One of Redding’s most vocal medical cannabis
advocates is questioning whether a low-income housing program run by the
city illegally discriminates against marijuana patients, and he’s asked
the Shasta County district attorney to weigh in on the matter.
Meanwhile, city officials maintain they’re following guidelines set forth by the federal agency funding the program, Sean Longoria reports in the Record Searchlight.Rob McDonald, 50, said the city’s policy of denying or terminating assistance to Section 8 participants who use medical marijuana may be illegally discriminatory, regardless of any federal policies in place.
