The Weed Blog: “Four Ballot Initiatives Fail to Secure the Rights of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Exist in Four San Diego Cities While a Landmark California Appellate Court Decision Defines Dispensaries as Legal. The San Diego District Attorney (DA) and failed mayoral candidate, Bonnie Dumanis’ modus operandi has been to charge all dispensary operators with crimes, making no attempt to apply the state’s medical marijuana laws in her investigations. She relies on her own interpretation of the law (interpretations that have been squarely rejected by appellate courts throughout the state), questionable tactics designed to keep evidence from jurors’ eyes, and continues to prosecute case after case, at great public expense.