Weekly that authorities are working on registering a warrant for his arrest and making arrangements for Mirkarimi to turn himself in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per the source, if the sheriff fails to turn himself in within the hour., police will actively begin searching for him. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Prosecutors are planning to charge San Francisco's newly sworn-in sheriff with three misdemeanors, including domestic violence, related to a New Year's Eve incident with his wife, a law enforcement source close to the investigation said Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will face one count each of domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness, said the source, who would only speak on the condition of anonymity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A police affidavit says a neighbor reported that Mirkarimi grabbed and bruised Eliana Lopez's arm during a heated argument at their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mirkarimi has denied the allegations. Lopez, a former Venezuelan telenovela star, has defended her husband, saying the incident was taken out of context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple was married after having their first child in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If convicted of the charges, Mirkarimi would have to give up his department-issued firearm and possibly be subjected to searches as conditions of probation.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We -- along with every other news organization in this city -- have calls out now to try to get some more info.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Stearns, Mirkarimi’s campaign manager, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/blogs/under-dome/2012/01/sheriff-ross-mirkarimi-s-attorney-frustrated-da-s-office-discussions\">told the Examiner this afternoon\u003c/a> that, \"if [Mirkarimi's] charged, he’s going to fight it. And he’s not going to leave office, and he plans to be exonerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, a coalition of domestic violence groups called for Mirkarimi to step down, at least temporarily, while police investigate the allegations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minouche Kandel, an attorney with Bay Area Legal Aid, asserted Mirkarimi's poor handling of the incident could have a chilling effect on victims reporting domestic violence. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As one of our chief law enforcement officers, he should have come forward and said whatever happened in my family, I want to make sure that it is clear that domestic violence is not a family matter, it's not a private matter,\" Kandel said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mirkarimi's attorney Robert Waggener told our reporter Mina Kim yesterday that Mirkarimi's words have been misinterpreted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By no means are those words meant to imply that the commission of a crime shouldn't be investigated, particularly domestic violence. That's what the police should do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a very difficult situation,\" Waggener said. \"But he’s confident in the criminal justice system. I’m confident of his innocence and I have a firm understanding of what’s happened here. And I don’t think charges should be filed. If they are, we’re ready to deal with that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201201120900\">KQED Radio's Forum program\u003c/a>, Peter Keane, dean emeritus and professor of law at Golden Gate University Law School, explained the factors law enforcement considers when deciding whether to charge someone with felony or misdemeanor crimes in a domestic abuse case. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Generally, it would be the extent of the injury. If someone really engaged in a vicious attack on a spouse and really hurt them badly, that would be a felony. 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She said several members of the media are camped outside the sheriff's office. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3 p.m.\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/01/ross_mirkarimi_to_face_3_misde.php\">SF Weekly reports\u003c/a> the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Newly elected sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is expected to hold a press conference today, responding to domestic violence charges leveled against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A source tells SF Weekly that the District Attorney will file three charges against Mirkarimi, including domestic violence, battery, and child endangerment. The Associated Press is reporting that he will face an additional charge of dissuading a witness. Sources inform SF Weekly that authorities are working on registering a warrant for his arrest and making arrangements for Mirkarimi to turn himself in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per the source, if the sheriff fails to turn himself in within the hour., police will actively begin searching for him. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Prosecutors are planning to charge San Francisco's newly sworn-in sheriff with three misdemeanors, including domestic violence, related to a New Year's Eve incident with his wife, a law enforcement source close to the investigation said Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will face one count each of domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness, said the source, who would only speak on the condition of anonymity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A police affidavit says a neighbor reported that Mirkarimi grabbed and bruised Eliana Lopez's arm during a heated argument at their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mirkarimi has denied the allegations. Lopez, a former Venezuelan telenovela star, has defended her husband, saying the incident was taken out of context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple was married after having their first child in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If convicted of the charges, Mirkarimi would have to give up his department-issued firearm and possibly be subjected to searches as conditions of probation.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We -- along with every other news organization in this city -- have calls out now to try to get some more info.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Stearns, Mirkarimi’s campaign manager, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/blogs/under-dome/2012/01/sheriff-ross-mirkarimi-s-attorney-frustrated-da-s-office-discussions\">told the Examiner this afternoon\u003c/a> that, \"if [Mirkarimi's] charged, he’s going to fight it. And he’s not going to leave office, and he plans to be exonerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, a coalition of domestic violence groups called for Mirkarimi to step down, at least temporarily, while police investigate the allegations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minouche Kandel, an attorney with Bay Area Legal Aid, asserted Mirkarimi's poor handling of the incident could have a chilling effect on victims reporting domestic violence. