DENNIS PERON

Founder of the Cannabis Cultivators' Club and gubernatorial candidate Dennis Peron, prepares a box carrying his personal belongings from his desk, including a marijuana plant, Monday, April 20, 1998, at the club on Market St, in San Francisco. The Sherrif's Department is expected to close the club sometime Monday, but the club plans to re-open by 5 p.m., under new ownership and a new name. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Founder of the Cannabis Cultivators’ Club and gubernatorial candidate Dennis Peron, prepares a box carrying his personal belongings from his desk, including a marijuana plant, Monday, April 20, 1998, at the club on Market St, in San Francisco. The Sherrif’s Department is expected to close the club sometime Monday, but the club plans to re-open by 5 p.m., under new ownership and a new name. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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