Alameda County
District Attorney, Sheriff, Health Dept., and/or Board
of Supervisors:
Letters from Board
of Supervisors (2000), Sheriff
(2000), and DA
(2001). All denying the existence of any implementation from
within their respective
institutions.
Sheriff letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards
Police Departments:
Alameda PD (2002):
No Documents. Letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards
Albany PD (2002):
No documents
Berkeley PD (2002):
Training and information bulletin number 252.
Emeryville PD
(2002): No documents. Letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards "Marijuana Possession
violates Federal Law"
Fremont PD (2002):
No documents. Letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards, "I will not recognise
this ordinance."
Hayward PD (2002):
No documents
Livermore PD (2002):
No documents. Letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards, "Possession of Marijuana...is
a Federal Crime." Update 10/10/03: Use the state statute.
Newark PD (2002):
No documents. Letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards, "My Official position
is that we will continue to treat possession, tranportation, and use
of marijuana as violations of law." Update
(2003): "We just follow the law to the best of our ability.
Our charging DA gave us oral interpretations at the time of the law
change. We have experienced no significant controversy, as we just
follow the law in a similar fashion as we do for all statutes.
Oakland PD (2002):
City of Oakland's Medical Cannabis Law Enforcement Policy. Letter
(2002) in support of county IDs. Update
(2003): Sent training bulletin titled, "City of Oakland's
Medical Cannabis Law Enforcement Policy"
Pleasant Hill
PD (2002): No documents.
Pleasanton PD
(2002): No documents. Letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards, "I do not believe
that a legitimate need exists for the use of unregulated, unlawfully
grown marijuana for medical purposes."
San Leandro PD
(2002): No documents
Union City PD (2002):
No documents. Letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards. Update
(2003): No new documents
UC Berkeley: Letter
(2002) in opposition to county ID cards
Official County Website:
http://www.co.alameda.ca.us