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As one of our chief law enforcement officers, he should have come forward and said whatever happened in my family, I want to make sure that it is clear that domestic violence is not a family matter, it's not a private matter,\" Kandel said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mirkarimi's attorney Robert Waggener told our reporter Mina Kim yesterday that Mirkarimi's words have been misinterpreted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By no means are those words meant to imply that the commission of a crime shouldn't be investigated, particularly domestic violence. That's what the police should do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a very difficult situation,\" Waggener said. \"But he’s confident in the criminal justice system. I’m confident of his innocence and I have a firm understanding of what’s happened here. And I don’t think charges should be filed. If they are, we’re ready to deal with that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201201120900\">KQED Radio's Forum program\u003c/a>, Peter Keane, dean emeritus and professor of law at Golden Gate University Law School, explained the factors law enforcement considers when deciding whether to charge someone with felony or misdemeanor crimes in a domestic abuse case. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Generally, it would be the extent of the injury. If someone really engaged in a vicious attack on a spouse and really hurt them badly, that would be a felony. If something is quite minor, and it's a one-time out of character type situation and there are other factors involved that might mitigate it, then those are the things that a district attorney might [consider in charging a misdemeanor].\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>This morning The California Report's Scott Shafer \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201201130850/c\">reported on\u003c/a> the attempt to end the death penalty in the state through a \u003ca href=\"http://www.safecalifornia.org/home\">voter initiative\u003c/a>. Last month we posted his \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/12/23/former-warden-advocates-for-anti-death-penalty-ballot-initiative/\">\u003cstrong>full interview with Jeanne Woodford\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, the former San Quentin warden who presided over four executions but is now a vocal opponent of capital punishment and a leading force in the drive to have it repealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of today's report, Scott Shafer also interviewed Mark Klaas, who gained national attention after the 1993 murder of his twelve-year-old daughter Polly by Richard Allen Davis, who had abducted her from her home in Petaluma. Davis was a parolee with a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Davis#Criminal_justice_history_record\">long criminal record\u003c/a>, and the grim resolution of the case helped galvanize the successful effort to pass California's \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/2005/3_strikes/3_strikes_102005.htm\">Three Strikes and You're Out Law\u003c/a> in both the legislature and by voter initiative in 1994.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klaas went on to found the \u003ca href=\"http://www.klaaskids.org/\">KlaasKids Foundation\u003c/a>, which advocates for child protection laws and offers recommendations and resources for keeping children safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klaas opposes the effort to repeal the death penalty in California. Here is an edited transcript of Scott Shafer's interview with him:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your thoughts on the ballot measure to repeal the death penalty?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems to me that it's a waste of time and money. I believe the death penalty abolitionists have done a tremendous job of effectively killing the death penalty in California administratively, so I don’t know why they need a ballot measure to repeal it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe if it gets on the ballot, it will probably be defeated, simply because Californians and Americans have consistently supported the death penalty by pretty big numbers; I believe now \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/29/BAN51LAPF4.DTL\">it's in the mid-60s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When you say anti-death penalty advocates have administratively killed it, what do you mean?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best way to illustrate that is to point out that there are maybe 750 or more individuals on death row in California, a state that's executed 13 people in the last 30 years. That's what I mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's various mechanisms to do that. The one that's being utilized right now is the idea that the administration of the lethal cocktail in the execution process \u003cem>may\u003c/em> cause pain to the individual being executed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the life of me, I don't understand why anybody is concerned about the last 10 minutes of a death row inmate's life, about whether that individual is feeling pain or not. It doesn't make any sense to me. These are people who are being executed for having committed absolute atrocities against innocent people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You and your family suffered a tremendous loss with the death of your daughter Polly. Richard Allen Davis has been on death row for sometime now. How would this law, if it were to pass, affect him, and what are your thoughts about that?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are many reasons I support the death penalty. But I can tell you, Richard Allen Davis told a psychiatrist that he spends his time in prison contemplating victims of his past crimes as he masturbates at least twice daily. I believe Polly and all the other girls and people he victimized through his long criminal history deserve peace of mind. And I believe they can't get peace of mind until justice is administered, and in this case it's the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>One of the arguments for the death penalty is that it brings closure to families of crimes. But Richard Allen Davis has been on death row since 1996...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe his execution would bring closure to my daughter. She is the one that he contemplates as he acts out in his prison cell. It's not going to change my life one way or the other. But I don't invest a lot of time or energy in thinking about Richard Allen Davis. He's dominated my family's life quite enough as it is. I'm content to see him at least be on death row and know that at some point he may have to face that final judgment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What have other people who have witnessed the execution of a perpetrator of a crime against a family member told you? Did it make a difference?