today workers at the medex cannabis collective responded to the crackdowns with hits from a bong.an 50 narcotics agents from santa clara county sweeped into many locations to serve search warrants. they shut down the businesses and seized marijuana, documents and computers. >> we are very concerned here at medex in regards to staying open even because of the tactics they are keeping us fearfulful. police accused operators of illegally selling marijuana and money laundering. charges against them have not been filed. >>> a popular facebook app is about to mark a smilestone. it is called pot farm and people are spending real money for a high they don't get in real life. kiet do on what one addiction expert says about this game. >> reporter: well, ken, this is my pot farm. now, make no mistake given the bright colors and the cartoonish characters, this is an adult game. it took about 5 minutes to set up and in the process you have to acknowledge that you are over 21 years olds. but it was very easy to do and that is part of the problem when you are trying to keep it away from kids. it

. >> reporter: the smoking santa provided holiday cheer, inside the medex collective in san jose. organizers say they were determined to hold the event despite raids yesterday at three marijuana collectives. >> the collectives that are a part of this fundraiser are drawing a line on the sand. >> reporter: one reason the collective opened for business today before and after the raids. >> reporter: a little scary to be operating today. >> very scary operating today. whether we're closed or open, they're going to come and do it any way. for us it's about helping the patients. >> reporter: raids are targeting pot clubs for selling pot illegally, such as nonpatients. >> it left me with my heart pounding so hard and processing, not robbery? police. >> they are trying to make a lot of destruction and noise and scared us all. they scared a lot of patients. >> reporter: at tonight's event, organizers announced they plan to file a federal lawsuit against cset. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in oakland two men convicted of killing a 14-year- old boy in a case of mistaken identity wer

but he says he has nothing to hide. >> we are very concerned here at medex-in regards to staying open even because of the tactics that they are using in order to keep us fearful and while we are just trying to provide safe access for this medicine to the people who need it. >> reporter: yesterday more than 50 narcotics agents with santa clara county special enforcement teams sweeped into several location in san jose, gill provide and morgan hill to serve search warrants. they shut down the businesses, seized documents, marijuana and computers. >> i thought it was a robbery. >> reporter: she was not in yesterday's raids but the patient was at a santa clara club called angel's care during a similar raid in october. >> i didn't hear so much what they were saying as the scene, the black mass, the black sunglasses. total black and guns. i thought it was a robbery. it took me quite a few seconds to realize that this is not a robbery, this is a police or law enforcement special task takeover takedown. >> reporter: no one from the task force was available for comment today but police have bee

. >>> the president of medex was arrested in a sting along with other people. out the primary paperwork. jeff joins us with the ought look for the next couple days. >> some measurable rainfall coming our way by mid-week. hopefully you can enjoy this break. we'll have some sunshine in the forecast before tomorrow. temperatures today felt kind of mild compared to what we've been dealing with lately, mid to upper 60s. right now the -- we're going to be following as we head through the next 48 hours. currently temperatures in the 40s, but not nearly as cold as it was about a week ago at this time. 48 in santa rosa, 52 in san jose and currently 48 right now in livermore. weather headlines showing mainly 40s as you wake up in the morning. for tuesday, our storm system still offshore. that will wait to move in until wednesday. it is getting rather close, at least a surge of moisture, but the rain going to hold off. the center of the storm system still hundred miles out here. we're going to get missed by the center of that storm, and just the bottom edge of that fronta

. >> we are very concerned here at medex in regard to staying open because of the tactics they are using to keep us fearful. we are trying to provide safe access to the people who need this medicine. >> reporter: more than 50 county agents swooped into several location in san jose, gilroy and morgan hill yesterday to serve search warrants. they shut down the businesses. >> i thought it was a robbery. >> reporter: patricia sanchez wasn't there yesterday but the arthritis patient and cannabis user was at a santa clara club during a similar raid in october. >> i didn't hear so much what they were saying as the scene, the black masks, black sunglasses, total black and guns. i thought it was a robbery. it took me quite a few seconds to realize, this is not a robbery. this is a police or law enforcement special task force takeover, takedown. >> reporter: no one from the task force was available for comment today but police have been concerned about an explosion of marijuana cooperatives in santa clara county. a gilroy press release accused the operators of illegally selling marijuana and money

. >> life at medex one of the more popular pot clubs in the city here. it is unclear just how much san jose stands to gain from this new tax. but given the historic budgets deficits, every little bit counts. in san jose, if you want to puff you've got to pay. the city council has voted to tax medical marijuana an additional 7% on top of the current sales tax, pushing it to 16.25 percent. >> i am glad that they passed the tax. even though it is a lot we are glad that they passed it because it legislate minnesotaing it. >> for seriously ill that's not right. they can't tax somebody's medicine. we are already taxed. i understand they need tax revenues so work with the collectives and do something, 5% of, do something that is acceptable to everybody. >> reporter: the council also start voted to stop giving the permits. last week the police task force raided four businesses who they accuse of illegally selling marijuana to non-patients and then laundering the money. the next day, a few dispensaries banded together for a smoke-out at 420, no less, to protest a

. >> i showed him photos what was going on inside the medex collective tonight. >> what are the oddshat everyone needs their medicine at the same time. and is it really a medicinal act or are these people simply using this as an excuse to smoke marijuana. >> everyone inside the collective insists their needs are legitimate. >> i have bad back pain. i also have fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel and my bones are getting deformed. >> they have the paperwork to prove it. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> the state of education in california came under attack this week in an alameda county courtroom. the judge heard arguments in a pair of lawsuits that claim the state is failing badly in its responsibility to provide california children with a quality education. abc 7's laura santa reports. >>> california has a constitutional obligation to provide students with a meaningful education. that's the core argument behind two lawsuits filed against the state by a coalition of grassroots groups that include parents like save sally acen hayes. >> since we don't ask the parents to pave the roads in fro