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California’s Siskiyou County has identified a novel way to evaporate the growing number of illegal cannabis farms sprouting up in a state that seems to forever be on the brink of drought: restrict where water trucks can go.
After green-lighting the new ordinance under the
Sikiyou County Code earlier this month, the Board of Supervisors issued a notice of a public hearing to gather additional input “relating to water trucks and regulating their use upon certain county roads.” That meeting is scheduled for June 1 or as soon thereafter as possible in response to COVID-19 infection rates at the time.
Siskiyou Daily News
The story of Sundance Angel Gonzalez of Weed is one of redemption, second chances, and turning one s life around. It is an ongoing story, but one with a bright ray of light after much darkness that could have sent the 26-year-old spiraling further down the wrong path. Instead, Sundance – known as Sonny – owned up to his mistakes and went to work to become a better human being.
When he was 18, Gonzalez was involved in a armed burglary in Mount Shasta along with two others. For his crimes, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. But due to exemplary behavior, in a rare decision on April 20, Gonzalez was granted early release with the full support of the Siskiyou County District Attorney’s Office. The decision came after a glowing recommendation by the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Siskiyou Daily News
Should ranchers with agricultural wells be allowed to sell their water? What if it’s being trucked away to irrigate an illegal crop? Is it fair to stop the transport of water on certain roads if it negatively impacts, for the most part, a specific group of people?
These are the questions that hundreds of protesters were asking when they occupied a block of Yreka’s Fourth Street on Thursday morning. A majority of the protesters were of Asian descent and advocated for their right to water. Many asserted that the county’s latest ordinance, which prohibits water trucks on specific roads and highways, unfairly impacts Asian Americans living and farming in Siskiyou County.
To curtail illegal cannabis grows, water trucks aren t allowed on these Siskiyou roads
Mount Shasta Herald
In an attempt to curtail the transport of water to irrigate illegal cannabis grows, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors today approved an urgency ordinance that would make it a misdemeanor to drive a water truck on certain Siskiyou County roads and highways frequented by such traffic.
Any truck that carries more than 100 gallons of water will be prohibited from traveling on specific roads in both the Butte Valley and Big Springs areas where such activity is rampant, effective immediately.
The penalty is a $100 fine and the ordinance may be enforced by any peace officer.
Mount Shasta Herald
A group of Siskiyou County youth from the Mount Shasta ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spent several hours Saturday taking photos of grave stones at Mount Shasta Memorial Park cemetery. The group used the app BillionGraves, which is billed as the world s largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data, and is growing bigger . every day.
The activity was designed to teach the youth about family history and to serve others, said Kirk Andrus, bishop of the local organization, noting it was the perfect activity for a pandemic, since the young adults were able to work outside, stay safe and perform a valuable service.