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does make a difference. It's about carrying out the law. It's about the final judgment. Those individuals I've talked to -– family members who have witnessed executions -- are grateful for the experience, sad that it had to come to that, but satisfied that justice has been fulfilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What do you mean they're sad it had to come to that?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well the taking of a life is not something that should ever be looked upon lightly. And nobody finds great joy in it, including the families of murder victims. And they know this better than anyone else. But it is the law, and it is a final judgment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that the individuals on death row are some of the worst individuals that have ever lived. You don't find yourself on death row unless you've done something really terrible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Unless you're there by mistake, which has happened...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has happened. But we don't know that anybody has ever been executed by mistake. But we do know that guilty people on death row who have been released back into society have killed again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These individuals on death row have no consideration for other people's humanity. They tend to be psychopathic and show no remorse for the crimes they have committed. I believe that as they walk that last mile and contemplate their own fate, they perhaps do understand better the value of life. I believe that's a hard-earned lesson, but if it's learned, then I think that's added value to the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The average length of stay on death row is at least 15 years. What do you think about the argument that because the death penalty appeal process is so long, a final judgment of life in prison without parole would provide a quicker resolution for victims' families?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe that as long as these guys are allowed to exist they continue to have an influence. Charles Manson is a good example. He was on death row, now he goes through the parole process every few years. In an effort to impress Charles Manson, who quite frankly should have been executed, one of his followers attempted to assassinate the President of the United States. I think if Charles Manson had been executed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=squeaky+fromme\">Squeaky Fromme\u003c/a> never would have taken that drastic step. What is it exactly we're trying to protect here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't know that giving a final judgment in the courtroom and suggesting that somebody will spend the rest of their life in prison without possibility of parole can be depended on. I don't know that's something we can believe, given the fact that death row inmates have been put back into society only to kill again, and certainly individuals who have been given life without possibility of parole, depending upon what is going on in society at the time, have been put back onto the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look at the current environment in California right now. Jerry Brown has \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/29/3588083/brown-departs-from-predecessors.html\">put more convicted murderers back on the street through parole\u003c/a> then the three previous governors combined. So I don't trust the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you think the death penalty is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=eRR&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=correlation+between+murder+rate+and+death+penalty&oq=correlation+between+murder+rate+and+death+penalty&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=20148l25130l0l25354l18l16l0l2l0l5l224l2013l1.12.1l14l0\">deterrent\u003c/a>?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absolutely. There have been plenty of studies that demonstrate a correlation between the number of murders committed in a year and the number of executions the previous year. The correlation, depending upon the study, is that anywhere from 3-15 fewer murders are committed as a result of executions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's one way to measure the deterrence. Another way is the simple reasoning and logic of our species, that there are consequences for punishment. And if one small population of individuals realizes they might be facing death if they commit a certain crime, it might back them off from committing it. Even Alan Dershowitz, one of the great abolitionists, has \u003ca href=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=0diGCZEAWcQC&pg=PT233&lpg=PT233&dq=deters+some+crimes.+That%E2%80%99s+why+you+have+to+pay+more+for+a+hit+man+in+a+death+penalty+state+than+a+non-death+penalty+state.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=24cBLrKkKd&sig=4O1KT0rkvo-QDU-6Vk1TfwxIW1U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GWwQT_q8GbHYiQL2prngDQ&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=deters%20some%20crimes.%20That%E2%80%99s%20why%20you%20have%20to%20pay%20more%20for%20a%20hit%20man%20in%20a%20death%20penalty%20state%20than%20a%20non-death%20penalty%20state.%E2%80%9D&f=false\">said you can hire a hitman for less money in a state that doesn't have the death penalty than in a state that does\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If Richard Allen Davis is put to death, how do you think you'll spend that day?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'll spend the day in the execution chamber watching him die. And I would hope that the last thing he would see would be my eyes. Just as the last thing my daughter saw before he strangled the life out of her after he raped her were his eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing that strikes me about this issue is the people who say the death penalty costs too much money and the appeals last too long -- they're the very same people who have created this environment to begin with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are fixes that could streamline the death penalty and make it move much more quickly. For instance, there are only a hundred or so lawyers qualified to handle death penalty appeals in the state of California. Yet there are somewhere between 175,000 - 200,000 lawyers in the state. It seems to me that out of that population you would be able to find people willing to do the training and become part of that process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can also look at the whole appeals process. Currently only the California Supreme Court is qualified to hear death penalty appeals. With this vast population of individuals on death row, that's a process that gets backed up. In a lot of other states the appeals court is able to handle death penalty appeals, with a final review by the state supreme court. I think if California moved in that direction, we would find a way to streamline the process so these individuals wouldn't have to linger on death row and justice wouldn't be denied for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Polly's death and the way she died changed the way you think about criminal justice?