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Staff Writer The Nevada County board of supervisors approved five individuals to serve as mediators in cases where medical marijuana growers want to appeal an order from the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office to abate their grow operation. The appointment will pave the way for the administrative process necessary to enforce the controversial medical marijuana ordinance, passed by the board of supervisors in May. Under the ordinance, the NCSO is empowered to serve abatement notices requiring property owners growing medical marijuana to destroy their plants or alter the grow operation enough to be in compliance with the regulations. If a property owner receives a “Notice to Abate” and feels the notice is in error, he has the right to file an appeal, which is heard by a “hearing officer.” ....
Staff Writer The two sides in the debate over Measure S, the proposed revision to Nevada County’s medical marijuana ordinance on the Nov. 4 ballot, are up in arms about more than just the smell of marijuana and whether additional grow sites would result from the new proposal. In recent days, “Yes on S” supporters say Nevada County officials are violating election law by using county letterhead on the official ballot statement opposing the measure, and by allowing Tuesday night’s gathering in favor of rejecting Measure S and keeping the existing county medical marijuana ordinance intact, to take place at the county’s Rood administration building in Nevada City. ....