Comment on the Misguided Negative Campaign Against Davis Wellness Center
Dear Friends: When I served as Mayor from 2011 through 2014, by far the most consistent and outspoken opponent against San Leandro allowing providers of medical marijuana to open a dispensary was Council member Diana Souza. She voted against every any proposal involving medical marijuana claiming crime, reduced property values and youth drug addiction would all come with any dispensaries. Fast forward to the present, one the greatest proponents of medical marijuana in San Leandro today is Ms. Souza. However, her support is focused on one company that obtained a license for a dispensary in San Leandro and for which she serves as a consultant. Ms. Souza has been vehement in opposing the effort by another provider, Davis Wellness Center, to establish its dispensary, and has repeatedly disparaged persons associated with the Davis Wellness Center and Davis Street Family Resource Center, a separate legal entity which for decades had aided the unprivileged in San Leandro and our