An almost 10-acre cannabis cultivation operation in Cebada Canyon near Lompoc was approved by the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission on a split vote over the objection of neighbors last week.
Commissioners voted 3-2, with 3rd District Commissioner John Parke and 1st District Commissioner Michael Cooney dissenting, to grant a conditional use permit to Tu Tran for the NewEra LLC cannabis cultivation operation on 9.66 acres of a 100.49-acre property at 2720 Cebada Canyon Road.
Parke and Cooney said they could not make the finding that the operation would be compatible with the neighborhood. “I understand the concerns of the neighbors, as cannabis is still a controversial subject and the stigma that surrounds it, and I want to do whatever I can to ease the neighbors’ concerns as much as possible,” Tran told the commission.
Tran modified the project originally presented to the commission in May to address some of the neighbors’ and commissioners’ concerns, including reducing the size from 10.16 to 9.66 acres by increasing the setback on the north side from 630 to 650 feet from a neighboring home.
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