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've heard it said that a liberal is a conservative that hasn't been mugged yet. I think I looked at criminal justice very differently. I didn't realize the big lie that individuals would be sentenced to long sentences behind bars in the open courtroom but everyone in court except the public would understand that it had no relevance at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Allen Davis had been sentenced to over 200 years behind bars prior to the crime he committed against my daughter. What was this guy doing on the street at 38 years old after the history of violence he'd perpetrated? So I think things like Three Strikes and \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mC8KMZu1rNUJ:bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi-WUP8oxGv7pOPKNcKKBGcC-ddW5BlCO1kgM_uj8AFtSRVvuxqm9Vo-8ciVcYbFmjiIm2jaq7VKqNpazFLGtEpOG-22lRSeqyqBI5p0sfH75cHO1sowWsz0ksMgFeaVksP7J9D&sig=AHIEtbSITgr1cNYKHhAXkB4cceJN3h9maA\">Truth in Sentencing\u003c/a> have served society well. After those policies became part of the process, we really saw crime drop dramatically in the US.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There's another \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/voters-want-3-strikes-reform-fate-ballot-initiative-unclear-10874\">ballot measure being circulated, to reform Three Strikes and You're Out\u003c/a>. What do you think about reforming Three Strikes, so that the third strike would have to be a violent crime?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think Three Strikes is a marvelous piece of legislation. A lot of people blame it for prison overcrowding, but the reality is there are around 10,000 individuals in the California prison system on a third strike out of a population of something like 150,000. The idea that the third strike needs to be violent defeats the purpose of what Three Strikes is about. It's about stopping the victimization, about these guys understanding they face the possibility of 25-to-life if they continue to commit crimes, yet they continue to commit crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They might get caught for a petty crime, as some of them do, or they might get caught in the commission of a violent crime. But the penalty enhancement is supposed to motivate these guys to do the right thing. And if they're not doing the right thing, then you want to get a hold of them and move them out before they rape somebody, before they murder somebody, before they commit assault and battery on somebody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/12/23/former-warden-advocates-for-anti-death-penalty-ballot-initiative/\">You can click here for Scott Shafer's interview with anti-death penalty advocate Jeanne Woodford\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This morning The California Report's Scott Shafer \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201201130850/c\">reported on\u003c/a> the attempt to end the death penalty in the state through a \u003ca href=\"http://www.safecalifornia.org/home\">voter initiative\u003c/a>. Last month we posted his \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/12/23/former-warden-advocates-for-anti-death-penalty-ballot-initiative/\">\u003cstrong>full interview with Jeanne Woodford\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, the former San Quentin warden who presided over four executions but is now a vocal opponent of capital punishment and a leading force in the drive to have it repealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of today's report, Scott Shafer also interviewed Mark Klaas, who gained national attention after the 1993 murder of his twelve-year-old daughter Polly by Richard Allen Davis, who had abducted her from her home in Petaluma. Davis was a parolee with a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Davis#Criminal_justice_history_record\">long criminal record\u003c/a>, and the grim resolution of the case helped galvanize the successful effort to pass California's \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/2005/3_strikes/3_strikes_102005.htm\">Three Strikes and You're Out Law\u003c/a> in both the legislature and by voter initiative in 1994.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klaas went on to found the \u003ca href=\"http://www.klaaskids.org/\">KlaasKids Foundation\u003c/a>, which advocates for child protection laws and offers recommendations and resources for keeping children safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klaas opposes the effort to repeal the death penalty in California. Here is an edited transcript of Scott Shafer's interview with him:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are your thoughts on the ballot measure to repeal the death penalty?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems to me that it's a waste of time and money. I believe the death penalty abolitionists have done a tremendous job of effectively killing the death penalty in California administratively, so I don’t know why they need a ballot measure to repeal it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe if it gets on the ballot, it will probably be defeated, simply because Californians and Americans have consistently supported the death penalty by pretty big numbers; I believe now \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/29/BAN51LAPF4.DTL\">it's in the mid-60s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When you say anti-death penalty advocates have administratively killed it, what do you mean?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best way to illustrate that is to point out that there are maybe 750 or more individuals on death row in California, a state that's executed 13 people in the last 30 years. That's what I mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's various mechanisms to do that. The one that's being utilized right now is the idea that the administration of the lethal cocktail in the execution process \u003cem>may\u003c/em> cause pain to the individual being executed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the life of me, I don't understand why anybody is concerned about the last 10 minutes of a death row inmate's life, about whether that individual is feeling pain or not. It doesn't make any sense to me. These are people who are being executed for having committed absolute atrocities against innocent people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You and your family suffered a tremendous loss with the death of your daughter Polly. Richard Allen Davis has been on death row for sometime now. How would this law, if it were to pass, affect him, and what are your thoughts about that?