Here is
an assortment of good articles and other media coverage
of hemp in California and the progress of California
bill AB 1147.
Check out the following media coverage:
NEWS ARTICLES
Hemp
Bill Awaiting Governor's Approval
By Cody Kitaura, The State
Hornet - September 13, 2006
Key
Bills Passed by the Legislature
News Desk, Los Angeles Times
- September 11, 2006
Activist
Cultivates Hemp Awareness
By Yvette Cabrera, The Orange
County Register - September 7, 2006
Valley
Farmer Ready to Grow Hemp if Approved (transcript)
KFSN-TV Channel 30 ABC (Fresno,
CA) - September 4, 2006
Environment
Enjoys Big Year
By Paul Rogers, The Mercury
News - September 3, 2006
Bills
Await the Governor's Signature
By Nancy Vogel, Los Angeles
Times - September 3, 2006
Grass
Could Mean Green For California Farmers (transcript)
KOVR-TV Channel 13 CBS (Sacramento,
CA) - August 30, 2006
El
cáñamo trata de liberarse de la 'maría'
By Helena Cebrián in
Washington, El País - August 29, 2006
Californians
to Defy U.S. Hemp Ban on 'Environment Friendly' Cash
Crop
By Richard Luscombe in Miami,
The Guardian - August 29, 2006
California
Seeks to Clear Hemp of a Bad Name (PDF file 363k)
By Patricia Leigh Brown, The
New York Times - August 28, 2006
Hemp
Bill Heads for Schwarzenegger's Desk
By Tom Ragan, Santa Cruz Sentinel
- August 25, 2006
Victory
for Hemp
Editorial, The Orange County
Register - August 23, 2006
POLITICAL
LANDSCAPE: Devore is Hyped for Hemp
By Alicia Robinson, Daily Pilot
- August 23, 2006
Calif.
Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Hemp
Join Together Online - August
23, 2006
Local
Clothing Maker Speaks on Hemp Bill
By Chris Durant, Eureka Times
Standard - August 23, 2006
Hemp,
Asian Food Pass: Legal Crop and Food-Safety Bills Go
to the Governor
By Charles Proctor, The Orange
County Register - August 23, 2006
Logic
Prevails in Hemp Legislation
Editorial, Chico Enterprise-Record
- August 22, 2006
Rainforest
Action Network Calls on Schwarzenegger to Sign Hemp
Farming Bill
Press Release, Rainforest Action
Network - August 22, 2006
Legislature
Passes Leno-Devore Measure to Allow Farmers to Grow
Industrial Hemp
From the Office of Assemblyman
Mark Leno, San Francisco Sentinel - August 22,
2006
Assembly
Sends Hemp Bill to Governor
By Kimberly Geiger, San Francisco
Chronicle - August 22, 2006
Legislature
Passes Leno-Devore Measure to Allow Farmers to Grow
Industrial Hemp
Press Release, Office of Assemblyman
Mark Leno - August 21, 2006
Devore
Backs Legal Hemp
By Alicia Robinson, Daily Pilot
- August 20, 2006
CA
Senate Approves Hemp Farming (transcript)
By Andrew Masuda, KSBY-TV Channel
6 NBC (San Luis Obispo, CA) - August 17,
2006
Bill
Would Allow Hemp Farming in California
By Don Thompson (AP), The San
Luis Obispo Tribune - August 16, 2006
Hemp
Issue Crops Up in O.C.
