The most annoying bit is that the county will get to defend their policy at taxpayer expense and, when they lose, no one responsible will suffer any personal consequences (except, hopefully, being fired or voted out of office).
#^$4 MILLION in Fines for Someone Else’s Cannabis Crime – CaliforniaBy the county’s reasoning, anyone with a greenhouse, cleared garden, barn or any other structure that could be used to grow cannabis is assumed to be growing cannabis and fined at least $10,000 per day. Humboldt accuses property owners of cannabis-related offenses without any proof or process. The county rarely bothers to conduct even the most cursory investigation. If the inspector had visited the Thomases’, for instance, he would have found an empty barn with a few tools. But Humboldt’s inspectors have admitted that they frequently rely on satellite images alone to issue fines.