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are many reasons I support the death penalty. But I can tell you, Richard Allen Davis told a psychiatrist that he spends his time in prison contemplating victims of his past crimes as he masturbates at least twice daily. I believe Polly and all the other girls and people he victimized through his long criminal history deserve peace of mind. And I believe they can't get peace of mind until justice is administered, and in this case it's the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>One of the arguments for the death penalty is that it brings closure to families of crimes. But Richard Allen Davis has been on death row since 1996...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe his execution would bring closure to my daughter. She is the one that he contemplates as he acts out in his prison cell. It's not going to change my life one way or the other. But I don't invest a lot of time or energy in thinking about Richard Allen Davis. He's dominated my family's life quite enough as it is. I'm content to see him at least be on death row and know that at some point he may have to face that final judgment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What have other people who have witnessed the execution of a perpetrator of a crime against a family member told you? Did it make a difference?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does make a difference. It's about carrying out the law. It's about the final judgment. Those individuals I've talked to -– family members who have witnessed executions -- are grateful for the experience, sad that it had to come to that, but satisfied that justice has been fulfilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What do you mean they're sad it had to come to that?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well the taking of a life is not something that should ever be looked upon lightly. And nobody finds great joy in it, including the families of murder victims. And they know this better than anyone else. But it is the law, and it is a final judgment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that the individuals on death row are some of the worst individuals that have ever lived. You don't find yourself on death row unless you've done something really terrible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Unless you're there by mistake, which has happened...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has happened. But we don't know that anybody has ever been executed by mistake. But we do know that guilty people on death row who have been released back into society have killed again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These individuals on death row have no consideration for other people's humanity. They tend to be psychopathic and show no remorse for the crimes they have committed. I believe that as they walk that last mile and contemplate their own fate, they perhaps do understand better the value of life. I believe that's a hard-earned lesson, but if it's learned, then I think that's added value to the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The average length of stay on death row is at least 15 years. What do you think about the argument that because the death penalty appeal process is so long, a final judgment of life in prison without parole would provide a quicker resolution for victims' families?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe that as long as these guys are allowed to exist they continue to have an influence. Charles Manson is a good example. He was on death row, now he goes through the parole process every few years. In an effort to impress Charles Manson, who quite frankly should have been executed, one of his followers attempted to assassinate the President of the United States. I think if Charles Manson had been executed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=squeaky+fromme\">Squeaky Fromme\u003c/a> never would have taken that drastic step. What is it exactly we're trying to protect here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't know that giving a final judgment in the courtroom and suggesting that somebody will spend the rest of their life in prison without possibility of parole can be depended on. I don't know that's something we can believe, given the fact that death row inmates have been put back into society only to kill again, and certainly individuals who have been given life without possibility of parole, depending upon what is going on in society at the time, have been put back onto the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look at the current environment in California right now. Jerry Brown has \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/29/3588083/brown-departs-from-predecessors.html\">put more convicted murderers back on the street through parole\u003c/a> then the three previous governors combined. So I don't trust the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you think the death penalty is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=eRR&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=correlation+between+murder+rate+and+death+penalty&oq=correlation+between+murder+rate+and+death+penalty&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=20148l25130l0l25354l18l16l0l2l0l5l224l2013l1.12.1l14l0\">deterrent\u003c/a>?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absolutely. There have been plenty of studies that demonstrate a correlation between the number of murders committed in a year and the number of executions the previous year. The correlation, depending upon the study, is that anywhere from 3-15 fewer murders are committed as a result of executions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's one way to measure the deterrence. Another way is the simple reasoning and logic of our species, that there are consequences for punishment. And if one small population of individuals realizes they might be facing death if they commit a certain crime, it might back them off from committing it. Even Alan Dershowitz, one of the great abolitionists, has \u003ca href=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=0diGCZEAWcQC&pg=PT233&lpg=PT233&dq=deters+some+crimes.+That%E2%80%99s+why+you+have+to+pay+more+for+a+hit+man+in+a+death+penalty+state+than+a+non-death+penalty+state.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=24cBLrKkKd&sig=4O1KT0rkvo-QDU-6Vk1TfwxIW1U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GWwQT_q8GbHYiQL2prngDQ&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=deters%20some%20crimes.%20That%E2%80%99s%20why%20you%20have%20to%20pay%20more%20for%20a%20hit%20man%20in%20a%20death%20penalty%20state%20than%20a%20non-death%20penalty%20state.