Please consider addressing the issue of commercial water haulers providing water to illegal cannabis grows.
The average tankers of water that drive past my residence every day is 3. This water is taken by the water hauler from the north fork of the cache creek below the Indian valley reservoir, right off highway 20. This is tens of thousands of gallons every day. The yolo county water agency has issued the water hauler a permit to take the water, even though the agency and the water hauler know that the water goes to illegal grows. Lake county cannabis ordinance specifies no water hauling, and the State of California water board specifies no surface water use for cannabis during the dry months. Who and where is the oversight on these regulations? This situation has persisted for many years. The water hauler drivers are aggressive or unresponsive when held accountable. This destroys all road surfaces. May I also remind the board that the cost of a single water delivery is around $400
Please consider an oak protection ordinance and emergency moratorium on cutting native oaks in the unincorporated areas of Lake County. Oaks fight climate change with carbon sequestration. It’s proven that mature forests store significantly more carbon than younger trees. The sink of carbon sequestered in forests helps to offset other sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, such as deforestation, forest fires, and fossil fuel emissions. We have a powerful tool to fight climate change in Lake County, and we are chopping oaks down without a careful study of the repercussions. Please watch "Deforestation: sounding the alarm", produced with students that participating in planting acorns for years and now discover their findings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0zp7Q4YnE
Sierra Club Redwood Chapter’s Northern CA Forest Oak Committee and National Audubon Society’s Redbud Chapter-Lake County Conservation Committee
Please consider addressing the issue of commercial water haulers providing water to illegal cannabis grows.
The average tankers of water that drive past my residence every day is 3. This water is taken by the water hauler from the north fork of the cache creek below the Indian valley reservoir, right off highway 20. This is tens of thousands of gallons every day. The yolo county water agency has issued the water hauler a permit to take the water, even though the agency and the water hauler know that the water goes to illegal grows. Lake county cannabis ordinance specifies no water hauling, and the State of California water board specifies no surface water use for cannabis during the dry months. Who and where is the oversight on these regulations? This situation has persisted for many years. The water hauler drivers are aggressive or unresponsive when held accountable. This destroys all road surfaces. May I also remind the board that the cost of a single water delivery is around $400
Please consider an oak protection ordinance and emergency moratorium on cutting native oaks in the unincorporated areas of Lake County. Oaks fight climate change with carbon sequestration. It’s proven that mature forests store significantly more carbon than younger trees. The sink of carbon sequestered in forests helps to offset other sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, such as deforestation, forest fires, and fossil fuel emissions. We have a powerful tool to fight climate change in Lake County, and we are chopping oaks down without a careful study of the repercussions. Please watch "Deforestation: sounding the alarm", produced with students that participating in planting acorns for years and now discover their findings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0zp7Q4YnE
Sierra Club Redwood Chapter’s Northern CA Forest Oak Committee and National Audubon Society’s Redbud Chapter-Lake County Conservation Committee