A Palm Springs cannabis owner is defending herself after the city revoked all three of her licenses amid allegations that she was illegally cultivating in a space she was not licensed to. Joy Meredith, the woman in question, said she is fighting back against her businesses being shut down in an appeal she's now filed.
"It's a very disappointing situation right now and we're trying to get to the bottom of it," Meredith said.
Meredith is only licensed for cannabis cultivation in Unit #6. Code enforcement officers said they reviewed video surveillance footage provided to them by Meredith, showing hundreds of cannabis plants in Unit #7, where she is not licensed. They said the video then cuts out for about the next 40 minutes, and when it returns all the plants are gone.
Meredith maintains she was never growing cannabis in Unit #7: "I have a legal and licensed grow in unit number 6 and I have never cultivated outside of number 6," she said.
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