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  • This April 12, 2011 photo provided by Arcata Police Department shows an indoor marijuana growing operation raided by police. Fed up with the proliferation of industrial-scale indoor growing operations taking over homes in residential neighborhoods, city leaders are asking voters to to adopt a stiff new tax on excessive electricity use designed to drive large-scale growers out of town. (AP Photo/Arcata Police Department)
  • This April 12, 2011 Arcata Police Department photo shows the inside of a marijuana grow house in Arcata, Calif. Fed up with industrial-scale marijuana growing operaitons taking over homes in residential neighborhoods, city leaders are asking voters to approve a stiff new tax on excessive electricity use, intended to drive large-scale growers out of town. (AP Photo/Arcata Police Department)
  • This Oct 24, 2012 photo from Arcata Police Department shows Chief Tom Chapman standing with a shipping container loaded with gear confiscated from illegal marijuana indoor growing operations. Fed up with the proliferation of industrial-scale indooer growing operations taking over homes in residential neighborhoods, city leaders are asking voters to approve a measure to impose a stiff new tax on excessive electricity use, designed to drive large growers out of town. (AP Photo/Arcata Police Department)
  • Kids and dogs romp at a playground Oct. 25, 2012 in Arcata, Calif., a half block from a house raided by police on a warrant alleging it was a large-scale indoor marijuana growing operation. Fed up with the proliferation of large-scale indoor growing operations in residential neighborhoods, city officials are asking voetrs to decide on a stiff tax on excessive electricity use designed to drive growers out of town. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • The sun sets Oct. 25, 2012 over Arcata Bay in Northern California. Though Arcata has come to be known for its tolerance toward marijuana, many residents would rather be known for the wastewater treatment marsh that cleans the waters flowing into the bay.The city is voting on a measure to impose a stiff tax on excessive electricity use designed to drive large-scale indoor marijuana growers out of town. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • An old mill dominates the horizon on Arcata Bay on Oct. 25, 2012 in Arcata, Calif. Since the collapse of timber and fishing, marijuana has moved into the culture and economy of Arcata, to the point that many people who support the legalization of marijuana are fed up with the proliferation of large-scale growing operations taking over homes in residential neighborhood. The city is voting on a measure to impose a stiff tax on excessive electricity use in an effort to drive marijuana grow houses out of town. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Pedal cab driver Mark Sailors talks Oct. 25, 2012 on The Plaza in Arcata, Calif., about his opposition to a tax on electricity designed to drive industrial-level indoor marijuana growers out of town. Sailors, who grows medical marijuana on a small scale for himself and his wife and mother, characterized the tax as a Jim Crow law showcasing the city's hypocrisy in its support of medical marijuana. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Reid Whittlesex walks a slackline Oct. 25, 2012 in the community forest in Arcata, Calif. While Arcata has become known for being tolerant of marijuana, many residents would rather their city were known for the forest and a pioneering wastewater treatment marsh. Fed up with the proliferation of industrial-scale indoor marijuana growing operations taking over neighborhoods, city officials are asking voters to approve a stiff tax on excessive electricity use, designed to drive large-scale pot growers out of town. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Police Chief Tom Chapman stands Oct. 26, 2012 in The Plaza in Arcata, Calif. Fed up with the proliferation of large-scale indoor marijuana growing operations in residential neighborhoods, some city leaders ares asking voters to endorse a tax on electricity intended to force growers out of town. Chapman says neighbors of grow houses are increasingly calling police to complain about grow houses, which are ruining the neighborliness of neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Juggler Daniel Whisenant shows off his skills Oct. 25, 2012 on The Plaza in Arcata, Calif. The Plaza is the cultural center of the city, which is asking voters if they will impose a stiff tax on excessive electricity use designed to drive industrial-scale indoor marijuana growers out of town. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Humboldt State University sociologist Anthony Silvaggio sits at a coffee shop Oct. 25, 2012 in Arcata, Calif. Silvaggio has interviewed hundreds of marijuana growers in Arcata and Humboldt County, which he calls the center of the marijuana universe. He concludes that growing marijuana for medical use and black market sale are inseparable intertwined. Fed up with illegal growers taking over houses in residential neighborhoods for industrial-scale growing operations, city officials in Arcata are asking voters to approve a stiff tax on excessive electricity use typical of such operations. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Kevin Hoover, editor of the Arcata Eye newspaper, poses Oct. 25, 2012 in his office in Arcata, Calif. Hoover says the proliferation of industrial-level indoor marijuana growing operations has ruined neighborhoods. The city is voting on a measure to put a stiff tax on excessive electricity use designed to drive large-scale indoor pot growers out of town. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Pedal cab driver Mark Sailors stops Oct. 24, 2012 on The Plaza in ARcat, Calif., to discuss his opposition to a tax on electricity designed to drive industrial-level indoor marijuana growers out of town. Sailors, who grows medical marijuana on a small scale for himself and his wife and mother, characterized the tax as a Jim Crow law showcasing the city's hypocrisy in its support of medical marijuana. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Arcata, Calif., City Councillor Shane Brinton discusses Measure I, a proposed tax on excessive electricity use designed to drive illegal pot growers out of town, at a coffee shop Oct. 25, 2012 in Arcata, Calif. Though Brinton and other city leaders support the legalization of marijuana, they are fed up with growers taking over houses in residential neighborhoods and turning them into indistrial operations. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
  • Police Chief Tom Chapman consults a list of houses raided by police investigating illegal indoor marijuana growing operations on Oct. 25, 2012 in Arcata, Calif., while parked outside a house that has been restored to residential use. Fed up with the proliferation of industrial-scale indoor marijuana growing in residential neighborhoods, city officials are asking voters to approve a stiff tax on excessive electricity use that is typical of houses converted to indoor pot growing. Neighbors complain of rising rents, vicious guard dogs, and late-night visits by sketchy characters. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
 

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