I was amazed to hear a car recently crashed into a medical marijuana dispensary on 19th Street ("Driver held after SUV crashes into dispensary," July 4). The amazing part of this story is that in October 2011 the City Council of Costa Mesa called in the U.S. Department of Justice, resulting in the closing of all collectives in the city by Jan. 31, 2012, even though their actions may have been in violation of state opening meetings laws known as the Brown Act.

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