Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Policy Ordinance - SC,CA

Santa Cruz Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Policy Ordinance
According to a recent Santa Cruz, California poll, more than 80% of city voters agree that the Drug War is a failure and adults who use marijuana should not be criminalized.

On May 25th, the Santa Cruz City Clerk officially announced that an initiative to make adult marijuana offenses the Santa Cruz police department's lowest priority has qualified for the November ballot!!! Santa Cruz Citizens for Sensible Marijuana Policy submitted over 6,000 signatures in April, well more than the minimum 3,423 required to put a measure to a vote. On November 7, 2006, voters passed this initiative with 64% of the vote.

The initiative:
- Makes investigations, citations, arrests, property seizures, and prosecutions for adult marijuana offenses the City of Santa Cruz's lowest law enforcement priority;
- Enables the city to save tax dollars and police resources so that they can spend them fighting violent and serious crime;
- Establishes a city policy supporting changes in state and federal laws that call for taxation and regulation for adult use of marijuana.