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From left, Fullerton Mayor Bruce Whitaker, CSUF President Framroze Virjee, Mayor Pro Tem Nick Dunlap, CalFire Regional Urban Forester Lynnette Short and Fullerton Council Member Fred Jung pose for a photograph during an Arbor Day celebration at Cal State Fullerton.
PHOTO COURTESY ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG
On Wednesday, April 21, Cal State Fullerton, in cooperation with the City of Fullerton, celebrated Arbor Day by planting several trees throughout campus. The mayor, city council members and administrators from the City of Fullerton were in attendance as well as President Fram Virjee and representatives from Cal State Fullerton, Cal Fire and West Coast Arborists.
Fullerton Cracks Down on Illegal Cannabis Dispensaries
A quick online search for Fullerton dispensaries reveals 10 stores open for business. However, each one is operating illegally.
To combat under-the-table cannabis sales, the city in April approved the hiring of a new code enforcement officer who will focus solely on closing illegal cannabis businesses. The pilot program is expected to run for two years at a cost of about $72,000.
“We’re just going to ticket you until you just can’t stand it anymore,” Councilman Fred Jung told The Epoch Times.
Fullerton has been trying to close these dispensaries for years, but the process is expensive and, in some cases, can take up to 12 months, he said.
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Fullerton Will Not Join Sheriff Barnes’ Opposition to COVID-19 Inmate Release/Transfer Order
Fullerton City Council voted 3-2 at a special meeting on December 21 to not join an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in support of OC Sheriff Barnes’s opposition to releasing or transferring jail inmates. Barnes is fighting a recent a court order requiring a 50% reduction of the inmate population in group living areas because of spiking inmate COVID-19 cases due to the vulnerability of inmates living in congregate settings.
This court order was prompted by both recommendations from the OC Health Care Agency and a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of Orange County inmates, alleging that inmates should be released because they are medically vulnerable and at imminent risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19.