A California Superior Court jury found Santa Barbara planning officials "illegally conspired" to harm a family farm. The Adams Bros. were prevented from cultivating on their land because the county used a "willingly incompetent" consultant to designate the land a "wetland". Once declared a wetland the land lost market value. The jury found the county's objective may have been to purchase the land through eminent domain at a bargain basement price. The awards, including punitive damages, totaled $6.7 million. Richard Brenneman, attorney for Adams Bros. Farms, will discuss this precedent setting case and shocking story as the farmer now awaits a federal criminal trial for plowing his land!

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