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knock on the door looking for code

regulations that will align with new

violations.

state rules, which take effect Jan. 1.

Code violations typically don’t

trail, helping legitimate cultivators,

they can put the illegal grower out of

manufacturers and retailers get their

business, at least temporarily. State

product to market. And telling illegal

and local laws are evolving to allow

growers to move somewhere else.

confiscation of illegal plants and dangerous, nonpermitted equipment. The criminal grow house is a sinister presence in a city that has worked hard to establish a positive relationship with regulated cannabis. Sacramento was among the first major California cities to create ordinances for medical cannabis dispensaries. The city is a leader in converting warehouse space to professionally operated indoor farms. (Outdoor grows are illegal in the city.) Responsible growers and dispensary operators pay permit fees and sales taxes to fund the city’s enforcement activities. The city doesn’t have a cap on commercial grow permits, but the high investment costs for regulated indoor farming should limit the competition. “I hope that money will allow us

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to eradicate the illegal cultivation,” Devlin says. Regulation and compliance take time. Nineteen years after

Call for dates!

the Compassionate Use Act was approved by voters in 1996, the

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Sacramento is blazing a leadership

bring criminal prosecutions, but

State Legislature finally passed laws to oversee medical cannabis. Recreational cannabis was approved last year. Cities and counties are presently working to create

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