Why black-market weed farms persist in this California suburb

CNN’s Kyung Lah investigates the underground world of family homes used to grow weed in this California suburb. #CNN #news

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50 Comments

  1. @saraceno1979 on September 5, 2024 at 6:09 pm

    This is not in San Francisco CNN, Correct it



  2. @user-bw6cs7nh8s on September 5, 2024 at 6:09 pm

    Its California run by Democrats, a vote for Harris is a vote for terrorism and queerism



  3. @lllm299news on September 5, 2024 at 6:10 pm

    Why are we
    still chasing weed? Use the police for hard drugs and kid trafficking. stop with the weed, its not that important



  4. @kalfunai on September 5, 2024 at 6:12 pm

    America loves pesticide



  5. @Darkmatter321 on September 5, 2024 at 6:13 pm

    At least they’re not breaking into shops and looting. Let them grow what they want and offer it to the public at a lower price. This is ridiculous. Haven’t we been through enough with Weed illegality in the past??



  6. @shamarbell2862 on September 5, 2024 at 6:13 pm

    That Chinese bihh Susanna is in on the operation but I bet you they didn’t investigate her finances to see if she’s getting some kickbacks from the people she’s renting to. She was able to put the house back on the market and probably wasn’t even asked to give any information on the people who rented from her in order to get these illegal grow houses under control and possibly put a real dent in the organization. This bihh has 3 houses that were used in this operation and you’re telling me that nobody finds that suspicious? Says a lot more about our fake ahh government than you think. Bunch of BS right in our faces. And then, a Chinese Oakland police officer was also an owner of one of the homes and he’s also placed on administrative leave? Wtf? CNN literally gave the Susanna bihh a chance to showcase her newly renovated home instead of grilling that bihh on why she has so many properties being used in the commission of crimes. You got a Chinese real estate agent and a Chinese police officer and no suspects. A bunch of fuxxing clowns!



  7. @jaydegelder2964 on September 5, 2024 at 6:14 pm

    Can’t the police seize the house ?



  8. @Eric-pz9hv on September 5, 2024 at 6:14 pm

    China destroying the young generation to make it easier for an invasion. They learned from their history with the Opium wars. Looks like it’s working.



  9. @cliffh8486 on September 5, 2024 at 6:14 pm

    Once again. Foreigners doing work Americans don’t want to do. It’s a lot of work growing. That’s why most lazy Americans don’t do it



  10. @DJTheoSF on September 5, 2024 at 6:15 pm

    2 Things you can count on in Life. 1) Death 2) Taxation



  11. @bwray5054 on September 5, 2024 at 6:15 pm

    Legal weed is dirt cheap and hi quality in Oregon. CNN is a sensationalism pump. Lets get real.



  12. @Ghettodachoppa87-kf6ml on September 5, 2024 at 6:16 pm

    I am from Canada, The Ontario Government is my weed dealer, and Canada Post is my delivery guy. I order Pink Kush, $130 an ounce. Or I can just call Tony, he gots a license and sells at $140 an ounce. In Cali you go to San Quintin for this, Canada we go to corner store.



  13. @zahrajabbar8203 on September 5, 2024 at 6:17 pm

    ❤❤❤❤❤



  14. @user-qj3ik1gf3y on September 5, 2024 at 6:18 pm

    😂😂😂 I love it upscale community not in the ghetto😂😂😂😂 I say again I love it



  15. @Tusk_Tact on September 5, 2024 at 6:19 pm

    This is exactly why im anti Legalization



  16. @brandonmorgan3147 on September 5, 2024 at 6:19 pm

    How else can we afford the house



  17. @andreahinds649 on September 5, 2024 at 6:20 pm

    GANJA HAFFI BUN,



  18. @fredericktownsend8162 on September 5, 2024 at 6:23 pm

    What’s wrong with that every law made the government does towards the people the news sounds stupid and more dumb every day



  19. @kristokinkela1815 on September 5, 2024 at 6:24 pm

    Now who’s going to smoke all this weed? Send it to us it’s vegetables we can cook and eat…Chinese are doing thing huh if they can do it in the US what about in Africa? Uhmm



  20. @shawnwilliam4653 on September 5, 2024 at 6:25 pm

    CNN suuuucks so bad…WHO CARES??? Go do some more Trump and GOP propaganda… that’s who owns CNN. A Maga loser.



  21. @Jay92_ on September 5, 2024 at 6:25 pm

    Hating ass neighbor 😂



  22. @arthurbrumagem3844 on September 5, 2024 at 6:25 pm

    The Chinese should be deported



  23. @airplane2316 on September 5, 2024 at 6:25 pm

    oh no not weed!



