[Rod Miller]
August 29, 2018 - Placerville, CA - A recent alleged gang related shooting in Georgetown, CA has regulated cannabis advocates asking for immediate enactment of ordinances contained within November’s El Dorado County ballot measures N, P, Q, R and S.
“Alcohol prohibition resulted in more organized crime during the 1930s and cannabis prohibition provides an opportunity for organized crime today,” points Rod Miller, Chairperson for the Yes on Measures N, P, Q, R and S campaign in El Dorado County. “If residents want to reduce the risk of organized crime, in our County, then they need to vote Yes on measures N, P, Q, R and S. The legal, fully permitted and regulated cannabis industry will out-compete illegal cannabis activity in the same way that our wine industry, today, out-competes illegal wine production activity,” asserts Rod Miller. “Measures N, P, Q, R and S will use the tax and fee funds, from the legal permitted and highly regulated cannabis industry, for new code enforcement and law enforcement to attack illegal cannabis activity in the county.”
“State voters have approved commercial cannabis. El Dorado County and it's policymakers should immediately adopt the ordinances contained within measures N, P, Q, R and S to provide protection to our communities against gangster grows,” states Miller “The county has over 2000 cannabis growing operations. It is senseless to not use the market incentive and the State regulatory system to get these growers into the legal market. If they were in the state system they would be registered and subject to inspections through the County and State. Measures in N, P, Q, R and S also contain fines of up to $25,000 per violation to give the County the tools to attack illegal cannabis grows. The County does not have the money to go and inspect 2000 grow operations. It is only through measures N, P, Q, R and S that the County will have the resources to do the enforcement necessary to protect our communities,” asserts Miller.
The County estimates that when implemented, measures N, P, Q, R and S will generate approximately $4 million that can be used for enforcement and community programs. The public can learn more about measures N, P, Q, R and S on the November ballot by going to yesonpqrs.org
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Contact: Rod Miller - 530-748-9822
