District Attorney Paul Gallegos announced today the filing of a criminal complaint against Kerri Malloy. The story was first reported by the Arcata Eye.
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Regarding enforcement, Burns seemed to offer a mixed message. While unyielding in asserting that federal law holds marijuana illegal under all circumstances and trumps all state and local medical cannabis laws, Burns nonetheless advised Arcatans to “defer 100 percent good judgment of the people who have been elected and appointed” while motioning to those present in the APD conference room. But most of them are working on guidelines under which medical marijuana may be safely cultivated and dispensed. The Burns interview airs on KHSU 90.5 FM this Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. after the Home Page, and will stream online at khsu.org.

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In response to overwhelming public interest, the location for the Wednesday, July 30 KHSU Community Advisory Group meeting has been changed to a larger venue on the Humboldt State University campus.
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Note: Since this is a five-week month, and the KHSU Community Advisory Group usually meets on the last Wednesday of the month, there has been some confusion about the date of the next CAG meeting. KHSU’s Community Advisory Group meets next Wednesday night, July 30. from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Student Business & Services Building No. 100, Room 405, on the campus of Humboldt State University. (707) 826-4807, khsu.org.
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Friends and acquaintances are invited to bid a fond farewell to two pillars of the activist community who are moving away. Brian Willson and Becky Luening will be the guests of honor at a potluck on Sunday, July 27 at the D Street Neighborhood Center in Arcata.

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ARCATA – Rob Gunsalus, vice president of advancement (external affairs and fundraising) at Humboldt State University, announced today that Elizabeth Hans McCrone, general manager of KHSU 90.5 FM, has submitted her resignation to pursue other endeavors.
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The impending guidelines run counter to entreaties made by some dispensary operators to the Planco at last week’s meeting. They asked that the commission give City approval to illegal purchases of cannabis from home gardens managed by 215 patients – this despite repeated statements by commissioners and staff that the thrust of the new dispensary regs would be to sever any connection to residential grows.
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“There is no change in intent; it is simply structurally a different format,” said Mayor Mark Wheetley.
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The report also mentions that line revival “depends heavily” on the development of Humboldt Bay as a port and that “neither would be viable without the other.” The report states that “any benefits of (the rail project) would be other than monetary and limited in scope for the foreseeable future.”
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The three different loans comprise funding for the $1.4 million project. The City is providing a loan totaling $325,000 and AEDC, $310,00 (both comparitively low-interest, approximately, 6.5 percent loans)  ReProp, the lynchpin, came in with a variable interest loan.
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CITY HALL – It’s been scaled down, lawyered up, revised, resubmitted and rejected by the Planning Commission (Planco). But the controversial Trillium Creek subdivision isn’t finished yet.
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ARCATA – An Arcata cannabis dispensary has filed a petition in Humboldt County Superior Court over the Planning Commission’s decision to prohibit commercial cultivation of medical marijuana downtown.  The petition names the City of Arcata, City Council and Planning Commission as respondents. In papers filed Tuesday, July 1, Humboldt Medical Supply (HMS) asks that the Planco’s decision, later upheld by the City Council, be stayed so that it may cultivate cannabis at its new facility at 855 Eighth Street next to the Arcata Post Office.
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The sole Arcata search warrant was served at 1658 Virginia Way, where FBI agents and at least one postal inspector dismantled what appeared to be a modest grow operation. After an unknown number of plants were confiscated, lighting and other equipment was spread out on the home’s front lawn, inventoried and taken away.
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A Friends of the Forest group did exist in the mid-i990s, using volunteers equipped with a belt pack which contained a small folding saw, first aid kit and brick-sized cellular phone. While parameters have yet to be developed, today’s volunteers would likely carry a small GPS unit as well to specify problem locations.
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The workshop also included new information that suggests the local housing market is cooling. McKinleyville realtor Heidi Varshock was part of a panel that analyzed the status of the county’s housing situation. She said the market has changed dramatically, saying that there were only 530 home sale listings in June of 2007, and this year there are 945. Many of the listings got on the market through foreclosures, Varshock said.
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