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to get hot and ignite the house"….. http://www.kionrightnow.com/global/story.asp?s=10302746 Police Bust Major Marijuana Pipeline To South Bay Posted: 10:45 pm PDT May 21, 2009Updated:
<br />12:00 am PDT May 22, 2009 SAN JOSE, Calif. --A major marijuana bust in Mendocino County led state narcotics agents to the South Bay Thursday, triggering a raid in a San Jose neighborhood.
<br />Authorities said the marijuana was being grown in Ukiah then transported to a home in San Jose for packaging and sale…..Commander Robert Mecir, who is with a statewide narcotics task
<br />force, said four pounds of marijuana were confiscated with a wholesale value of more than $10,000……We found packaging material in the form of large freezer lock bags and scales and a
<br />large chunk of money over $35,000," said Mecir. At about the same time Thursday, narcotics agents raided three homes in Ukiah which they said were the source for marijuana being shipped
<br />to San Jose. Authorities said no one was living in the houses and they had been rented with the sole purpose of growing marijuana indoors. Agents said they found 1,000 pot plants growing
<br />under lights. Mecir said, "The houses they are renting are destroyed because they have to be altered to facilitate that indoor grow, sometimes they have to cut holes in the ceiling to
<br />vent out the air." Agents said the houses were also bypassing P.G.&E. meters and using more than $2,000 worth of energy every month….. http://www.ktvu.com/news/19534620/detail.html
<br />Water pouring from house leads sheriff's team to marijuana plants in the house By VICTOR A. PATTON /Tuesday, Apr. 07, 2009 Merced County sheriff's deputies found 350 marijuana plants
<br />inside a Beachwood home Monday, a growing operation that investigators estimate had a street value of $875,000…..the operation was discovered after a large water leak was reported at
<br />the house, causing water to spill from inside the home into the street. Firefighters from Merced County Fire Department responded to the scene, worried that someone might be hurt inside
<br />the home. After breaking a window, the firefighters smelled the pungent odor of marijuana and called sheriff's investigators. MacKenzie said the growers had placed a garden hose inside
<br />the home to water the marijuana plants. The hose was left on, and the water overflowed, MacKenzie said, causing the spill. Detective Paul Barile said the growers had rigged the utility
<br />meter at the home to prevent anyone from detecting the amount of energy used to power the operation. operation. Along with the plants, detectives found 19 grow lights, two air purifiers
<br />and other equipment. Sheriff's investigators are asking anyone with information about the crime to call (209) 385-7445. Information provided remains confidential, and callers can remain
<br />anonymous http://www.mercedsunstar.com/local/story/777779.html Marijuana grow operation found in Antioch By Paula King /East County Times /05/01/2009 Antioch police officers discovered
<br />a small marijuana grow operation of 135 plants today. The bust happened off Bluerock Drive on the 2400 block of Cove Light in a foreclosed home that was vacant. A home inspector initially
<br />found the marijuana plants that were just starting to grow, according to Antioch police Detective Jimmy Wisecarver….. http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_12274405 2 grow houses busted
<br />in San Rafael; 4 arrested Saturday, May 9, 2009 San Rafael, Calif. (AP) --: Police say two women and two men are under arrest after officers, responding to tips from citizens, found
<br />two indoor marijuana gardens…..Friday after officers searched her house San Rafael and found 100 marijuana plants. She is being held on suspicion of marijuana cultivation and conspiracy.
<br />While searching Sanz's home, detectives received information about a second, related grow house in town. Police say they found another 100 plants and cash at the second house and arrested
<br />three more….. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/09/state/n150708D28.DTL Several Law Enforcement agencies conducted large scale raids on outdoor grow locations.
