Mancini

I.

INTRODUCTION

April Elizabeth Mancini owns the Jah Healing Kemetic Temple of the Divine

Church, Inc. (the Church), whose adherents consume cannabis blessed by Church pastors

as “sacrament.” The County of San Bernardino (the County) determined that the Church,

routinely sold cannabis products in violation of a County ordinance prohibiting

commercial cannabis activity on unincorporated County land. The trial court found that

the Church was operating an illegal cannabis dispensary and issued a permanent

injunction against Mancini and the Church, among other relief. Mancini and the Church

appeal, and we affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In December 2017, San Bernardino County Code Enforcement Officer David

Jorgensen inspected the Church, which was then located at 1020 W. Big Bear Boulevard.

While inside, Officer Jorgensen smelled the odor of marijuana and observed that the

Church had a sales room. Mancini’s parents told Officer Jorgensen that the Church

dispensed blessed cannabis to its members as sacrament. Officer Jorgensen explained

that dispensing cannabis was illegal under a County ordinance (San Bernardino County 1 Code § 84.34.30), so he issued a…