By Charles Proctor, The Orange
County Register - August 5, 2006
Hemp
- Myth and Possibility
Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle
- August 4, 2006
Bill's
Authors Are Trying to Rope in Support for Hemp (PDF
file 94k)
By George Skelton, The Los
Angeles Times - July 17, 2006
Jondi
Gumz, Reporter at Large: Hemp, Hemp, Hurrah! (PDF
file 103k)
By Jondi Gumz, Santa Cruz Sentinel
- July 16, 2006
Chuck
Devore on Hemp (PDF file 97k)
By Alex Brant-Zawadzki, The
Blotter, OC Weekly - July 13, 2006
Hemp
Bill Passes Assembly
By Ali Bay, Capital Press Agriculture
Weekly - February 3, 2006
Hemp
Leaves Minds Muddled
Editorial, Chico Enterprise-Record
- January 31, 2006
Local
Ag Leader Sees Benefits in Growing Hemp
By Larry Mitchell, Chico Enterprise-Record
- January 28, 2006
Assembly
Approves Leno-DeVore Bill to Permit Farming of Industrial
Hemp
From the Office of Assemblyman
Mark Leno, San Francisco Sentinel - January 27,
2006
Assembly
OKs Bill Letting Farmers Grow Hemp (PDF file 64k)
By Tom Chorneau (AP), San Jose
Mercury News - January 26, 2006
Industrial
Hemp's Time Has Come (PDF file 51k)
Editorial, The Orange County
Register - January 17, 2006
Assembly
Committee OKs Bill Letting Farmers Grow Hemp
By Associated Press, San Jose
Mercury News - January 11, 2006
Legislative
Movement to Legalize Hemp Begins Anew Today
By Tom Ragan, Santa Cruz Sentinel
- January 10, 2006
Legalize
Industrial Hemp (PDF file 61k)
Editorial, Long Beach Press-Telegram
- April 7, 2005
Assembly
Mulls Industrial Hemp Bill (PDF File 147k)
By Brian Seals, Santa Cruz
Sentinel - March 7, 2005
Legal
Hemp Farming Proposed in California (PDF File 58k)
By Jennifer M. Fitzenberger,
Fresno Bee - February 23, 2005
BLOGS
Letter
to Governor Schwarzenegger
By Ralph Nader (Consumer Advocate),
John Passacantando (Executive Director,
Greenpeace USA) & Rob Weissman
(Director, Essential Action), The Nader Page -
September 1, 2006
Legalization
of Hemp
By Jordanhaedtler, Daily Kos
- August 29, 2006
Hemp:
The Other Cannabis
By Jacob Sullum, Reason: Hit
& Run - August 28, 2006
Can
CA Farmers Grow Hemp?
By TChris, TalkLeft - August
28, 2006
TV & RADIO
NEWS
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KPFA
- The Visionary Activist Show - Caroline W. Casey
Berkeley, CA - September 14,
2006
Caroline is joined by John
Roulac to tell the story of the value of hemp cultivation
and the bill now sitting on
the Governator's desk, awaiting our collective
animation.
Download an MP3 version of
the show (10.3mb) here.
KOVR
- CBS Affiliate - Grass Could Mean Green For California
Farmers
Sacramento, CA - August 30,
2006
WTIC
- News Talk 1080 - Afternoon with Bruce and Colin
Hartford, CT - August 28, 2006
(MP3 file -
requires an MP3 file player)
Bruce and Colin are
joined by Patrick Goggin, lawyer for the Hemp Industries
Association and Vote Hemp,
to talk about a CA bill attempting to legalize hemp.
Michael
Olson - Food Chain Radio - Hemp's High Hurdle
Santa Cruz, CA - August 26,
2006
(MP3 file -
requires an MP3 file player)
Guests: Jeanette McDougal,
National Alliance for Health & Safety and John Roulac,
Founder & CEO of Nutiva
Foods.
Subject: They say it's a $250,000,000
crop waiting to be planted, but there is one
hurdle. It is illegal. This
leads one to ask, "Should the United States legalize
the
cultivation of 'industrial'
hemp? Topics include what differences exist, if any,
between hemp and marijuana;
why it is legal to import hemp into the United
States, but not legal to farm
it; and what impact the legalization of hemp might
have on the nation's drug use.
KNSD
- NBC Affiliate - CA Hemp Bill
San Diego, CA - August 18,
2006
(Real Media
file - requires Real Player)
Download a high-res (21.6mb)
MPEG4 version here.
The
Colbert Report - Talking with U.S. Rep Lynn Woolsey
National, Comedy Central -
August 10, 2006
(Real Audio
file - requires Real Player)
Download a high-res
(14.1mb) MPEG4 version here.
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