<br />A majority of these grows take place on public land and involve the destruction of these lands and the death of the animals that inhabit them. Big bust:Upper Lake couple arrested on
<br />marijuana sales charges By Tiffany Revelle --Record-Bee staff /Updated: 05/14/2009 11:16:35 PM PDT UPPER LAKE Authorities confiscated more than $336,000 in cash, between 40 and 50 pounds
<br />of processed marijuana and 110 plants of various sizes Thursday morning at the Hillcrest Drive home of an Upper Lake couple…..He said 15 shotguns and handguns were also found on the
<br />property, four or five of which were loaded. "They had a brand-new tractor with a backhoe, two brand-new jet skis, a jet ski trailer, a brand-new car the usual accoutrements that people
<br />involved in the controlled substance trade spend their money on…..He said two cars were stopped, one containing more than $71,000 in cash, the other containing more than 100 pounds of
<br />processed marijuana that was packaged in onepound increments…… http://www.record-bee.com/ci_12375754
<br />Police seize 285 marijuana plants LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., May 14 (UPI) --A man who said he was growing marijuana for medicinal use was charged after police say they found almost 300 plants
<br />in his home…...Laguna Beach recently declared a moratorium on dispensaries with officials saying they need time to write regulations. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/14/Police-seize-285-marijuana
<br />-plants/UPI-58341242359261/Marijuana garden found near Hopland By RANDI ROSSMANN /THE PRESS DEMOCRAT /Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Mendocino County drug officers found a large marijuana garden
<br />growing on government land in the Hopland area and a large amount of garbage and environmental damage to the area. Sheriff’s officials Monday reported the find, saying 14,740 seedling
<br />marijuana plants were growing in the garden, found on Bureau of Land Management land in the Sheldon Creek area…..They did find garbage in and around the creek at the grow site as well
<br />as other environmental concerns including the illegal removal of native vegetation vegetation and water diversion from the creek, Smith said. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090512/news/905129
<br />995 Officials uproot Matilija pot operation: Plants are worth millions; three men in custody By From staff reports /Saturday, May 23, 2009 Law-enforcement personnel Friday destroyed
<br />a $16 million marijuana crop growing in Matilija Canyon near Ojai, one week after three men were arrested on suspicion of helping to cultivate it, officials said. More than 11,000 marijuana
<br />plants were being grown in two locations in the canyon, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department…..On Friday, members of the sheriff’s narcotics and air units, U.S. Forest
<br />Service and the state Department of Fish and Game eradicated both sites, destroying 11,100 plants 6 to 12 inches tall. Officials said that, as is typical with marijuana farms operated
<br />by drug trafficking organizations, the landscape had been altered by terracing the hillsides and diverting water supplies to the multiple growing locations. Trash, fertilizer and camping
<br />equipment were spread throughout the area, officials said….. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/may/23/16-million-marijuana-haul-near-ojai/Local briefs: 16,000 pot plants destroyed
<br />in Madera Co. Published online on Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 Law-enforcement officers removed and destroyed more than 16,000 plants from seven marijuana gardens Tuesday in Madera County.
<br />The marijuana would have been worth nearly $50 million if sold on the streets, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said. The gardens, equipped with drip lines, fertilizer and pesticides,
<br />were in O'Neals. No suspects were arrested. http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1428319.html Sheriffs Find an 8.4 Million Dollar Marijuana Garden May 27, 2009 08:29 SALINAS, Calif-The
<br />Monterey County Sheriff's Office narcotics unit along with the Salinas Police Departments narcotics unit eradicated a marijuana garden in the hills west of 1500 River Road. According
<br />to the Sherriff’s Office, Alberto Arias Soto, was taken into custody when police searched his house and found one rifle and approximately 2,100 marijuana plants. If allowed to grow to
<br />maturity the plants would have an estimated street value of $8,400,000.00. http://www.kionrightnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10430355&nav=menu1591_2
<br />Sheriff's deputies confiscate marijuana plants southeast of Lindsay June 3, 2009 Tulare County sheriff's deputies said they confiscated more than 3,100 marijuana plants after raiding
<br />a suspected illegal pot growing site Tuesday southeast of Lindsay. Member of the Sheriff's Tactical Enforcement Personnel team conducted the raid at 9 a.m. in the area of Lewis Creek,
<br />near Road 252 and Avenue 216. According to a sheriff's report, the STEP team members entered the area undetected and apprehended two men who appeared to be working there…..Deputies reported
<br />finding loaded guns at the site along with 3,161 marijuana plants. Authorities estimated the plants could have a street value of $12.6 million had they been allowed to mature…… http://www.visaliatime
<br />sdelta.com/article/20090603/NEWS01/906030316/1002/Sheriff+s+deputies+conf iscate+marijuana+plants+southeast+of+Lindsay Marijuana Bust Racks Up Over 2,000 Plants Total Investigation Removes
<br />10,000 Plants /June 2, 2009 At 6 a.m. Tuesday, the KCSO Major Narcotics Violator Unit supported by the KCSO Air Unit and members of the Tri County HIDTA team executed a search warrant
<br />in Olive Garden Canyon. This Canyon is located approximately five miles southwest of the intersection of highway 58 and highway 223. KCSD said deputies’ located two men inside a tent
<br />within a marijuana grow at the location. The grow consisted of 2,022 marijuana plants, the KCSO reported……The Kern County Sheriff’s Office locates and seizes about 25 marijuana grow
<br />a year in our local mountains. Not only is there the concern for the local wildlife and environment, but also there is a concern for the safety of our local citizens hiking in our mountains.
