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John De Friel, the owner and CEO of Central Coast Agriculture, illegally ran highly-polluting diesel generators as a primary source of power at both of his cannabis operations on Santa Rosa Road west of Buellton, beginning as far back as February, 2020, the county Air Pollution Control District has found.
More outreach expected to get Santa Barbara County residents to vaccination clinics
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara County says it is seeing a slowdown in the demand for the COVID-19 vaccination and the county currently has a large supply ready.
Currently, 47.1% of the county has been given a first dose of the vaccine. 33% of the county is fully vaccinated.
In a report to the Board of Supervisors, Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso said there is an abundance of vaccine appointments. It remains that 53 percent of the population has not received any vaccines. We are making it super convenient by going to different communities, on different hours and different days, Do-Reynoso said.
Santa Barbara County Leaders Skeptical of High Housing Development Goals
Santa Barbara most likely will be asked to permit and build more than 8,000 units for the upcoming cycle of the state s Regional Housing Needs Allocation
About 318 apartments are constructed in the Enos Ranch development of Santa Maria, seen in July. The city constructed the most housing units of any local jurisdiction recently. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk file photo) By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli
January 2, 2021
| 7:28 p.m.
Santa Barbara County leaders say they recognize the need to develop more housing, but expressed skepticism at the high numbers projected for the next Regional Housing Needs Allocation.
The plan for the Cravens Lane greenhouses says marijuana odor will not go beyond the property lines
Thirty-seven cannabis greenhouse cultivation projects have been proposed near Carpinteria. Only a handful, shown in yellow, have received land use permits, while the rest have applications under review. Most of the locations are currently operating, according to the county. (Contributed photo) By Melinda Burns
| 8:05 p.m.
For the past three years, the “skunky” stench of marijuana swirling around Carpinteria, penetrating homes, schools, parks, beaches, freeway lanes and even funerals at the cemetery, has pitted neighbor against neighbor as the cannabis greenhouse industry exploded just outside the city limits.