Nine Cannabis Operators Miss County Scrubber Deadline, Appeals Still Possible
John Palminteri
CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The City of Carpinteria does not have any cannabis farms within its limits but angry residents fed up with odors are taking in all the air impacts, which may be changing soon.
A Santa Barbara County deadline to install multi carbon technology or “scrubbers” to filter the odors out has been missed by nine operators.
The sites were visited by inspections on April 1st and 2nd.
On April 3rd, letters went out to revoke the cannabis business licenses.
According to Daisy Weber with Supervisor Roy Lee’s office, the businesses that failed were:
– Blue Whale Agriculture, Inc.
– K&G Flowers, LLC
– Bosim 1628 Management Company, LLC
– Life Remedy Farms, Inc.
– Bronco Management, LLC
– New Generation Farms, Inc.
– CKC Farms, Inc.
– Pacific Grown Organics, LLC
– G&K Produce, LLC
The Board of Supervisors required the scrubbers in March under a new ordinance.
Other methods to reduce the odors had failed after years of issues and complaints to the county and even city leaders who did not have a direct legal option to respond.
Supervisor Lee, district representative and a former councilmember, said he believed the operators had enough time and “enough was enough.”
There is now an appeal option for operators to present evidence relating to their lack of compliance. In some cases it could be supply chain delays.
If not appeal is filed in ten days, the license is officially revoked.
The operator will be able to continue business during the appeal. That hearing is required to take place in 60 days and the appeal hearing officer has 30 days to issue a determination.
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