Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin, LLP, a premier Los Angeles DUI defense law firm, is working to make the public aware of new state legislation involving new DUI laws impacting Los Angeles, Southern California and the rest of the state.
Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed into law major changes to Los Angeles DUI legislation which require certain drivers with prior DUI convictions to pass sobriety tests before driving. The first bill, proposed by Democratic Assemblyman Mike Feuer, established a pilot program requiring a breathalyzer to be installed in vehicles owned/operated by “first-time DUI offenders.” The breathalyzer will not allow the car to start until the driver measures a blood-alcohol concentration under the legal limit of .08% in California.
A second Los Angeles DUI law allows repeat DUI offenders to apply for a restricted driver’s license if they allow breathalyzers to be installed in their vehicles.
The Los Angeles DUI defense attorney team at Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin, is determined to provide top-notch legal representation for anyone charged with or arrested for DUI in Southern California. Drunk driving is a serious offense, and only a qualified Los Angeles DUI defense attorney can assist those who are facing serious consequences.
Los Angeles DUI Consequences
For anyone convicted of a DUI crime in Los Angeles, he or she can expect the following punishments:
· Hefty fines
· Potential jail time
· Restricted driving privileges
· Loss of driver’s license
· And long probationary periods
To properly defend against these consequences, contact the Los Angeles DUI defense attorney team at Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin. Their Los Angeles DUI Law Firm has a long track record of successfully defending people facing life-changing DUI consequences.
About Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
The Los Angeles DUI attorneys at Kestenbaum Eisner & Gorin LLP specialize in the aggressive defense of DUI (driving under the influence of either drugs or alcohol) charges resulting from drunken driving arrests throughout Southern California. The attorneys at Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin are Former Senior Los Angeles Prosecutors with more than 50 years experience litigating DUI charges in court and at DMV hearings. This Los Angeles DUI defense firm has been recognized as a Top 5% U.S Law Firm year after year, receiving a “Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a nationally-recognized lawyers’ review company. The firm specializes in defending DUI cases in Los Angeles Superior Courts including in the San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, Pasadena, Metro Court on 1945 S. Hill Street and throughout Southern California.
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Los Angeles residents overhwelmingly oppose prosecuting medicinal marijuana despite prosecutors
Los Angeles residents overwhelmingly oppose prosecuting medicinal marijuana as prosecutors prepare for crack down, but this does not matter to District Attorney Steve Cooley or City Attorney Carmen Trutanich. In fact, that is no logical explanation for L.A.'s prioritizing of marijuana dispensary prosecution now.
Los Angelinos County residents clearly don’t mind medicinal marijuana and aren’t in favor of the plan developed by recently elected City Attorney Carmen Trutanich or three-term District Attorney Steve Cooley to crack down on medicinal marijuana dispensaries, which continues to be reported to be any minute away.
Although any new ordinance passed or policy enforced is unlikely to be the definitive aspect missing in someone's attempt to fully understand the Los Angeles Criminal Policy on Medicinal Marijuana Dispensaries, hopefully they will be able to provide a somewhat coherent reason why the City Attorney and District Attorney have determined that all medicinal marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles are operating illegally and contrary to the thee).
Their reasoning, all dispensaries in Los Angeles are operated illegally, since they are operated for profit. Since they are illegal they are therefore not immune from prosecution for violation provisions of Senate Bill 420 or Health and Safety Code 11265, otherwise termed "the compassionate use act" of the California codes that make medicinal marijuana de-criminalized for patients and caregivers.
Regardless of this information, the new policy about to be put in effect by the LAPD, is still likely to be met with a huge amount of resident opposition. For instance, 74 % of Angelinos are in favor of medicinal marijuana policy, while 54% of Angelinos are in favor of complete legalization.
As an outside legal observer of the "legal justice system" in Southern California, I know now see D.A. Cooley use of Los Angeles County’s incredibly small economic resources toward the pursuit of “justice,” it must seem to absurd, that just as the Federal Drug Enforcement Agenicies to depoliticize the use of medicinal marijuana, so long as medicinal marijuana collective or dispensaries were legal under state law, that the top two prosecutors for the County and City of Los Angeles, have now decided to prosecute medicinal marijuana.
I cannot help but feel that is a further demonstration that the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is far more interested in catching headlines than actually pursuing a justice, and thus, Steve Cooley only recently seems to have decided that these unchecked dispensaries are a “menace” requiring resources expenditures.
Just as Steve Cooley’s decision to extradite Mr. Roman Polanski, 33 years after he allegedly committed a crime, and in direct defiance to the victim’s victims should strike others as a further demonstration that the District Attorney’s Office should receive additional oversight if it is so spend its resources in such an arbitrary manner.
Los Angelinos County residents clearly don’t mind medicinal marijuana and aren’t in favor of the plan developed by recently elected City Attorney Carmen Trutanich or three-term District Attorney Steve Cooley to crack down on medicinal marijuana dispensaries, which continues to be reported to be any minute away.
Although any new ordinance passed or policy enforced is unlikely to be the definitive aspect missing in someone's attempt to fully understand the Los Angeles Criminal Policy on Medicinal Marijuana Dispensaries, hopefully they will be able to provide a somewhat coherent reason why the City Attorney and District Attorney have determined that all medicinal marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles are operating illegally and contrary to the thee).
Their reasoning, all dispensaries in Los Angeles are operated illegally, since they are operated for profit. Since they are illegal they are therefore not immune from prosecution for violation provisions of Senate Bill 420 or Health and Safety Code 11265, otherwise termed "the compassionate use act" of the California codes that make medicinal marijuana de-criminalized for patients and caregivers.
Regardless of this information, the new policy about to be put in effect by the LAPD, is still likely to be met with a huge amount of resident opposition. For instance, 74 % of Angelinos are in favor of medicinal marijuana policy, while 54% of Angelinos are in favor of complete legalization.
As an outside legal observer of the "legal justice system" in Southern California, I know now see D.A. Cooley use of Los Angeles County’s incredibly small economic resources toward the pursuit of “justice,” it must seem to absurd, that just as the Federal Drug Enforcement Agenicies to depoliticize the use of medicinal marijuana, so long as medicinal marijuana collective or dispensaries were legal under state law, that the top two prosecutors for the County and City of Los Angeles, have now decided to prosecute medicinal marijuana.
I cannot help but feel that is a further demonstration that the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is far more interested in catching headlines than actually pursuing a justice, and thus, Steve Cooley only recently seems to have decided that these unchecked dispensaries are a “menace” requiring resources expenditures.
Just as Steve Cooley’s decision to extradite Mr. Roman Polanski, 33 years after he allegedly committed a crime, and in direct defiance to the victim’s victims should strike others as a further demonstration that the District Attorney’s Office should receive additional oversight if it is so spend its resources in such an arbitrary manner.
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