<br />http://www.turnto23.com/news/19636966/detail.html 3 arrests made at 2 pot gardens Shasta County drug agents were busy Wednesday after they conducted two separate pot garden raids in
<br />the Igo-Ono area of Shasta County that saw three men arrested and more than 4,500 marijuana plants destroyed. Shasta County sheriff's Sgt. Steve Solus said 210,000 pot plants have been
<br />destroyed this year in Shasta County, noting that Lake County, which has the second highest number of marijuana plants eradicated in the state this year, has so far destroyed 16,000
<br />plants. http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jun/04/north-state-in-brief-june-4-2010/Marijuana plants destroyed in raid By Record Searchlight staff /Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Thousands of
<br />marijuana plants were found and destroyed Tuesday during a pot raid in the Round Mountain area of Shasta County. The raid, which was in the Little Hatchet Creek region, resulted in the
<br />discovery of 13,525 marijuana plants, said Sgt. Steve Solus of the Shasta County Sheriff's Office. A shirtless man was seen running from the scene…..More than 220,000 marijuana plants
<br />have been destroyed this season in Shasta County. http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jun/10/north-state-in-brief-june-10-2009/Alameda Sheriff's deputies find 22,000 pot plants on government
<br />property Sean Maher /Oakland Tribune /06/15/2009 SUNOL — Sheriff's deputies discovered more than 22,000 marijuana plants growing on land owned by the San Francisco Water District last
<br />week, in what officials called the largest marijuana bust in the history of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. In the Calaveras Road area east of Sunol, where water runoff feeds into
<br />the Calaveras Reservoir, deputies found 24 interlinked gardens, three camp sites and three kitchens, Sgt. Shawn Peterson said. A pair of nearby creeks had been tapped with water lines
<br />to feed into the gardens, he added. Deputies also discovered two men who appeared to be in their late 20s
<br />wearing woodland camouflage clothing and working in the gardens, Peterson said. The two men fled and deputies chased. Both men escaped through heavy brush and deep ravines, but the deputies
<br />recovered a semiautomatic handgun one of the men discarded as he ran. ….. http://www.contracostatimes.com/crime/ci_12590391?nclick_check=1 Sheriff's officials seize nearly 3,000 marijuana
<br />plants Written by Lake County News Reports /Tuesday, 16 June 2009 SOUTH LAKE COUNTY – A recent Lake County Sheriff's Office investigation led to the seizure of nearly 3,000 marijuana
<br />plants last week and a Maryland man's arrest……Bauman said that, upon their entry to the approximate 40-acre property, detectives located and detained Hardy near two of five grow sites
<br />which were being irrigated by a 50,000 gallon water bladder. Hardy told detectives he had been hired about one month prior to caretake the property but he would not identify who hired
<br />him, said Bauman. Detectives found several medicinal marijuana recommendations during the search of the property, two of which belonged to Hardy, Bauman reported. Two firearms were also
<br />located in a shed near a tent where Hardy was apparently residing. A total of 1,749 marijuana plants were seized from the property and Hardy was arrested….. The second search warrant
<br />for the Double Eagle Ranch property was served at about 1 p.m. on Friday, June 11, Bauman said. Detectives found and eradicated approximately 1,213 marijuana plants, said Bauman. However,
<br />the property was unoccupied and no arrests were made. He said 17 medicinal marijuana recommendations were posted throughout the property; however, 16 of the recommendations were for
<br />individuals residing outside of the county. Bauman said that case is pending further investigation into the identity of the property owner and those responsible for the marijuana grows.
