The failure of Santa Barbara County
government and Board of Supervisors to protect the residents of Carpinteria
from unregulated proliferation of cannabis production continues. Schools and
youth facilities are in close proximity to the grows, and children and families
sleep within feet of cannabis production. Greed and desire for taxes has driven
the Board of Supervisors and county government planning bureaucracy to divert
any meaningful review of the situation by reporting on everything but the health
of those breathing cannabis emissions 24/7 from cannabis factory farming that
is a government-created problem in the first place. No other county in
California has chosen to promote cannabis production next to bedrooms, schools,
and youth facilities. In the interest of public health, it is time for intervention
by a higher authority.
Honesty within the 1st District
Supervisor’s office has become suspect, and the ability of county government to
maintain an honest regulatory process is questionable. Political ties hamstring
both county and state government, otherwise action would have been taken long
ago.
The FBI is investigating alleged
criminal behavior within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department. Perhaps
it is time to ask the Department of Justice to investigate this failure to
protect public health in Santa Barbara County by both the Board of Supervisors
and Santa Barbara County government.