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Judge Timothy Canning wrote in his ruling that Measure A signature gathering did not require disclosing every possible impact the measure would have on the county’s cannabis ordinances.
When Measure A’s proponents collected signatures for their petition to place it on the ballot, they failed to disclose the initiative’s impacts, according to Nicholas Sanders, the attorney representing several cannabis cultivators and the Humboldt County Growers Alliance trade group. However, Measure A’s proponents did not have to outline every possible implication of the initiative and provided fully accurate information to their signatories, said Kevin Bundy, the attorney representing Measure A’s creators Mark Thurmond and Elizabeth Watson.