Articles tagged with "calaveras county"
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Calaveras Cannabis Farmers File Class Action Lawsuit Over Cultivation Ban
Peter Hecht - Published on August 17, 2018Read moreSpurned farmers are demanding a refund of millions of dollars in taxes and fees—a sum that could cripple the county’s budget.
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How a Cannabis Ban Turned One California County Into ‘Ground Zero for Chaos’
Peter Hecht - Published on January 22, 2018Read moreHungry for tax revenue, Calaveras County licensed hundreds of commercial cannabis farms in recent years. Now it wants them gone, leaving growers in the lurch.
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Calaveras County Pivots, Will Consider Large-Acreage Grow Model
Peter Hecht - Published on November 7, 2017Read moreRather than an all-out ban, some in the California county are now pushing for regulations that could decimate the area’s cannabis cultivators.
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California’s Calaveras County On Verge of Banning Cannabis Farms
Peter Hecht - Published on October 19, 2017Read moreThe county is in an uproar over a proposal to boot cannabis growers–after welcoming them just last year.
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California Auditor Accuses Sheriff of Misusing Cannabis Fees to Fund Raids
The Associated Press - Published on August 10, 2017Read moreThe Calaveras County auditor says the sheriff improperly spent some of the $1 million his office made from legal cannabis fees to go after illegal operators.
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California Authorities Seize 27,000 Cannabis Plants in 4-Day Calaveras Raid
The Associated Press - Published on August 4, 2017Read moreThe crackdown on more than a dozen farms occurred in different parts of Calaveras County, southeast of Sacramento in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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The Great Cannabis Clash of Calaveras County
Chris Roberts - Published on August 1, 2017Read moreCalifornia’s Gold Country is dying. The marijuana industry has arrived, offering tax revenue and job opportunities. So why are locals rejecting it?