  24. @brandonmorgan3147 on September 5, 2024 at 6:26 pm

    Because there goverment is raping us with taxes



  25. @astrocomet7370 on September 5, 2024 at 6:29 pm

    This is the result of high taxes



  26. @blak_karib on September 5, 2024 at 6:32 pm

    Won’t hear who the "usual suspects" are for this crime 😂….it’s never all over social media cctv for all to stereotype



  27. @Dennis-p2l on September 5, 2024 at 6:35 pm

    If they didn’t charge as much in taxes
    The problem wouldn’t be as bad.
    You don’t see as much Mexicano weed.
    I wouldn’t trust a Chinese pot grower because how Chinese operate in their own country.
    Make it legal to grow for the average person.
    California too many taxes.



  28. @PiiMaak on September 5, 2024 at 6:36 pm

    They mad bc they can’t get taxed lol



  29. @GR-gy4uf on September 5, 2024 at 6:37 pm

    Media sure exaggerated 😂😂



  30. @kimberlyelkins4964 on September 5, 2024 at 6:38 pm

    Just like on the TV show Weeds….nothing new here.



  31. @ksobo3112 on September 5, 2024 at 6:38 pm

    Can we buy these homes with all its furnishings? I really like how they are decorated, very roomy and open concept /// smells like heaven



  32. @hagrath420 on September 5, 2024 at 6:39 pm

    That is straight poison, all that black mold in the house contaminated all of that flower. Theyre selling killer pot, literally



  33. @lennygrzywa923 on September 5, 2024 at 6:41 pm

    They destroyed the houses next to them too



  34. @me1eye on September 5, 2024 at 6:41 pm

    ew..mold……wtf….glad they getting busted…..trash



  35. @A-privilege-not.a-right on September 5, 2024 at 6:43 pm

    Illegals crossing daily. Why do you think we never see any of them in migrant shelters?



  36. @TrTriTrippin on September 5, 2024 at 6:44 pm

    Give these heros a medal, govt weed is worse lol



  37. @kingshit3349 on September 5, 2024 at 6:45 pm

    Worry about school shooters and other crime these weed plants are not hurting people the government does more harm then any grow



  38. @astrocomet7370 on September 5, 2024 at 6:45 pm

    Stop taxing the shit out of the people



  39. @gnarmarmilla on September 5, 2024 at 6:45 pm

    Dear CNN, it sounds like someone paid you college educated folks to ignorantly call this bountiful botanical medicine by the slang word that the exceedingly wicked federal government officials of 1937 did…”weed.”
    Cannabis in our society is not as a weed is to men, clearly. People love it. Big Pharma made it illegal through bribery and corruption and they keep it that way around the world to this day. I urge you not to take the bribe money and I urge you to be wise journalist who tell the truth so that you don’t get written off as a useless tabloid like the other corrupt news agencies. You guys have been one of the better ones out there but you are clearly still working with some people who want to stigmatize this medicine, in some way, via misinformation and hysteria.

    May God bless you all to see that there truly is a god in heaven who made cannabis to be smoked, He who has indeed said through His prophets that liars will have to go to torment when they die if they won’t change their ways after being thoroughly warned. Amen



  40. @KushEnergy on September 5, 2024 at 6:48 pm

    Nobody will buy dry shitty old weed from the government. You can get it cheaper and more of it. It is also good quality and fresh from the black market. Screw the government. They are a bunch of control freaks who want to control everything. Screw that noise. I don’t blame anyone for not buying there drugs from the government. Bunch of thieves



  41. @user-qj3ik1gf3y on September 5, 2024 at 6:48 pm

    Quick question CNN is that woman a Chinese spy I hope you check her background good



  42. @kimberlyelkins4964 on September 5, 2024 at 6:48 pm

    CNN you are so left you should be cool with the Chinese doing whatever they wish on their property…..CNN you are slippjng…..becoming more conservative 😮😊



  43. @arthurbrumagem3844 on September 5, 2024 at 6:51 pm

    Always get a kick when Dems say legalizing weed will solve the problems. In reality it’s about revenue and votes



  44. @Oh_thatmatt on September 5, 2024 at 6:53 pm

    If California stop taxing marijuana companies for both their balls just to operate, Maybe the black market won’t be so lucrative.



  45. @ryanthrives5152 on September 5, 2024 at 6:53 pm

    “Chemicals that end up in the plant” as they show fertilizer 😂😂😂. The news is so stupid. They also said 1 plant is illegal, it’s not! These flipping morons are going to drive weed right back into the black market.



  46. @arthurbrumagem3844 on September 5, 2024 at 6:54 pm

    Colorado has the same problem. When the Gov of SD said the cartels were operating on the reservations the natives got pissed as they didn’t want that out



  47. @twilit on September 5, 2024 at 6:56 pm

    all that pot thrown out for what



  48. @Ghettodachoppa87-kf6ml on September 5, 2024 at 6:58 pm

    an ti och ….not anti och



  49. @Weekendmannnm-ml8mu on September 5, 2024 at 6:59 pm

    The chemicals that endurance in the plants 😂😂 when did the media become experts in gardening?? That was not a true statment.



  50. @AngryManSki on September 5, 2024 at 6:59 pm

    Investigate the real estate agent. Follow the money. Isn’t she avoiding taxes on the crops in her homes?