<br />http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9139/764/Almost 1,000 marijuana plants seized in North County pot busts By Debbi Baker, Union-Tribune Staff Writer /June 17, 2009 FALLBROOK — Almost
<br />1,000 marijuana plants were confiscated after sheriff's deputies discovered two separate pot-growing operations in different areas of North County…..Three young men were arrested after
<br />324 pot plants were found Tuesday in a greenhouse at a property on Calle Roxanne Road ……deputies responding to an anonymous call confiscated about 600 plants that were found in a remote
<br />area off De Luz Road near the Riverside County line. No arrests were made, Brust said. Deputies discovered the first pot-growing scheme after authorities were tipped off about suspicious
<br />activity on the property, Brust said. They surveilled the area from the air and saw what looked like a greenhouse on an unfenced and undeveloped parcel of the several-acre property with
<br />several people around it, Brust said. Deputies later surrounded the building, which had both water and power running to it, and found the marijuana plants, which were in various stages
<br />of growth. “It appears they planned on being there for a while based on the construction of the greenhouse and the sophistication of the grow,”….. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/17/b
<br />n17potbustfallbrook/?northcounty&zIndex=118255 Major marijuana bust in Palo Alto PALO ALTO --One of the largest drug raids in Palo Alto history took place on Friday. Palo alto's SWAT
<br />team and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Marijuana Eradication Team seized more than 5,500 marijuana plants after discovering them in a hilly area with heavy brush. Two men reportedly
<br />fled the scene of the raid in the foothills above Page Mill Road and have not been apprehended. The men were heard yelling when officers arrived. The SWAT team also recovered two air
<br />rifles and a loaded shotgun at the farm. The street value of the plants was estimated at $15 million. http://kliv.com/Major-marijuana-bust-in-Palo-Alto/4640727
<br />Marijuana plants found near community center DIAMOND BAR Police discovered at least 1,000 marijuana plants Wednesday morning growing in Sycamore Canyon near the Diamond Bar Community
<br />Center, officials said. The canyon was so steep, officers used nets and helicopters to airlift the almost-mature plants from the canyon, said Lt. Phil Abner of the Los Angeles County
<br />Sheriff's Department. Two people were arrested on suspicion of cultivating the plants, but their names were not available. A tent and propane tanks were found near the plants, and investigators
<br />believed people were living at the site. Deputies also found an irrigation system, and they noted the plants were less than 300 feet from nearby houses. http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_12682436
<br />Sheriff: $61.2M In Marijuana Eradicated Over 15,000 Plants Eradicated June 29, 2009 HAVILAH, Calif. --On Monday around 6 a.m., deputies from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Major Violators
<br />Unit and Special Operations Group, with assistance of officers from the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (C.A.M.P.), and the Department
<br />of Fish and Game located five marijuana grows on Federal land in a remote area south of Havilah. Due to the rough terrain and remoteness of the area, the officers were transported into
<br />the area by helicopter and the plants were carried out by helicopter to the command post, the KCSD reported. No suspects were located during the operation. Officers said they located
<br />three camp sites within the grows containing fertilizers and other materials used to maintain the marijuana. The camps were dismantled, and the items were removed from the area. Approximately
<br />15,310 mature marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $61,240,000 were eradicated from the area., according to the KCSD. http://www.turnto23.com/news/19896113/detail.html
<br />Enforcement actions against dispensaries occurred during this quarter. However, that they still occur affirms the belief that these business are still operating outside the confines
<br />of the medical marijuana statutes. Communities continue to take steps to remove or ban these store front enterprises. Pomona marijuana dispensary shut down by police Jannise Johnson,
<br />Staff Writer /05/01/2009 POMONA -Pomona police shut down a medical marijuana dispensary Thursday just seven days after it opened when officers received a complaint about the facility.
