La Jolla Today, June 21st, 2012

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La Jollans set to relay for a cause

By KENDRA HARTMANN

A wave in Windansea SHOOTING THE TUBE Photographer Jim Grant crawled inside this drainage pipe at Windansea Beach to get this unique shot of the pipe’s interior, painted to look like the inside of a wave or “barrel.” In the background is the iconic island-themed shade shack and a surfer shredding it up on the waves. La Jolla Today will have all things surf covered with the addition of new columnist and local surf legend Bird Huffman. See his first column on Page 15

For 24 hours starting on June 29, a few hundred people will gather in La Jolla and walk in circles. They’ll celebrate, commiserate, remember and fight for a cause that has touched each of them or someone they know. The La Jolla Relay for Life, this year organized by Jamie Meronoff and held at La Jolla High School, will begin at 9 a.m. with an opening ceremony celebrating those who have battled cancer. The survivor’s lap around the track will take place at 9:30 a.m., followed by continuous laps by family, friends and other supporters. “It’s really a community-based

event with people who have been affected by cancer, whether they had it or have known someone who has, or just anyone,” Meronoff said. “The idea is to have at least one person on the track for all 24 hours to show that cancer doesn’t sleep, so neither can our efforts to fight it.” The event, Meronoff said, is based on having fun — with teams setting up picnics and campsites — while honoring and remembering those who have battled cancer. The most somber part

SEE RELAY >> PG. 19

Amid questions of legality, some marijuana dispensaries setting up shop Medical marijuana dispensaries, including a handful along the beachfront, are beginning to pop up, apparently taking advantage of continuing legal uncertainties over the hot-button political issue. “At least three have opened in Pacific Beach, and it’s not just there but all over San Diego,” said Tony Franco, broker at Income Property Investors, Inc. covering Point Loma to La Jolla. A commercial Realtor for a decade along the waterfront, Franco has noticed a distinct uptick in demand for dispensary locations

just recently after a long lull. “In 2009 there were several places for rent for marijuana dispensaries through commercial real-estate leasing,” he said. “That all died down in 2011-12.” What killed dispensaries then is what Franco refers to as the “threeheaded monster” — the IRS, political attacks on their legality and a law enforcement crackdown by San Diego U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy. “Dispensaries were attacked from different angles, such as law enforcement seizing landlord’s

By DAVE SCHWAB

property,” Franco said, adding that now, with a new, more favorable mayoral administration, the political climate has changed. “[Mayor Bob] Filner has voiced a pro-[medical marijuana] opinion, which has led dispensaries to be brave again and start opening up retail shops with landlords that are liberal-minded enough to permit them,” Franco said. “Now in 2013, my phone is ringing again with inquiries from operators that want

SEE MARIJUANA >> PG. 8

HAZY SITUATION Although still illegal in the city, some medical marijuana dispensaries are opening storefronts, including at least three in Pacific Beach. The city is redrafting an ordinance addressing rules and oversight. KENDRA HARTMANN

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