If it is true that the marijuana fields are legitimately prompting complaints and causing violence, then this may be justification for Sacramento to take action. However, the fact that the board was considering a ban on indoor cultivation of marijuana does call their motives into question. That proposal had to be tabled because the board wanted a study of whether this would infringe on the rights of medical cannabis patients. The board did, however, unanimously signal its intend to approve the ordinance to ban the growth of marijuana plants outside. The ordinance comes up for a final vote on May 13.