%E2%80%9D&f=false\">said you can hire a hitman for less money in a state that doesn't have the death penalty than in a state that does\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If Richard Allen Davis is put to death, how do you think you'll spend that day?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'll spend the day in the execution chamber watching him die. And I would hope that the last thing he would see would be my eyes. Just as the last thing my daughter saw before he strangled the life out of her after he raped her were his eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing that strikes me about this issue is the people who say the death penalty costs too much money and the appeals last too long -- they're the very same people who have created this environment to begin with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are fixes that could streamline the death penalty and make it move much more quickly. For instance, there are only a hundred or so lawyers qualified to handle death penalty appeals in the state of California. Yet there are somewhere between 175,000 - 200,000 lawyers in the state. It seems to me that out of that population you would be able to find people willing to do the training and become part of that process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can also look at the whole appeals process. Currently only the California Supreme Court is qualified to hear death penalty appeals. With this vast population of individuals on death row, that's a process that gets backed up. In a lot of other states the appeals court is able to handle death penalty appeals, with a final review by the state supreme court. I think if California moved in that direction, we would find a way to streamline the process so these individuals wouldn't have to linger on death row and justice wouldn't be denied for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Polly's death and the way she died changed the way you think about criminal justice?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've heard it said that a liberal is a conservative that hasn't been mugged yet. I think I looked at criminal justice very differently. I didn't realize the big lie that individuals would be sentenced to long sentences behind bars in the open courtroom but everyone in court except the public would understand that it had no relevance at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Allen Davis had been sentenced to over 200 years behind bars prior to the crime he committed against my daughter. What was this guy doing on the street at 38 years old after the history of violence he'd perpetrated? So I think things like Three Strikes and \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mC8KMZu1rNUJ:bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi-WUP8oxGv7pOPKNcKKBGcC-ddW5BlCO1kgM_uj8AFtSRVvuxqm9Vo-8ciVcYbFmjiIm2jaq7VKqNpazFLGtEpOG-22lRSeqyqBI5p0sfH75cHO1sowWsz0ksMgFeaVksP7J9D&sig=AHIEtbSITgr1cNYKHhAXkB4cceJN3h9maA\">Truth in Sentencing\u003c/a> have served society well. After those policies became part of the process, we really saw crime drop dramatically in the US.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There's another \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/voters-want-3-strikes-reform-fate-ballot-initiative-unclear-10874\">ballot measure being circulated, to reform Three Strikes and You're Out\u003c/a>. What do you think about reforming Three Strikes, so that the third strike would have to be a violent crime?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think Three Strikes is a marvelous piece of legislation. A lot of people blame it for prison overcrowding, but the reality is there are around 10,000 individuals in the California prison system on a third strike out of a population of something like 150,000. The idea that the third strike needs to be violent defeats the purpose of what Three Strikes is about. It's about stopping the victimization, about these guys understanding they face the possibility of 25-to-life if they continue to commit crimes, yet they continue to commit crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They might get caught for a petty crime, as some of them do, or they might get caught in the commission of a violent crime. But the penalty enhancement is supposed to motivate these guys to do the right thing. And if they're not doing the right thing, then you want to get a hold of them and move them out before they rape somebody, before they murder somebody, before they commit assault and battery on somebody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The lawsuit over California’s approval of a controversial pesticide may hinge on a seemingly straightforward question: Did regulators ever ask themselves what would happen if they didn’t approve methyl iodide?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Oakland courtroom today, Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch presided over a one-day trial about the pesticide, a fumigant approved by state regulators in December, 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental and farm worker groups sued the state, along with Arysta LifeScience, which produces methyl iodide, in January, 2011, contending that the chemical puts farm workers at risk of cancer or miscarriage. They said the state used bad science in approving the chemical, and ignored the concerns of its own scientific advisers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earthjustice’s Greg Loarie, representing the plaintiffs, came to the courtroom armed with diagrams and spreadsheets, geared up to give a technical brief on the finer points of pharmacokinetic and uncertainty factors, iodide absorption rates and other eye-glazing toxicological issues. His goal was to prove that the state had cherry-picked its data and methods in order to arrive at a conclusion amenable to methyl iodide manufacturer Arysta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Judge Roesch quickly seized on a different point. