[420 Girl]

Plants that could serve an estimated 2,400 local medical marijuana patients could perish with the power cut at CannaHelp after Thursday's lockdown of the medical pot collective’s building, owner Stacy Hochanadel said Friday.

“They just pulled out all the power so the plants are going to die,” Hochanadel said Friday. “The heat, the lack of light, the lack of watering" puts CannaHelp’s 400 plants “in danger of being unusable.”

Palm Springs police, fire and building officials raided and closed down the facility at 505 Industrial Place after building inspectors found “significant building violations” that could lead to fire and safety hazards, according to City Attorney Doug Holland.

“This has nothing to do with marijuana,” Holland said Thursday. The hazards included “intense large lamps” typically used to cultivate marijuana plants and improper electrical work and extension cords, Holland said.

Hochanadel said Thursday was the first time building inspectors visited CannaHelp, though police and city planners had toured the facility “numerous” times prior. CannaHelp was working with building officials to try to resolve the situation Friday, he said.

Hochanadel added that he had been growing the plants for at least the past 6 months in anticipation of securing a license to operate from the city of Palm Springs. CannaHelp was days away from opening, he said, but city officials estimate it now could take up to six months to resolve the problems at the building.

Hochanadel said he hired an armed private security firm to guard the building after the lockdown, since CannaHelp's alarm and camera system won't work with the power out.

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