Settlement Date:
05/08/2018
Case Name:
CAPA v Vallejo Holistic Health Center, Inc.
Court Name:
Solano County Superior Court
Plaintiff:
Center for Advanced Public Awareness, Inc.
Plaintiff Attorney:
Aqua Terra Aeris Law Group
Defendant:
Vallejo Holistic Health Center, Inc.
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 8,000.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 23,725.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 5,775.00 ($5,774.80 shall be distributed to CAPA as an Additional Settlement Payment (“ASP”), pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 27, sections 3203, subdivision (d), and 3204. CAPA will utilize the ASP for activities that address the same public harm as allegedly caused by VALLEJO HOLISTIC in this matter. These activities are detailed below and support CAPA’s overarching goal of reducing use, misuse and exposure to hazardous and toxic chemicals, fostering and increasing the public awareness of chemicals inherent in consumer products, facilitating a safe environment for consumers and employees, and encouraging corporate responsibility. CAPA’s activities have had, and will continue to have, a direct and primary effect within the State of California because California consumers will be benefitted by the reduction of exposure to marijuana smoke and increase informed choices made by patients and consumers before exposure by providing clear and reasonable warnings to California consumers prior to inhalation of the products.
CAPA hereby provides the following list of activities CAPA engages in to protect California consumers through Proposition 65 citizen enforcement, along with a breakdown of how ASP funds will be utilized to facilitate those activities: (1) ENFORCEMENT (70%-80%): investigating, obtaining, shipping, analyzing, and/or testing dispensaries or products that may contain carcinogenic chemicals contained in marijuana smoke and are sold to and expose California consumers to chemicals listed under Proposition 65; continued monitoring and enforcement of past consent judgments and settlements to ensure companies are in compliance with their obligations thereunder, with a specific focus on those judgments and settlements concerning chemicals of concern (which necessarily includes additional work, investigating, purchasing, processing, analyzing and/or testing consumer products; litigating matters that result in settlements, judgments, defaults, bankruptcies, or dismissals); (2) PUBLIC OUTREACH (up to 5-10%): public outreach through CAPA’s continuing advocacy in regulatory proceedings and rulemakings related to sales and use of cannabis in California to ensure the public receives information about the carcinogens contained in marijuana smoke; and public service announcements about the risks associated with exposure to marijuana smoke; (3) SPECIAL PROJECTS (up to 5%): projects involving expert, non-legal opinions not specific to any one marijuana smoke case that are necessary to the continued private enforcement of Proposition 65 concerning exposure to marijuana smoke and related chemicals; assessing exposure scenarios and types of products associated with marijuana smoke and related chemical exposures; and/or (4) PRODUCT DATABASE (up to 5%): maintaining a database with all products sold to California consumers that CAPA has obtained which could cause an exposure to marijuana smoke or other toxic, carcinogenic or reproductive harms.
CAPA will maintain adequate records to document that the funds paid as an ASP are spent on the activities described herein. CAPA shall provide the Attorney General, within thirty days of any request, copies of documentation demonstrating how such funds have been spent.
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Total Payments:
$ 37,500.00
Will settlement be submitted to court?
Contact Organization:
Aqua Terra Aeris Law Group
City, State, Zip:
Oakland, CA 94609
Phone Number:
(415) 568-5200