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/more/faq.html\">California’s Environmental Quality Act\u003c/a>, state agencies must consider alternatives to its proposed decisions, what’s known as a “no-project alternative.” In this case, that could have included evaluating alternatives to methyl iodide, or the possibility of approving the chemical at more conservative exposure levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under questioning from Roesch, Deputy Attorney General Cecilia Dennis, representing the DPR, couldn’t produce a document showing the agency had complied with this stipulation. “Absent that,” said Judge Roesch, “I don’t see how you can prevail in this lawsuit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dennis argued that such a consideration was implicit in the overall document. She said the DPR leaves it up to local agricultural districts to weigh the pros and cons of using the chemical, a process that effectively serves as a no-project alternative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite Roesch’s focus on the regulatory process, science did make its way into the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earthjustice’s Loarie pointed to emails – obtained earlier in a public records request by KQED/QUEST – revealing dissent from DPR staff scientists over whether Warmerdam’s science had been sound. The emails come from two staff scientists – Lori Lim and Ruby Reed – who have since left the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lawyer for Ayrsta argued that plaintiffs were overplaying the Lim and Reed emails in order to “manufacture” a story of dissent within the agency. He quoted another staff scientist who, memos showed, had found the approval levels to be reasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This case is a battle of the experts,” said Dennis. “And, as the court knows, the agency is allowed to pick which experts it relies on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, though, the outcome may rest on process rather than science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Roesch gave the attorneys a week to draft a brief persuading him that DPR is not required to follow CEQA. Earthjustice lawyers will have a week to respond. Judge Roesch will then issue a final ruling on whether or not the state violated California law when it approved methyl iodide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing, a PR representative for Arysta was unwilling to comment, citing the absence of a final ruling from the judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Towers of Pesticide Action Network said the judge’s comments had left him feeling optimistic. “We’re hopeful that he’ll ultimately rule that methyl iodide was unfairly approved in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in focusing on procedural issues, was the judge neglecting what plaintiffs consider to be the essential question, namely, is methyl iodide safe to use?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towers replied, “there is no debate, as the scientific community has said time and time again, that methyl iodide causes serious health effects. The real debate is whether the state followed its own process and whether political appointees at the top ignored scientists in their own agency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Previous posts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:30 p.m.\u003c/strong> The hearing is now over. Reading Amy Standen’s tweets from the courtroom, it looks like the judge has put the burden of proof on the state to justify its decision to approve methyl iodide. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider these:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/#!/KQEDNewsLive/status/157537532626735104\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\nhttps://twitter.com/#!/KQEDNewsLive/status/157537658715897856\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/#!/KQEDNewsLive/status/157564821322215424\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legal battle over methyl iodide is underway at Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland. KQED’s Amy Standen is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/01/12/lack-of-court-transcript-issue-at-methyl-iodide-trial/#tweet\">\u003cstrong>tweeting live from the courtroom\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case concerns the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s 2010 decision to approve methyl iodide for use as a fumigant. The chemical’s manufacturer, Arysta LifeSciences, was hoping growers would use it as a substitute for methyl bromide, which has been deemed an ozone-depleting substance and is being phased out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the approval process, DPR asked its scientists to determine a safe level of methyl iodide exposure for farm workers. It also turned to a panel of external researchers to vet the process. The final safe limit the experts came up with was .8 parts per billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the state announced its regulations, that number had swollen to 96 parts per billion. Emails and other documents obtained through a public records request suggested that dismayed scientists were unclear about the origins of the 96 ppb figure, and that a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/08/26/documents-show-deep-rift-over-methyl-iodide-approval-directors-concern-over-manufacturers-reaction/\">deep rift over the approval\u003c/a> developed between the scientific evaluators and the agency’s managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental and farmworker groups have since \u003ca href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/01/state-approves-controversial-pesticide.html\">sued the state\u003c/a>. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lab studies in rats have shown exposure to methyl iodide can cause miscarriages and cancer. Case studies of humans show it can cause brain damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Methyl iodide was approved by the federal EPA in 2007, over the concerns of \u003ca href=\"http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/iodomethane_letter.pdf\">54 scientists who urged the agency in a letter \u003c/a>(pdf) to prevent its registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s approval of methyl iodide was also the subject of a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/02/22/listen-to-the-state-assembly-hearing-on-methyl-iodide/\">joint hearing by the state legislature\u003c/a> in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/methyl-iodide/\">\u003cstrong>Click here for our previous methyl iodide coverage\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, including this Amy Standen \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/03/01/methyl-iodide-mystery-where-did-the-state-get-its-higher-safe-level-number-from/\">interview with an executive from the company’s manufacturer\u003c/a>, conducted in an attempt to figure out where the number for the higher exposure level came from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"tweet\">\u003c/a>Click on the play button below to start the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/kqednewslive\">live Twitter feed\u003c/a> from Amy Standen…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=f2586f30da/height=550/width=470\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"470px\" height=\"550px\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a side note, the proceedings got underway only after an unexpected delay occurred. 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"description": "The lawsuit over California's approval of a controversial pesticide may hinge on a seemingly straightforward question: Did regulators ever ask themselves what would happen if they didn't approve methyl iodide? In an Oakland courtroom today, Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch presided over a one-day trial about the pesticide, a fumigant approved by state regulators in December, 2010. Environmental and farm worker groups sued the state, along with Arysta LifeScience, which produces methyl iodide, in January, 2011, contending that the chemical puts farm workers at risk of cancer or miscarriage. They said the state used bad science in approving the",
