We're a group of Nevada County residents who want to preserve rural and scenic beauty, neighborhood safety, and property values in and around the residential properties of Nevada County.

The NCARCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to gathering and communicating the views and opinions of Nevada County property owners, at the state and county level, so that the property owner's opinions regarding cannabis cultivation are officially represented at state legislative hearings and county meetings.

 

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We're raising awareness of the increasing problems neighborhood cannabis cultivation is causing.

We're working toward fair legislation and deveopment of reasonable and enforceable code to place fair limits on the amount and location of cannabis cultivation. Also, we're gathering input from Nevada County residents, so that their voice is heard on this issue at both the state and county level.

The first thing you need to know about NCARCC is this:

We are not arguing whether marijuana is medicine or a recreational drug. NCARCC is not trying to deny someone the right to medically beneficial therapies. While cannabis cultivation is still against Federal law, California has voted to make medical cannabis permissible.

Unfortunately, the legislation in place is vague, and lacks reasonable restrictions pertaining to cannabis cultivation amounts and locations. The loose language and gaping holes in these laws hamper law enforcement's ability to restrict cannabis cultivation effectively.

Recently, a lot in a residential neighborhood with a school just .4 miles away was purchased, and cannabis plants were brought in. The site was dotted with signs threatening neighbors, and trash litters the site. Trees were cut down, leaving ugly stumps sticking several feet into the air. All of this is taking place right around the corner from an elementary school.

This isn't an isolated incident. Cannabis cultivation lots are routinely targets for theft, and the people who are cultivating the cannabis want to protect their plants. The news is full of shootings over cannbis theft.

This is the face of cannabis cultivation. It's not a cancer patient fighting the effects of chemotherapy, or a person trying to relieve glaucoma. Read the paper, or watch the news, and you'll see drug dealers exploiting gaps in current cannabis code and legislation to cultivate a lucrative crop that lines their pockets and does nothing positive for the economy of California.

We want to keep our Nevada County neighborhoods safe, inviting, and scenic. Residential cannabis cultivation invites crime into a neighborhood, putting our lives, posessions, family members, and property values at risk.