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A Rainy San Onofre Thanksgiving 2008

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Tell The Rangers State Medical Marijuana Laws Not Preempted by Federal Law

Washington, DC -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a landmark decision today in which California state courts found that its medical marijuana law was not preempted by federal law. The state appellate court decision from November 28, 2007, ruled that "it is not the job of the local police to enforce the federal drug laws." The case, involving Felix Kha, a medical marijuana patient from Garden Grove, was the result of a wrongful seizure of medical marijuana by local police in June 2005. Medical marijuana advocates hailed today's decision as a huge victory in clarifying law enforcement's obligation to uphold state law. Advocates assert that better adherence to state medical marijuana laws by local police will result in fewer needless arrests and seizures. In turn, this will allow for better implementation of medical marijuana laws not only in California, but in all states that have adopted such laws.

"It's now settled that state law enforcement officers cannot arrest medical marijuana patients or seize their medicine simply because they prefer the contrary federal law," said Joe Elford, Chief Counsel with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the medical marijuana advocacy organization that represented the defendant Felix Kha in a case that the City of Garden Grove appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Perhaps, in the future local government will think twice about expending significant time and resources to defy a law that is overwhelmingly supported by the people of our state."

California medical marijuana patient Felix Kha was pulled over by the Garden Grove Police Department and cited for possession of marijuana, despite Kha showing the officers proper documentation. The charge against Kha was subsequently dismissed, with the Superior Court of Orange County issuing an order to return Kha's wrongfully seized 8 grams of medical marijuana. The police, backed by the City of Garden Grove, refused to return Kha's medicine and the city appealed. Before the 41-page decision was issued a year ago by California's Fourth District Court of Appeal, the California Attorney General filed a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of Kha's right to possess his medicine. The California Supreme Court then denied review in March.

"The source of local law enforcement's resistance to upholding state law is an outdated, harmful federal policy with regard to medical marijuana," said ASA spokesperson Kris Hermes. "This should send a message to the federal government that it's time to establish a compassionate policy more consistent with the 13 states that have adopted medical marijuana laws."

Further information:
Today's U.S. Supreme Court Order denying review: http://AmericansForSafeAccess.org/downloads/Kha_USSC.pdf
Decision by the California Fourth Appellate District Court: http://AmericansForSafeAccess.org/downloads/GardenGroveDecision.pdf
Felix Kha's return of property case: http://AmericansForSafeAccess.org/article.php?id=4412

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Glory at Sea Directed by Benjamin Zeitlin

Glory at Sea Directed by Benjamin Zeitlin

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Surfer Mag Longboard Crew Surf San Onofre

This video was shot at Old Man's in San Onofre during a Surfer Magazine Beach Bar-b-que in honor of Longboard Mag going belly up...

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San Onofre Surfing USA

Se tutti avessero accesso all'oceano
negli Stati Uniti
tutti si darebbero al surf
come in California
sembrerebbe a tutti che tu indossi i loro 'baggies'
ed anche i sandali huarachi
una foltissima pettinatura bionda
per andare in surf attraverso gli Stati Uniti

Li hai incontrati mentre erano in surf a Del Mar
al confine della contea di Ventura
a Santa Cruz e Trestle
a Narrabeen in Australia
in tutta Manhattan
e giù sulla Doheny Way

tutti stanno andando in surf
attraverso gli Stati Uniti

noi tutti stiamo programmando la rotta
noi la percorreremo presto
noi stiamo stendendo la cera sulle nostre tavole da surf
noi non possiamo aspettare che arrivi Giugno
noi saremo già partiti per l'estate
noi siamo sul surf e ci resteremo
comunica all'insegnante che noi siamo sul surf
e stiamo attraversando gli Stati Uniti

Ad Haggerties e Swamies
Pacific Palisades
a San Onofre e Sunset
Redondo Beach a Los Angeles
o intorno a La Jolla
alla Baia di Wa'imea

tutti stanno andando in surf
attraverso gli Stati Uniti...
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California Fish Face Extinction and Cox Wants To Start The Fish Fry.

California's native salmon, steelhead and trout species face extinction this century without quick action to provide proper habitats. 20 of 31 species of prized fish are in sharp decline, including the Sacramento River winter run of Chinook salmon, coastal Coho salmon and the Sierra Nevada golden trout.

Save The San Mateo Creek Salmon.

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TCA's Toll Road is not in The National Interest, Just Special Intrest.

A U.S. Department of Commerce decision is expected soon regarding a controversial toll road extension that would slice through a portion of San Onofre State Beach, jeopardizing a pristine watershed that is home to 11 endangered species, Panhe a Native American Site, San Mateo A top 5 State Park, and also jeopardizing the world famous Trestles surf breaks.

