The Union, 02 Nov 2012 – Despite the recent spate of rainy weather, the marijuana season is far from wrapping up — and that means the Nevada County Sheriff’s marijuana ordinance enforcement team is "staying busy," said Lt. Steve Tripp. The team still is serving abatement warrants on gardens that have been found to be out of compliance with the county’s new cultivation ordinance,

The Union, 19 Sep 2012 – Editor’s note: The homeowners targeted by compliance checks have not been identified, as they all are appealing their citations. It’s the height of the growing season for marijuana growers. And what traditionally is an extremely busy time for the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office has become even more so this year now that the department has been tasked with conducting compliance checks to enforce the county’s new cultivation ordinance.