UCSB is also in litigation from the city of Goleta over allegedly violating plans to add housing and cap enrollment under the Long Range Development Plan.
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John Palminteri
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - In a sweeping decision that puts a seal of approval on the county’s embrace of the fast-growing cannabis industry in rural areas, a Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge this week tossed out a citizens’ lawsuit that sought to shut down a 22-acre cannabis hoop-house operation on Highway 246.
Noting that “this is a very important case,” Judge Thomas Anderle ruled on Tuesday that the county’s environmental review and zoning permit for Busy Bee’s Organics, a mile west of Buellton, were fully in compliance with state laws and county land-use policies. The right time to sue, he said, was back in early 2018, when the county Board of Supervisors certified an environmental impact report and adopted ordinances governing cannabis cultivation and licensing.