Santa Barbara County’s path toward enforcing new restrictions on cannabis greenhouses is one step shorter—thanks to a recent conditional green light from the California Coastal Commission.
In March, the county Board of Supervisors adopted a plan requiring cannabis growers with indoor cultivation operations to follow new odor mitigation protocols, set to go into effect in early 2026.
The mandate included a land-use amendment to the coastal zoning ordinance, “in regards to requiring specific odor abatement systems to be installed on commercial cannabis operations,” county Planning and Development Assistant Director Jeffrey Wilson said, which put the policy proposal within the state Coastal Commission’s purview.
“In September of this year, we received a conditional certification from the Coastal Commission with some modifications on that ordinance amendment,” Wilson told supervisors during their Oct. 21 meeting.
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Publication date:
Fri 24 Oct 2025