Santa Barbara County has revoked licenses for nine cannabis operators after the businesses failed to install carbon scrubbers before the end-of-March deadline. Spokeswoman Kelsey Gerckens Buttitta confirmed that the County Executive Office issued the revocation letters on April 3 after staff determined the operators were not in compliance with the ordinance.
The Board of Supervisors passed a new ordinance requiring carbon scrubbers, or a proven equivalent, after years of residents complaining about odors from local cannabis operations.
Supervisors gave operators a year to install odor abatement technology and update an odor abatement plan. The deadline to install the scrubbers was March 18, and the county officially began handing out notices of violation on March 20.
Staff from the County Executive Office began conducting final site inspections on April 1 to see if the businesses complied. The office sent out letters revoking licenses on April 3 for businesses where the scrubbers were not installed.
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