MENDOCINO Co., 10/12/22 — Mendocino County won a dubious honor in cannabis eradication this year, with 190,018 cannabis plants destroyed at 18 different grow sites raided under the auspices of the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) 2022. That figure is significantly higher than any other California county — representing nearly 20 percent of the 973,894 plants seized statewide, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the California Department of Justice.
Riverside County came in at No. 2 with 159,287 plants eradicated at 77 sites. San Bernardino County had 138,815 plants eradicated at 41 sites, and our neighbors in Lake County came in at No. 4 with 97,677 plants eradicated at 51 sites. No other county broke 100K. Sonoma County came in at the very bottom of the list with just one grow raided and 1,407 plants eradicated. CAMP operations in Humboldt County were limited to reconnaissance only.
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