North County Times, 21 Aug 2012 – Although no San Diego County sites were targeted in a recent multistate crackdown on marijuana farms on public lands, authorities have found more than 500 illicit marijuana farms in the county since 2007, including one within walking distance of Cal State San Marcos, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in San Diego. The local federal prosecutors office highlighted the busts in the county over the past five years on the same day federal officials in western states announced the culmination of a multiagency operation known as Mountain Sweep, which targeted marijuana farms on public lands in California, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.