<br />Police say the facility in the 100 block of West Arrow Highway was operating without a business license. Pomona police Sgt. Eddie Vazquez said detectives will examine the state medical
<br />marijuana law along with the city's local laws to see if the dispensary is in violation of either. As of Friday, the facility had only been cited for operating without a license…..Officers
<br />did not make any arrests and did not issue any citations, she explained. http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_12276053 Deputies raid marijuana dispensary and arrest three THE BAKERSFIELD
<br />CALIFORNIAN | Casey Christie /Wednesday, May 06 2009 Kern County Sheriff Department and DEA agents served a search warrant at Green Cross Compassionate Care Givers medical marijuana
<br />cooperative Wednesday afternoon at Bernard and Inyo streets in east Bakersfield. Just a week or so after word spread that local marijuana dispensaries are starting to reopen in Bakersfield
<br />the local sheriff's office has raided one and arrested three men. Kern County deputies and officials with the DEA served a search warrant Wednesday at the Green Cross Compassionate Co-Op
<br />at 309 Bernard Street in east Bakersfield. They arrested three men, Albert Juarez, 40; Adam Romero Valenzuela, 27; and Brandon Neal Luck, 24. All three were booked on
<br />charges of selling and possessing marijuana as well as conspiracy. Deputies said they also found two pounds of "high grade" marijuana and two loaded handguns….. http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/
<br />x443329047/Deputies-raid-marijuana-co-op-and-arrest-three Sheriff's Deputies Bust Oildale Medicinal Marijuana Co-op A Medicinal Marijuana Co-op is Busted by Sheriff /June 3, 2009 OILDALE,
<br />Calif. --Another medical marijuana co-operative was busted Wednesday afternoon by the Kern County Sheriff's Department, this time in Oildale. Deputies in the Major Violator Unit served
<br />a search warrant at the California Compassionate Cooperative in Oildale. No one was arrested, but deputies seized four pounds of marijuana from a safe and 299 individually labeled pill
<br />bottles that had between one gram and a quarter ounce of marijuana inside, totaling 14 grams. More than $2,000 in cash was seized, as were business records and several computers. It's
<br />now up to the District Attorney's Office to press charges. Previously the Sheriff's Department raided the Green Cross Co-operative in East Bakersfield, that happened in early May. http://www.turnto23
<br />.com/news/19653025/detail.html City to consider zoning regulations on where medical marijuana can grow By JENN KLEIN -Staff Writer /05/13/2009 CHICO --Safety concerns over medical marijuana
<br />plants growing in residential areas could result in zoning regulations on where in town pot plants can grow. Faced with concerns from a Chico woman two doors down from a home growing
<br />medical marijuana, city councilors on the council's Internal Affairs subcommittee directed staff to look into making changes in the city's Municipal Code that could restrict growing
<br />to areas zoned for light industrial use. However, because the city's Planning Department is currently immersed in the process of updating the city's General Plan, any zoning change recommendations
<br />will come as time allows. In the meantime, the Police Department and code enforcement staff will put together a list of recommendations and guidelines for medical marijuana growers on
<br />ways they can avoid annoying their neighbors and stay safer from anyone seeking to steal the plants. A mother of three in northwest Chico asked the council to consider a public nuisance
<br />ordinance preventing those with medical pot prescriptions from growing the plants outdoors. Such an ordinance is currently in place in Gridley. Instead, those with medical marijuana
<br />prescriptions would cultivate the plants indoors. The mother said last summer the marijuana plants were so large they could be seen from her family's backyard, and the smell was so intense,
<br />it prevented them from enjoying their backyard until late fall. But City Councilors Andy Holcombe, Tom Nickell and Scott Gruendl and acting police chief Capt. Mike Maloney said moving
<br />the plants indoors would swap one problem for another. Holcombe said the lamps needed to grow the plants indoors could increase the possibility of home invasions. Maloney said the police
<br />don't want to do anything that will create an opportunity for violent crime to increase. "Exchanging one set of rules for a different set of rules could potentially create a different
<br />set of issues," Maloney said. The trio had considered the possibility of allowing marijuana dispensaries in Chico, but Holcombe said guidelines already exist on dispensaries and the
<br />council has no need to act. Assistant City Manager John Rucker said there is no legal way for someone to purchase marijuana from a dispensary unless they are involved in cultivation.
