VaporSafe Helps Negotiate Settlement Between City of Goleta and Cannabis Cultivator

The City of Goleta and Hidden Trails, LLC reached a settlement regarding a proposed cannabis project at 222 Winchester Canyon Drive. The agreement establishes mandatory odor management and hydrogen sulfide monitoring protocols for the operation.

The 17.23-acre outdoor cannabis and indoor processing facility sits on 349 acres of agriculturally zoned property in unincorporated Santa Barbara County, approximately 3,000 feet from City of Goleta boundaries.

Hidden Trails must implement a robust odor response complaint and remediation process and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) monitoring system. Obligations include security fencing and cameras, objective measurable odor detection methods, weather monitoring and technology to identify odor sources, immediate mitigation steps on verified complaints, employee training during harvest, an H2S monitor on irrigation with one-hour detection reporting to the City, and a suspension of well-water irrigation until an approved corrective action plan is implemented.

All parties are committed to preventing odor episodes and to developing an objective, measurable way to detect odor — with the agreement contemplating upgraded systems as more advanced technology is developed in the future.