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Mendocino’s sheriff is treasurer of a private nonprofit that funds the county’s trafficking raids

by Roger Coryell September 8, 2026September 11, 2026

Five county sheriffs and a district attorney run a nonprofit, paid for by a Buffett family foundation, that funds cannabis and trafficking enforcement in five Northern California counties. It has yet to win a trafficking conviction.

Columns & Opinion

Silent Storm: The Lack of Information on Fish and Wildlife Marijuana Raids in Humboldt County (opinion)

by Opinion October 4, 2018September 19, 2024

“In our opinion, the new policy by the Department of Fish and Wildlife is doing the community and the people who work for it a disservice. Off the record, two employees told us that they don’t understand the need to hide what they feel is a good program that helps get those who are destroying the environment to stop,” says Kym Kemp in this opinion column.