The Book

The Crows of Sunset Park

by Jason Detamore

A memoir of Grace Medical, legalization, betrayal, survival, and the long road toward a campaign about structural power. From Santa Monica to the halls of American politics.

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About the book

A memoir from the road to a broader fiscal fight.

Jason Detamore grew up in the Hare Krishna community of Los Angeles, navigating spirituality, counterculture, and the emerging cannabis economy of California. As founder of Grace Medical, he built one of the state's most respected medical cannabis operations — only to see it dismantled by regulatory capture, a fraudulent search warrant, and the political machinery of a system designed to protect the powerful.

The Crows of Sunset Park is the story of that fight — and of the crows themselves, the family of birds Jason protected for over twenty years from the palm trees of Sunset Park, who became a symbol of loyalty, intelligence, and the cost of standing your ground.

It is also the origin story of AFRA — the American Fiscal Regeneration Act — Jason's blueprint for universal healthcare, national debt elimination, and a sovereign wealth fund that could transform the United States from the world's largest debtor into its greatest asset holder.