Board denies most time-extension requests for cannabis odor controls after contentious hearing

Mar 11, 2026

After a day-long hearing that included vendor and neighbor testimony, the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on March 10 to deny the bulk of coastal cannabis operators' requests for extended deadlines to install multi-technology carbon filtration; staff cited late start of compliance work and incomplete applications.

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The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on March 10 declined to grant most of eight coastal operators additional time to meet new odor-control requirements enacted last year, voting 4-1 to deny the staff-submitted extension requests after extensive testimony from operators, vendors and neighborhood residents.

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