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- Santa Barbara is now the largest pot-growing county in the state, growing 40% of all cannabis in California, according to the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC).
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Jun 12, 2019 · In a sandy draw of the Santa Rita Hills, a cannabis company is planning to erect hoop greenhouses over 147 acres — the size of 130 football fields — to create the largest legal marijuana...
- joe.mozingo@latimes.com
- Deputy Metro Editor
Jun 21, 2024 · Santa Barbara is now the largest pot-growing county in the state, growing 40% of all cannabis in California, according to the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC).
- Lester Black
- Cannabis Editor
Aug 3, 2023 · Thanks to the most lenient policies in California for recreational marijuana, Santa Barbara county is now the state’s undisputed capital of legal cannabis, boasting more acres than each of...
Jun 22, 2024 · “In 2023, Santa Barbara grew 9.8 million pounds of cannabis worth $328.9 million, according to this week’s crop report. That’s an increase of 45% more overall cannabis weight compared with 2022. Overall revenue for cannabis grew at a slower rate, increasing 28% over the same time period, likely because wholesale cannabis prices have ...
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The change in the caps was requested by cannabis growers, many of whom said they had dropped their plans for processing in the race to obtain zoning permits before the acreage limits were reached. Growers who missed qualifying for the North County cultivation cap also said they would welcome the chance to develop stand-alone processing buildings. B...
On Tuesday, Farrar told the board that a new processing building at his Foothill property would allow him to move drying, trimming, and curing operations out of an old flower pack house at 5601 Casitas Pass Road, a second property where he is growing cannabis in greenhouses. He said he would no longer have to truck a third of his plants to Lompoc f...
In response, Supervisor Das Williams, who represents the Carpinteria Valley and was a chief architect of the county’s permissive cannabis ordinance, sought to address what he called “a false narrative about what is happening in our town.” Concerned Carpinterians has long advocated for cannabis operations to be conducted in sealed buildings equipped...
Jeff Wilson, assistant director of county Planning & Development, told the board that the county has not been able to pinpoint Farrar’s operations as the source of residents’ odor complaints; other cannabis greenhouses are operating close by and there’s no way to determine who’s responsible, he said. As a result, Wilson said, no odor violations hav...
- Melinda Burns
Nov 24, 2018 · Yes, snooty Santa Barbara. With its luxury coastal mansions, historic Spanish missions, and reputation as an enclave of the cultured, moneyed elite—Santa Barbara County is, surprisingly, emerging...
Sep 15, 2023 · Santa Barbara's wine industry has spent years fighting legal pot companies, but the local cannabis farms keep getting larger.
