The Reporter, 24 Oct 2010 – California voters this November will decide on Proposition 19, which legalizes the private-adult possession and use of limited quantities of marijuana, and allows local governments to regulate its commercial production and retail distribution. Proposition 19 is endorsed by a broad range of leading criminal justice, civil rights and religious organizations. These include the National Black Police Association, the California Council of Churches IMPACT, the California National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the California League of United Latin American Citizens, the Latino Voters League, the Progressive Jewish Alliance and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Western States Council.

The Reporter, 24 Oct 2010 – California voters this November will decide on Proposition 19, which legalizes the private-adult possession and use of limited quantities of marijuana, and allows local governments to regulate its commercial production and retail distribution. Proposition 19 is endorsed by a broad range of leading criminal justice, civil rights and religious organizations. These include the National Black Police Association, the California Council of Churches IMPACT, the California National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the California League of United Latin American Citizens, the Latino Voters League, the Progressive Jewish Alliance and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Western States Council.

San Gabriel Valley Tribune, 03 Oct 2010 – ON Nov. 2, California voters can strengthen community safety and bolster public infrastructure with a simple "yes" vote on Proposition 19, the initiative to control and tax marijuana. After fighting on the front lines of the War on Drugs as a police officer, I know that the current prohibition on marijuana not only doesn’t work, but causes harm. That’s why I’m voting "yes" to change our marijuana laws on Nov. 2. I, and an increasing number of law enforcement professionals, have learned that most of the negatives associated with marijuana stem from prohibition rather than from the plant itself. These negatives – not least of which is cartel-driven violence – can be reversed when we move to finally control and tax the market, instead of letting criminals make all the decisions (and profits).

The Union, 01 Oct 2010 – Let me start by saying that I am not a lifelong marijuana activist. In fact, I spent many years as a police officer arresting drug users, and I’ve witnessed firsthand the harms that drugs cause our society. But it was my experience policing the streets that showed me how much our current prohibition of marijuana harms society and puts our children at risk.