Shuttered Cannabis Church Takes Fight To Reopen to California Supreme Court

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Pappas, in the petition, said that hundreds of Jah Healing Kemetic members have been displaced and have nowhere to worship. He also said that thousands of members of the Sacramental Life Churches were displaced when 11 of its branches closed after Mancini was ordered to serve jail time.

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“Both members and ministers became fearful of practicing their religion with each of the actions taken by the County to surveil, intimidate, and raid the Church,” Pappas noted. “This case involves important questions of law affecting many people in California.”

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Alejandra Molina
Molina most recently served as Journalist in Residence at the University of Southern California (USC) and as Equitable Cities Fellow at Next City. She has worked at The Press-Enterprise, La Prensa and OC Excelsior, and The Orange County Register. In 2018, she was named one of the 15 most influential Latina journalists by Latino Journalists of California. She has also received fellowships from the Center for Health Journalism at USC and the Institute for Justice and Journalism. Alejandra is a native Spanish speaker. She received her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of La Verne.

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