Record Searchlight, 18 Jan 2013 – If out-of-control marijuana growing is wrecking the quality of life in rural Shasta County neighborhoods, as many residents complain, another wheel-spinning committee will certainly not solve the problem. Yet after hours of discussion among county officials and the public – both for and against marijuana – a committee is exactly what the Board of Supervisors decided to form this week.

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Record Searchlight, 15 Jan 2013 – As some Shasta County officials are poised to move forward today with banning outdoor pot grows to curb crime and complaints from neighbors, some attorneys doubt their solution would stand up to legal scrutiny in the unstable world of medical cannabis law. The Board of Supervisors today will discuss whether to look into scratching outdoor medical marijuana grows from the county’s pot ordinance, as well as making violations of the ordinance a $1,000 misdemeanor fine instead of a $100 infraction.

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Los Angeles Daily News, 05 Jan 2013 – The fight over medical marijuana in California has taken another turn. A petition to permit about 100 dispensaries to operate in Los Angeles has received enough signatures to force the City Council to either adopt it or put it on the ballot. This does not necessarily mean a meaningful resolution is at hand. In fact, this citywide measure only muddies what were already cloudy waters.

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Porterville Recorder, 27 Dec 2012 – More than 200,000 marijuana plants were confiscated and destroyed by local law enforcement this year in Tulare County, an astounding figure, but one that shows the effort to eradicate the illicit growing of the popular weed will not end soon. Those in law enforcement will tell you that they are only making a small dent in the growing of marijuana locally. While we agree that may be true, it did seem this summer that some progress was made to discourage the illegal growing of marijuana in the county.

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