sCEnE aRT Class Clowns Mark larson sEa lIFE captures DaI Bill Daniels’ alums B2 artwork still spreads joy B1 MaDRIVERUnIon.CoM MMADAD RRIVEIVERR UUNIONNION V OL. 2, N O . 43 18 PAGES WEDNESDAY, JU LY 22, 2015 E ST. 2013 $1 CANNABIS well-crafted tiny house found in 4/20 lawsuit tossed Community Forest CABIN Judge’s ruling high in dope jokes, Kevin L. Hoover Mad RiveR Union ARCATA – Mark Andre was IN low in patience with plaintiff marking trees in one of the Arcata Kevin L. Hoover ty concerns, cost to the city and Community Forest’s most remote sections recently when he hap- Mad RiveR Union the truckloads of trash hauled THE ARCATA – The City of Arca- away in the days following each pened upon something that wasn’t ta’s stoner-encumbering tactics year’s event – plus the environ- there the last time he’d been in the to keep Redwood Park acces- mental damage to Redwood Park area. That was back in 1985, when sible for non-smokers on April and the Arca- Arcata’s Environmental Services 20 (4/20) have been ruled legal ta Community director was a city forest technician. by a federal judge, who has dis- Forest – and It was a cabin. And not the usu- missed as unfounded a lawsuit other 4/20-re- al ramshackle, trash-strewn heap against the city. lated impacts, of debris, but a proper house, con- The city was sued last Octo- the city be- structed, if not for the ages, for ber by plaintif Gregory Allen, gan clamping more than just a brief stay. president of the Redwood Chap- down. The sturdy shack, measuring ter of the American Civil Liber- Gregory Beginning perhaps eight by 12 feet and 15 or ties Union and former director allen in 2010, tactics so feet high, features a concrete of Humboldt Medical Cannabis included a large Arcata Police block foundation, stout frame, Center. He alleged that his con- presence, restricted parking and peaked roof, small porch with stitutional rights and those of signs warning that all smoking wooden awning, multiple win- others had been violated by mea- laws would be enforced. Un- dows and walls of plywood cov- sures the city took to end what der the Arcata Municipal Code, ered on the outside with brown had been a mass gathering in smoking is prohibited in any city tarps, black plastic sheeting and Redwood Park on 4/20. park that has a children’s play- lots of concealing forest duf. For years, the 4/20 celebra- ground. The park remained open Step a few feet away, and the WOODS tion drew thousands of canna- for non-smokers, and eventually building is all but invisible. “I bis enthusiasts from all over others, including families with CABIN A8 IT’s aCTUallY QUITE loVElY The tiny house in the forest. KLH | Union the country to the park, but no children, gradually returned. By one applied for any permits, or 2014 the city declared 4/20 a An update on Arcata’s forests, Ridge Trail provided insurance, security or broken tradition. Kevin L. Hoover lessly on with a range of forest projects. Volunteer sanitation. Citing public safe- 4/20 A6 Mad RiveR Union workdays, conducted in cooperation with a range ARCATA – Hardly anyone from the public at- of other groups and individual volunteers, are ex- tends the monthly meetings of the Forest Man- tremely well attended. The near-weekly work ses- Planco stoking up new agement Committee (FMC) – including its citizen sions often attract several dozen people, and their members. Even with an update of the Forest Man- energy has been channeled into creation of lots of agement Plan underway, the Arcata Ridge Trail new trails in the Arcata Community Forest. MMJ Innovation Zone steadily growing and a timber harvest in the works, Arcata Ridge Trail the FMC hasn’t had a quorum since May. The Arcata Ridge Trail has been a major bene- Kevin L. Hoover tor Larry Oetker, with stunning Fortunately, public participation in the feld is in- fciary of all the public love, blood, sweat and tears. Mad RiveR Union understatement. versely proportional to the apathy in indoor public The 4.5 mile trail connects Sunny Brae with West ARCATA – Arcata’s Planning To establish the MMIZ, the city fora, and behind the scenes, city staf soldiers tire- FOREST A8 Commission undertook creation has to navigate multiple hazards. of the new Medical Marijuana In- The existing CUP process allows novation Zone (MMIZ) last week. for only four medical marijuana Its frst meeting on the topic was facilities, and without a suspen- Warren’s sordid, violent past told met with questions, concerns sion, there could be four large Paul Mann Warren, born Warren’s arraignment on March and some measure of outrage by businesses with smaller mom and Mad RiveR Union Sept. 20, 1984, 29, 2013, that it would forgo the citizens ofering comment. pops locked out of the process. EUREKA – The Sept. 14 on four counts death penalty in favor of a life The city hopes to focus and en- Oetker foresees a cannabiz ecosys- murder trial of Jason Anthony of murder and sentence without parole, refect- courage ethical cannabis industries tem of 20 or 30 businesses of vari- Warren, 31, accused of murder- attempted mur- ing the special circumstance ac- to locate in the former Humboldt ous sizes and directions located in ing two local women in quick der, plus so- cusations. The victims’ loved ones Flakeboard property and Alder- the MMIZ – but no retail sales. succession in 2012, will refect called “special backed the decision by Humboldt grove Industrial Park of West End Once the overlay zone is es- his prior conviction on charges circumstance County District Attorney Maggie Jason anthony Road. To do that, the Land Use tablished and details hammered of attempted murder, lodged in allegations” of Fleming. warren Code will have to be amended and out, an aspiring business could April 2001 when he was a teen- “lying in wait” Warren was a juvenile at the a new overlay zone defned. obtain permits and permissions ager 16 years old. and torture in one of the alleged time of his 2001 conviction for “There appears to be a lot of via a “ministerial” process – that Last week’s courtroom profer murders (see Mad River Union, attempted murder and adjudged interest in this subject,” said is, without an individual environ- of the prior felony conviction re- July 8 edition). a ward of Humboldt County Ju- Community Development Direc- MMIZ A6 inforces the state’s case against The prosecution announced at WARREN A6 Commit Download coupons to your from our new website: self-care www.lube-central.com with our 2014 winner! BEST SMALL BUSINESS Annual Spa Membership Program! 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Hoover and Jack durham, 791 not know that a statewide law pro- ous are health issues. Dogs are known eighth St. (Jacoby’s Storehouse), Suite 8, arcata, ca 95521. hibits dogs at markets. It’s to pee and poop, not always Periodicals Postage Paid at arcata, ca. not because of Arcata regula- in the most convenient place. Subscriptions: $35/year PoStmaSter: Send address changes to the mad tions about dogs on the Pla- That’s a problem for those river Union, 791 eighth St., Suite 8, arcata, ca 95521 za or rules in any other area who like to walk on the Plaza in Humboldt County where lawns or let their small chil- deadlines Janine farmers’ markets are held. dren run and play. Letters to the Editor & Opinion columns Volkmar (signed, with a phone number): Noon Friday The California Department And dogs on leashes can Press Releases: 5 p.m. Friday Ads: Contact Ad Dept. of Food and Agriculture has vat tHe be a hazard to older market- Legal Notices: 5 p.m. Friday jurisdiction, just as it does in marKet goers whose eyesight may grocery stores.