<br />The dispensary has to be set up similar to a private not-for-profit organization. Set-ups similar to a pharmacy are illegal, he said. http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_12356318
<br />Oceanside council won't allow marijuana dispensaries By Lola Sherman Union-Tribune Staff Writer /May 14, 2009 OCEANSIDE – The City Council Wednesday night approved an urgency ordinance,
<br />effective immediately, forbidding the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city…..City Attorney John Mullen said the urgency was precipitated by a visit he had from
<br />a doctor wanting to open a medical-marijuana dispensary. Use of the plant for medicinal purposes is legal in California. But it illegal under federal law, and federal agents have raided
<br />medical-marijuana dispensaries in San Diego. Juliana von Hacht, associate planner for Oceanside, recommended the ban, saying that to do otherwise “may cause a proliferation of marijuana
<br />dispensaries.” Von Hacht said other cities – she cited Rocklin, Roseville, Oakland, Hayward and Fairfax – have found that crime increases around dispensaries. They've brought, burglaries,
<br />robberies, loitering and traffic, she said. An urgency ordinance is good for 45 days, but then, von Hacht said, “I will come back to you and request an extension to 10 months and 15
<br />days.” Councilwoman Esther Sanchez was absent. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/14/bn13oside00955/Goleta Council Votes to Prohibit Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Faced
<br />with approaching expiration of current moratorium, city opts for ban By Sonia Fernandez, Noozhawk Staff Writer | Published on 06.03.2009 While decrying the insufficiency of the facts
<br />at hand to do so, the Goleta City Council Tuesday evening voted unanimously for an ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries. The council voted with the intent that ensuing
<br />discussions would eventually result in regulation of the distribution of medical marijuana, rather than prohibition. But facing the upcoming expiration of a 22-month-old city moratorium
<br />on the establishment of such dispensaries, and what appeared to be the members’ lack of preparation about how to best dispense medical marijuana, the council backed the prohibition,
<br />although the vote may be temporary. “There’s too much to discuss, there’s too much for the public to discuss,” Goleta Mayor Roger Aceves said……For the most part, the council argued against
<br />the ordinance as it was initially presented, disagreeing with the staff report based on a white paper from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, which concludes that the presence
<br />of marijuana dispensaries led to an increase of crime in the area. “I suppose we could go on quite a rampage,” surmised Councilman Michael Bennett, noting that other establishments –
<br />liquor stores, gun shops – might also trigger an increase in crime……The current moratorium has been in effect for 22 months. (Staff) never had any intentions of regulating. They waited
<br />until the last minute to put the city council in a position where time was an issue, and it’s just not fair.” The ordinance comes before the council again June 16 for a second reading.
<br />http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/060209_goleta_council_votes_to_prohibit_medical_marij uana_dispensaries/Gilroy police reject medical marijuana dispensary Posted: Friday, 19
<br />June 2009 10:01AM GILROY --Police in Gilroy are rejecting a new storefront medical marijuana dispensary, saying it violates state law. Gilroy's police chief argues that state law requires
<br />marijuana dispensaries to act like nonprofit cooperatives, not businesses. She argues that because the dispensary would turn a profit, it's illegal under state law. The dispensary's
<br />organizers are vowing to fight the decision, saying they're following the model set by similar dispensaries in Santa Cruz and Redwood City. http://kliv.com/Gilroy-police-reject-medical-marijuana-disp
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<br />Tehama County Medical Marijuana Proposal June 23 Tehama County is considering tightening restrictions on medicinal marijuana. Supervisor Bob Williams proposed a new ordinance at the
<br />County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. The current law allows a qualified patient or caregiver six mature plants and 12 immature plants. It also lets patients grow their plants
<br />together... producing larger gardens. Williams says smeller gardens are less attractive to criminals. Under the new ordinance no more than 25 plants can be grown in any one spot. The
<br />proposal also says a garden can't be within a thousand feet of a school, church, park or child care facility. “The concern within the community is that if we have large marijuana gardens
<br />located in a place where children are present, that it could potentially have a child harmed," says Williams. In addition growers would have to secure their gardens, register them with
<br />county health services and they would have to notify property owners if they rent. For now the proposal has been tabled until July 14th http://www.khsltv.com/content/localnews/story/Tehama-County-Med
<br />ical-Marijuana-Proposal/SwZR30XFxkGBQmuDAv1fDg.cspx County to issue medical marijuana ID cards, but add land-use limit By Jeff McDonald, Union-Tribune Staff Writer 4:37 p.m. June 23,
<br />2009 San Diego County will issue identification cards for medical marijuana patients, but also directed its top attorney on Tuesday to write a law banning dispensaries in unincorporated
<br />areas. “Our concerns here have to do with not wanting to increase criminal activities in the unincorporated areas,” Supervisor Pam Slater-Price said. Supervisor
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