Just picked up this nugget from the excellent NORML website this week.
The California Assembly is considering legislation, AB 1017, to reduce criminal penalties for marijuana cultivation. The bill seeks to downgrade cultivation from a mandatory felony to a “wobbler” or alternative misdemeanor.
This would be huge step in the right direction as taking this out of a mandatory felony category saves a potential arrestee the stress of facing a felony prosecution even for a first time offense. Misdemeanors are much easier to resolve from all sides.
It would provide cost savings, spare a the person charged with having to get bail and not require a preliminary hearing to occur in every cultivation case.
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