Yes, that's my local Sheriff's Department, the same one made famous last year for its Pedobear Warning (in its defense, they were re-distributing something they'd gotten from an even more idiotic law enforcement agency elsewhere, but got noticed first) and a couple years ago for an embarrassing raid "caught on tape". The December Medical Marijuana raids seemed to be the last shot by an outgoing sheriff; although the New Sheriff in Town, Ian Parkinson, remains suspect (like his campaign film showing him 'interviewed' by Lou Ferrigno - LOU FERRIGNO?!?), he has been doing visible outreach, 'reviving' an internal affairs position and making other noises like a reformer. We can only hope (until he's up for re-election in 3 1/2 years).

The cops here just busted a bunch of island dispensaries in unincorporated Fresno County using the 'non-profit' versus 'overhead' dodge. The thing is their own inventory of raided locations (including 2 warehouses) and confiscated materials indicates the immensity of the collectives' overhead. Also, I doubt they expected to find so little cash, about $400,000 between four independent collectives. That sounds like justifiable, daily-operations cash to me.