Stench from marijuana farms outrages some California residents

As a result of the stench, residents in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco, are suing to ban cannabis operations from their neighborhoods. Mendocino County, farther north, recently created zones banning cannabis cultivation the sheriffs deputy there says the stink is the No. 1 complaint...

Its as if a skunk, or multiple skunks in a family, were living under our house, said Grace Guthrie, whose home sits on the site of a former apple orchard outside the town of Sebastopol. Her neighbors grow pot commercially. It doesnt dissipate, Ms. Guthrie said. Its beyond anything you would imagine.

When cannabis odors are at their peak, she and her husband, Robert, sometimes wear respirators, the kind one might put on to handle dangerous chemicals. During Labor Day weekend, relatives came to stay at the house, but cut short their visit because they couldnt stand the smell...

Just because you like bacon doesnt mean you want to live next to a pig farm, said Lynda Hopkins, a member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, whose office has been inundated with complaints about the smell...

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