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Daily Report: Public Safety

Federal intelligence may help target marijuana growers

November 10, 2011, 12:05 AM
Lawmakers soon may enlist the nation's spymaster to help fight Mexican drug traffickers and others who use federal land in California and elsewhere to grow marijuana. A provision of the 2012 intelligence authorization bill calls on the director of national intelligence to assess and report... + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Private lands are new frontier in pot wars

April 23, 2011, 3:57 PM
Trespassing marijuana growers are setting booby traps, resorting to violence and vandalism, and polluting private land as property owners and law enforcement try to fight back. + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Oakland could lose tax bonanza in pot-farm battle

January 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
Cash-strapped Oakland could lose millions of dollars in projected tax revenues if the city bows to pressure to scale back controversial plans to license four commercial medical marijuana farms. Supporters say the measure – approved by the city council last July – could provide... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Alameda district attorney questions Oakland pot farms

December 17, 2010, 12:05 AM
The City of Oakland is facing another possible legal hurdle in the race to license and tax commercial marijuana cultivation – the Alameda County district attorney. A Dec. 8 letter from Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley to Mayor-elect Jean Quan, obtained by California... + read more
Attorney General Eric Holder
Daily Report: Public Safety

Obama administration warns Oakland on pot farms

December 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
The Obama administration has warned Oakland over the licensing of four giant pot farms, saying the plan is in violation of state and federal law and could trigger multiple legal actions against the city.  Officials from the Justice Department’s civil division and the U.S. attorney... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

New ordinance in Oakland would legalize big industrial pot farms

July 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
The city of Oakland could become home to some of the world’s largest government-licensed marijuana-growing operations, with permits to distribute products around the state, according to a draft ordinance released yesterday. The city’s public safety committee meets tonight to... + read more
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