Carpinteria Valley cannabis operators will face enforcement action after Santa Barbara County denied all eight requests for extensions to comply with new odor control requirements, First District Supervisor Roy Lee's office reported.
District Director Daisy Weber delivered the update during a report to the Carpinteria City Council on March 23, confirming that the Board of Supervisors rejected every Odor Abatement Plan (OAP) extension request at its March 10 hearing. Zero OAP extensions were granted to operators at the March 10 board meeting, according to the county report.
Under county rules, cannabis operators were required to install carbon-based odor scrubbers by March 18. Weber said County Planning and Development is now issuing Notices of Violation to operators who failed to meet the deadline. If violations are not corrected, enforcement will escalate. After March 31, the County Executive Office has the authority to revoke business licenses for noncompliant operators — a decision that can be appealed through a state administrative court process.
The crackdown comes as Carpinteria Valley residents have continued to raise concerns about persistent cannabis odors in agricultural areas near homes and schools. County officials have emphasized that the new multi-technology carbon filtration requirements are intended to significantly reduce those impacts.
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