California broadens nation’s largest pot eradication effort


              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              FILE - This photo released by the Riverside Police Department shows an illegal pot farm in Riverside, Calif., on April 18, 2019. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (Riverside Police Department via AP, File)
            
              California Attorney General Rob Bonta leaves the podium after a Sacramento news conference where he announced the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
            
              In an effort to curb the illegal cultivation of marijuana in the state, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program during a news conference In Sacramento, Calif. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. The Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis, (EPIC) program will focus on addressing environmental, economic and labor crimes associated with the illegal cultivation of marijuana. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
California broadens nation’s largest pot eradication effort