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Sec, 18 610 - Purposes and Directives <br />The aurpose of this <br />chapter_ is IQ ent <br />Califfomia <br />Hea th and <br />Sa&IY Code <br />"implement <br />n 113 5 <br />and 13 7- 136 <br />83 knmij respedi 1 <br />the safe and <br />i <br />0 U Act <br />of 1996 <br />and h <br />* sdic°1 Marijuana <br />Program Act effective 2004); <br />and to <br />impose <br />limitations <br />on t h mdoolkmd <br />Medical Marijuana Program <br />facilities.lawfully used <br />for the rjultiyafion, processing, <br />stor <br />a� <br />nd dispenSlna <br />of medical <br />f r <br />cannabis, other than <br />the cultivation or ooss usiQn <br />by an <br />individual <br />quali% <br />patient <br />or care <br />at tho patient r <br />i r' m The Compassionate <br />Act is <br />removi <br />1penalties fo qualified <br />and those <br />patients' <br />'m care <br />givers,�possessic�nnd <br />ill residents of the City of <br />Santa <br />has been <br />Ana can obtai <br />demed appml2riate <br />1 <br />nn i f <br />life <br />n <br />Th Modicall <br />where that medi Qal use, <br />a California physician <br />Madjuana Program <br />Agt is the Im that <br />allows qualified <br />n n <br />caregivprs <br />to <br />QollgCfiy& or cooperatively <br />cultivate and dig <br />+.ri ute medical <br />cannabis <br />for <br />and to each <br />other. The <br />puEpose of this Article <br />is also to enact reasonabl <br />(3) <br />nd <br />zoning_ limitations <br />admi <br />and other <br />reOdctions_applicable <br />to the cultivation and <br />i i <br />of moical <br />cannabis <br />collectjyes <br />and conp2ra <br />of the City of Santa <br />Ana and its residents. <br />atients in the City <br />of Santa <br />Ana in aimrdance <br />This 1 is intendDL- <br />(1) <br />To fulfill <br />jht purpose <br />of the Compassionate, <br />ILse Act to <br />"implement <br />a lap m <br />urovide for <br />the safe and <br />affordable <br />distributiQu <br />of marijuana to all <br />in medical <br />eed of <br />m�a rijuana" <br />in accord <br />with the <br />Medical Marijuana Program <br />Act's_uarnose to <br />12 a <br />well-reWLIated <br />program <br />f r <br />i t <br />in <br />li i 1 r <br />i <br />r„ltiYale <br />and obtaj <br />medical <br />cannabis. <br />(2) <br />To help ensure <br />that <br />seriously <br />ill residents of the City of <br />Santa <br />has been <br />Ana can obtai <br />demed appml2riate <br />and use <br />and <br />conaabis <br />me <br />fa medifal <br />ded or approved <br />pujj2usys <br />by <br />where that medi Qal use, <br />a California physician <br />who has <br />determined the <br />anorexia_ <br />patient's <br />AIDS_ <br />health would <br />chronic pai <br />benefit <br />irnm jhr, <br />glaucoma, <br />j s of cannabis in the treatment <br />arthritis mi, grain, <br />or any <br />of canre4 <br />other illness for <br />which <br />,anasticiLL <br />(3) <br />To create <br />a ministerial <br />admi <br />istrative, registrafton process <br />for <br />a limited number <br />of medical <br />cannabis <br />collectjyes <br />and conp2ra <br />ives that serve qualified <br />atients in the City <br />of Santa <br />Ana in aimrdance <br />wiLh St <br />rtiQl <br />rts tQ affilmafiyQl-y <br />mlh-Qiize <br />actiyities <br />h r <br />h i i n F <br />rl <br />or 11 <br />w- <br />(4) <br />protect <br />cit tens <br />fr m the <br />adverse impacts of irresponsible <br />or illicit medical <br />c n� nabis <br />r� <br />oltivation, <br />distdbution, <br />handling, <br />5 <br />T i <br />incilldillg <br />i <br />without <br />nlr n <br />limit for public <br />h i f <br />Safer, educatim, and <br />f <br />health. <br />h general <br />fr <br />3 <br />