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She said the DPR leaves it up to local agricultural districts to weigh the pros and cons of using the chemical, a process that effectively serves as a no-project alternative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite Roesch’s focus on the regulatory process, science did make its way into the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earthjustice’s Loarie pointed to emails – obtained earlier in a public records request by KQED/QUEST – revealing dissent from DPR staff scientists over whether Warmerdam’s science had been sound. The emails come from two staff scientists – Lori Lim and Ruby Reed – who have since left the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lawyer for Ayrsta argued that plaintiffs were overplaying the Lim and Reed emails in order to “manufacture” a story of dissent within the agency. He quoted another staff scientist who, memos showed, had found the approval levels to be reasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This case is a battle of the experts,” said Dennis. “And, as the court knows, the agency is allowed to pick which experts it relies on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, though, the outcome may rest on process rather than science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Roesch gave the attorneys a week to draft a brief persuading him that DPR is not required to follow CEQA. Earthjustice lawyers will have a week to respond. Judge Roesch will then issue a final ruling on whether or not the state violated California law when it approved methyl iodide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing, a PR representative for Arysta was unwilling to comment, citing the absence of a final ruling from the judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Towers of Pesticide Action Network said the judge’s comments had left him feeling optimistic. “We’re hopeful that he’ll ultimately rule that methyl iodide was unfairly approved in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in focusing on procedural issues, was the judge neglecting what plaintiffs consider to be the essential question, namely, is methyl iodide safe to use?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towers replied, “there is no debate, as the scientific community has said time and time again, that methyl iodide causes serious health effects. The real debate is whether the state followed its own process and whether political appointees at the top ignored scientists in their own agency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Previous posts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:30 p.m.\u003c/strong> The hearing is now over. Reading Amy Standen’s tweets from the courtroom, it looks like the judge has put the burden of proof on the state to justify its decision to approve methyl iodide. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider these:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/#!/KQEDNewsLive/status/157537532626735104\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\nhttps://twitter.com/#!/KQEDNewsLive/status/157537658715897856\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/#!/KQEDNewsLive/status/157564821322215424\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legal battle over methyl iodide is underway at Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland. KQED’s Amy Standen is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/01/12/lack-of-court-transcript-issue-at-methyl-iodide-trial/#tweet\">\u003cstrong>tweeting live from the courtroom\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case concerns the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s 2010 decision to approve methyl iodide for use as a fumigant. The chemical’s manufacturer, Arysta LifeSciences, was hoping growers would use it as a substitute for methyl bromide, which has been deemed an ozone-depleting substance and is being phased out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the approval process, DPR asked its scientists to determine a safe level of methyl iodide exposure for farm workers. It also turned to a panel of external researchers to vet the process. The final safe limit the experts came up with was .8 parts per billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the state announced its regulations, that number had swollen to 96 parts per billion. 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"content": "\u003cp>Back in July, I wrote this in a post about the world premiere of \u003cem>Ghost Light\u003c/em> at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When Some events are so much larger than life that one can really only apprehend them on a grand scale, as part of the sweep of history and not occurrences that turned the lives of actual individuals upside down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arguably, the assassination of Harvey Milk has become such an event. Over the years, as it’s become iconized in documentary, opera, and major motion picture, one begins to understand how the murder of his co-victim, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, became relegated to almost an after-thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if Moscone lives on in the public’s consciousness as merely a subset of the Milk story, he plays a much bigger part in the mindset of Jonathan Moscone. 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Reviews from \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/12/DD181MM3KV.DTL\">Robert Hurwitt in the Chronicle \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment-headlines/ci_19728795\">Karen D’Souza in the San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a> are extremely positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Cy Musiker interviewed Moscone, who also directed the play, during its Ashland run in July. Moscone talked about his family and the emotions he has had to cope with around his father’s death. 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A lot of the play is about the fact that he’s repressed the kind of mourning that would keep his father alive for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I think we as a country, we don’t mourn past a certain point. Back in the 1970s when this all happened, it turned pretty quickly into the 80s and Reagan, and the city of San Francisco grew exponentially; developed so fast and it changed its look and face forever. I think what started to submerge is the need for progressive politics, the definition of progressive politics as a necessary response to a status quo that had been running the country. 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