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http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2015/06/24/raid-of-the-decade-underway-in-americas-pot-growing-epicenter/

 

 

 

 

An estimated 100,000 marijuana plants are expected to be eradicated this week at an enormous, multi-farm bust in remote Northern California — the heart of the famed Emerald Triangle.

Humboldt, Trinity and Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies — with no federal involvement — began serving search warrants Monday in a remote area at the intersection of the three counties.

Dozens of deputies are staging a four or five-day operation in what is being called the largest raid in a decade.

The Times-Standard reports:

“The sources said the marijuana grows are not Mexican cartel operations but from local growers who have been growing for years. Beyond the sheer size of the grows, prompting the raid is evidence of massive water theft and other environmental violations, the sources said. For that reason the California Department of Fish and Wildlife was assisting deputies.”

The raid targeted some very prominent members of the community, including public members of lobbying groups and marijuana PACs like the California Cannabis Voice.

Emerald Grower’s Association director Hezekiah Allen decried the actions in an online statement: “Today, this type of activity is ever more concerning because so many of our community members have courageously stepped forward and publicly proclaimed themselves as farmers. They are seeking regulation, seeking collaboration with government agencies and research institutions. These farmers who have stepped forward are keys to solutions.”

California is the largest domestic producer of cannabis in the U.S., which consumes about 2,500-5,000 metric tons of the crop each year.

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About 5,000 cannabis farms exist in Mendocino County, deputies estimate. (via Google Maps)

An estimated 40,000 pot farms may exist in California, a legislative analysis finds. Efforts to regulate the 19 year-old medical cannabis industry in California are pending in the Senate this year. A ballot proposal to tax and regulate legal cannabis in California is expected next year.

[uPDATE 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY]
KMUD news interviewed local authorities who reiterated their interest in protecting local watersheds. But reports also emerged today that raid personnel slashed irrigation hoses on farm property, discharged 50,000 gallons of stored rainwater, and are jeopardizing the nascent working relationship between growers and water authorities. No arrests have been reported. A press conference is expected Friday.

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An estimated 100,000 marijuana plants are expected to be eradicated this week at an enormous, multi-farm bust in remote Northern California — the heart of the famed Emerald Triangle.

Humboldt, Trinity and Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies — with no federal involvement — began serving search warrants Monday in a remote area at the intersection of the three counties.

Dozens of deputies are staging a four or five-day operation in what is being called the largest raid in a decade.

The Times-Standard reports:

 

“The sources said the marijuana grows are not Mexican cartel operations but from local growers who have been growing for years. Beyond the sheer size of the grows, prompting the raid is evidence of massive water theft and other environmental violations, the sources said. For that reason the California Department of Fish and Wildlife was assisting deputies.”

 

The raid targeted some very prominent members of the community, including public members of lobbying groups and marijuana PACs like the California Cannabis Voice.

Emerald Grower’s Association director Hezekiah Allen decried the actions in an online statement: “Today, this type of activity is ever more concerning because so many of our community members have courageously stepped forward and publicly proclaimed themselves as farmers. They are seeking regulation, seeking collaboration with government agencies and research institutions. These farmers who have stepped forward are keys to solutions.”

California is the largest domestic producer of cannabis in the U.S., which consumes about 2,500-5,000 metric tons of the crop each year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

island-mtn-road-via-google-maps-600x415.

About 5,000 cannabis farms exist in Mendocino County, deputies estimate. (via Google Maps)

 

An estimated 40,000 pot farms may exist in California, a legislative analysis finds. Efforts to regulate the 19 year-old medical cannabis industry in California are pending in the Senate this year. A ballot proposal to tax and regulate legal cannabis in California is expected next year.

[uPDATE 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY]

KMUD news interviewed local authorities who reiterated their interest in protecting local watersheds. But reports also emerged today that raid personnel slashed irrigation hoses on farm property, discharged 50,000 gallons of stored rainwater, and are jeopardizing the nascent working relationship between growers and water authorities. No arrests have been reported. A press conference is expected Friday.

 

 

 

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this is by island mtn/table bluff area...very remote

this is politically motivated...

 

-the people they targeted here are the ones trying to protect and lobby for small farmers rights

-mom/pop grows

-not mega corporate industrialized- commercialized regulated by the state grows

...they put the jack boot on these folks...

this happens all the time

 

They just robbed and terrorized these people and their families

...sending a msg

....stole alot

Didnt 'bust' anyone....typical

 

They are spreading the fear trying to herd the cats towards legalization....

-same method they have used here....

-fear, armed narco-terrorism and robbery by authorized badges is their biggest tool

-going on all over the country...

-herd the cats into the [legalize/tax/control] box

 

 

 

Notice cali has a drought but they ripped out water lines and emptied 50,000 gls of precious water

 

This is a way of life out here....not a business

they didnt bust anyone....just terrorized and robbed them-

 

 

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Bottom Line is Asset Forfeiture and Robbing Small Farmers

 

The Bottom line is $$$$, money and greed by the County Governments. Each year, the Sheriff Department, the District Attorney and the County of Mendocino makes millions of dollars by raiding their communities and neighbors small marijuana farms and gardens. While maybe the plant count seems high these small famers are all under an acre or less. There is no 20 acre clearcuts of threes,there are no 10,000 acre fields being clearcut and bulldozed of the Oaks to make room for winegrapes, there are no herbicides or asphalt leaking into the streams from these mostly ORGANIC, small Mom and pops medical marijuana farms. Most of these “environmental degradation” stories are political hype with no real evidence or solid truth offered. Just another attempt to lead the naive public into supporting a paramilitary raid on our communities small “Mom and Pops” Medical Marijuana Farms which are supplying the rest of the state with very high quality medical marijuana medicines. Rather than find a way to tax marijuana; marijuana farmers are being taxed by men in paramilitary uniforms carrying automatic assault rifles, their crops are stolen, their money is stolen and their assets are forfeited in a “mock trial” of justice where money is taken and farmers must “prove” it is theirs rightfully. Of course there is much money scuffled below the table and many men are made wealthy from our local farmers hard work. So there it is folks, The Term; “Environmental Degradation” used as a Tool to Continue the War on Cannabis in the Emerald Triangle

 

https://mendonews.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/bottom-line-is-asset-forfeiture-and-robbing-small-farmers/

 

https://mendonews.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/island-mountain-raids-helicopters-and-memories-of-the-1980s/

 

They dont call it the 'lost coast'for no reason...

USAL beach-

http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2015/jun/23/yesterdays-pot-bust-involved-members-california-ca/

 

#standwithfarmers

https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/standwithfarmers?src=hash

 

Once you guys hand over whats left of your law and rights to the corporate entities fighting over it .....

-you MIGHT understand what these people are fighting for....

Hindsight is 20/20 but usually too late

 

This will convince cali growers to support legalization, maybe

They're smarter than that....theyve been fighting for small farmers forever

they understand what you don't

 

No. Another reason you don't give cops more money to play these games with our lives.

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Some people you cant explain the truth to....they have to experience it

Stop banging your head against the wall with these folks....

they wont get it-

 

The truth WILL set you free....but first it will tinkle you off!

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