Governor Newsom created the UCETF in 2022 to further align state efforts and increase cannabis enforcement coordination between state, local, and federal partners. The enforcement actions protect consumer and public safety,

Riverside County saw 136,601 cannabis plants eradicated across 13 sites, the most plants destroyed compared to the other counties in California.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the successful eradication of 774,829 illegally cultivated cannabis plants and the seizure of 106,141 pounds of

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, seized nearly 800,000 illegal cannabis plants and over

Nearly 90,000 illegally grown cannabis plants were destroyed at dozens of grow sites in Kern County during a statewide eradication operation, the California Department of Justice said.

Kern County was one of the largest sites of illegal cannabis activity in the entire state. Thousands of illegal cannabis plants across the Central Valley have been destroyed by the state. The state destroyed the plants as part of its 2024 Eradication and prevention of Illicit Cannabis (EPIC) program.

Local, state and federal authorities destroyed 774,829 illegal cannabis plants and seized 106,141 pounds of illegally grown cannabis worth more than $353 million throughout California, according to a release from Attorney General Rob Bonta's office Monday.