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U.S. Department of Justice
National Drug Intelligence Center
Northern California HIDTA Drug Market Analysis 2010
June 2010
Figure 1. Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Map showing the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and transportation infrastructure.
The Northern California HIDTA region consists of 10 counties in the San Francisco Bay area--Alameda, Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma.
Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose are major cities with populations of 250,000 or more.
Berkeley, Concord, Daly City, Fremont, Hayward, Modesto, Salinas, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Sunnyvale, and Vallejo are major cities with populations between 100,000-249,999.
Antioch, Redwood City, Richmond, San Leandro, and San Mateo are cities with populations of 75,000-99,999.
Cotati is an "Other place of interest".
San Francisco International is an international airport.
Major seaports are located near San Francisco and Oakland.
The interstates shown are I-5, I-80, I-205, I-280, and I-505.
101 is a U.S. highway.
The state highway shown is 99.
Note: Populations are from the 2000 Census.
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Figure 2. Cannabis Plants Eradicated, by Site and HIDTA County, 2009
Map showing number and locations of cannabis plants eradicated, by site and HIDTA County, for the year 2009.
By county, the number of cannabis plants eradicated in 2009 was:
Alameda 68,826
Contra Costa 21,170
Lake 517,942
Marin 2,838
Monterey 30,869
San Francisco 0
San Mateo 867
Santa Clara 192,253
Santa Cruz 7,313
Sonoma 164,310
The number of cannabis plants eradicated in 2009 by site was:
10,000 + plants were eradicated from 1 site in Alameda County, 1 site in
Santa Clara County, 1 site in Monterey County, and numerous sites in Lake
and Sonoma Counties.
1,000 - 9,999 plants were eradicated from 1 site in Monterey County, and
numerous sites in Lake, Sonoma, and Santa Clara Counties.
100 - 999 plants were eradicated from 8 sites in Lake County and 1 site in
Santa Clara County.
50 - 99 plants were eradicated from 2 sites in Lake County and 1 site in
Santa Clara County.
Federal Lands are the Mendocino National Forest, Point Reyes National Seashore, Phillip Burton Wilderness, Ventana Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest
Source: Drug Enforcement Administration San Francisco Field Division, Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program.
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