The Nuts and Bolts of Cannabis Odor Control
Three Santa Barbara County Supervisors Listen to Carpinteria Residents at Their hometown City Hall
A standing-room-only crowd packed into Carpinteria City Hall on Friday, eager to advise three Santa Barbara County supervisors on how best to get rid of the smell of pot that drifts around town from the cannabis greenhouse industry.
The community forum was convoked by Laura Capps, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, and Supervisors Roy Lee and Bob Nelson. None of them were on the board in February 2018, when the county’s unpopular cannabis ordinance was approved. They reminded the crowd that next Tuesday, at their initiative, the board will amend its cannabis regulations to control the smell of pot in the Carpinteria Valley.
Specifically, Capps said, the board will give cannabis growers in the valley 12 months to install state-of-the art carbon filtration systems known as scrubbers — or an equivalent technology. Scrubbers have been proven to clean up the pungent odor of pot inside a greenhouse before it can escape through the roof vents.
