I urge voters to vote no on G and no on H in the June 7 primary.

Unlike other counties, Butte County has not chosen to regulate cannabis growing for economic development, but has chosen to suppress enterprise and job creation. When Measure A passed, the patient community had to pay substantially more for medicine, lawful growers were subject to militarized raids for code infractions, and millions of dollars left Butte County for more enterprising counties. It appears non-pot-related code violations went unabated as well, while the fines for Measure A citations have proven uncollectable, incurring costs when the county can't even fund the library full time.

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