In case you missed it, the L.A. Times devoted nearly a page in Monday's California edition outlining issues that have made the proposed project so contentious. (HOW MUCH DID THAT COST?)

Personally, I despise the idea as much as I despise heavy traffic.

What the story glossed over were the pros and cons of developing state parks.

Outdoors enthusiasts ought to oppose any project that sacrifices even a portion of any state park. Parks ought to be considered sacred ground and protected against all infringements of civilization. And Sacred ground needs to be thought of as Sacred Ground.

Isn't that the purpose behind them?

San Onofre receives 2.8 million visitors a year and is the fourth-most visited park in California. Reasons: proximity to ocean and wilderness, and aesthetics.

Those visitors would not likely welcome such an unsightly intrusion, which would run for about five miles and consume 320 acres of their beloved park.

San Onofre State Beach is bisected by San Mateo Creek, the last pristine public watersheds in Southern California and home 11 endangered species..

Groups such as the Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Wildcoast, Save San Onofre Coalition and California State Parks Foundation vehemently oppose the project for good reasons.

Even proponents of the toll road project concede this habitat will be damaged.

As for waves at Lower Trestles, one of the world's premier point breaks and home to the only World Tour surfing event in the continental United States, they may not be ruined by the alteration of flow from the creek caused by construction.

Or they could be.

As for traffic, there are no assurances that travelers on Interstate 5 in south Orange County will even detect the slightest difference after completion of an alternative route that would dump motorists onto I-5 at Basilone Road south of San Clemente.

Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has until Jan. 7 to decide whether to override the California Coastal Commission's rejection of the project last February.

Here's hoping he decides in favor of state parks.

-- Pete Thomas

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The Tribe of Surfing

In the late 70s and early 80s I saw The Ramones, The Clash and Black Flag. I didn't know it until a few years later, the small group of people interested in the same bands was a tribe.

During this same time, my brother brought me to my first Grateful Dead show. This was also... undeniably a tribe.

A few months ago at the California Coastal Commission hearing for the proposed toll road through San Onofre State Park, thousands showed up and together let their views be known. They were also a tribe.

So what is a tribe?

A tribe is a group of people that are bound together by a common interest. They may live in the same city or they may be dispersed around the globe. They may all have the same socioeconomic status or they may be as diverse as a package of crayons. Their diversity and origins don't matter. What matters is that they are passionate about one specific thing.

Surfrider is a tribe.

It's been called a tribe for as long as I can remember. Honestly, at first that word, that label seemed a bit over-reaching. Perhaps that's my own sensitivity to the various indigenous peoples around the globe, that's THEIR word. But the more I thought about it the more I warmed up to it as it's a descriptive term and not a moniker for a distinct group of people.

Mark Spalding pointed out to me a new book by Seth Godin called Tribes. I picked it up on iTunes and listened to it on some drives, then I listened to it again.

It's good. Like many books of its kind, it attempts to bottle a phenomenon that existed but is amplified due to the many communication and culture changes brought on by the proliferation of the internet and broadband.

However, the concepts is great.

I encourage everyone that has an inkling to step out and build or lead something to read this book. The entire book rings true to me. It's not just about thinking of new approaches to issues, but also employing any and all new toolsets to achieve related goals.

It's never been about the internet to me. It's always been about what the internet enables: listserves in the early 90s, the mid-90s birth of browser-based applications, and the dot com boom. The internet has always been about an idea, an idea that was independent of the 'net... but an idea that could be approached and amplified because of the new toolsets brought on by the 'net.

Sufrider's 100+ web sites are a direct extension of our 100+ chapters. These both feed and each other... and in turn give more people ways to plug into coastal conservation. These give people onramps to our mission.

So Surfrider Foundation is a tribe.

Rise Above Plastics is a tribe.

Surfrider's San Diego Chapter is a tribe (as is every one of our 100+ chapters).

The group of people knowledgabe and active on sea-walls is a tribe.

The crews focused on monitoring policy changes is a tribe.

Etc.

I encourage you to read this book but more than that I encourage you to understand what we have in front of us... a great set of tools for creating and leading tribes.

The days of power belonging to pyramid, hierarchical power structures is near over. Focusing on management of status quos is a recipe for not just mediocrity, it's a recipe for extinction.

Plug in.

-JIM MORIARTY

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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

San Onofre Thanksgiving 2008

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Tell The Rangers State Medical Marijuana Laws Not Preempted by Federal Law

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Glory at Sea Directed by Benjamin Zeitlin

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Surfer Mag Longboard Crew Surf San Onofre

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

San Onofre Surfing USA

Monday, November 24, 2008

California Fish Face Extinction and Cox Wants To Start The Fish Fry.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

TCA's Toll Road is not in The National Interest, Just Special Intrest.

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