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1 <br />Carrasco, Yolanda <br />From:Handa, Marian <br />Sent:Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:42 PM <br />To:Carrasco, Yolanda <br />Subject:FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary in SL <br />  <br />  <br />From: Lee, Benny <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:25 PM <br />To: Handa, Marian; Chiu, Vivian <br />Cc: Liao, Thomas <br />Subject: FW: Medical Marijuana Dispensary in SL <br /> <br /> <br />From: Flora Tsang [fl0rabell3@gmail.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:42 AM <br />To: Lee, Benny <br />Subject: Medical Marijuana Dispensary in SL <br />Councilmember Diana Souza, <br /> <br />Thank you for your dedication to serving the residents and visitors of San Leandro. <br />Some background on me - I'm a 23-year old who grew up in San Leandro, attended a local college (UC Berkeley), and <br />am now working as an Account Manager in the online advertising space at Google in SF. I love San Leandro - its <br />history, the local businesses, and of course, the people. In fact, my final paper for a History class at Cal was on the <br />history of San Leandro, an how it was touted as the "ideal suburb" back in the 1960-80s. <br />A lot has changed since then. Sure, demographics have -- but a lot more that that. And I'm worried. I work with <br />teenagers in San Leandro as volunteer work through Heritage Baptist Church on Merced Street. The majority of our <br />teens attend public high schools within the East Bay, with most of them being in San Leandro. To be honest, I'm <br />concerned with the messaging that we're sending them when we allow for a medical marijuana dispensary to be placed <br />in the city. We proclaim the evilness of drug abuse within the school system, and then go ahead and propose to have a <br />center where medical marijuana would be set-up. <br /> <br />I do understand the needs of those who depend on the use of medical marijuana. I sympathize with that greatly. But <br />having done research on this issue, I've concluded that San Leandro has no need for one, seeing that there are numerous <br />dispensaries in other cities nearby. Also, it's not necessarily a secret either that not 100% of the people who are <br />obtaining marijuana at the dispensaries are in need of it medically. The system is broken, and the effect of a dispensary <br />will only have a negative effect on local businesses, our young people, and the environment of San Leandro as a whole. <br />I'd strongly urge you to reconsider this proposal. Let's instead make sure to continue focusing on bringing more <br />business to the city, providing a safe environment for residents and making it a place where Bay Area residents will <br />want to come. <br />In the meantime, if there's anything I can do to give back to the city in any way, please don't hesitate to reach out. <br /> <br />Appreciatively, <br />Flora <br />Flora Tsang <br />(510) 390-1375