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Obviously, those people moved into the neighborhood after 1983. so the smell should be no surprise to them, and they should be blamed for living their in the first place.
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It's like the people here that moved in next to a roadkill rendering plant that had been in place 40 years before some chucklehead thought it would be a good idea to build a house about a half mile away.
Over time more and more houses were put in before some bright soul realized the place smelled like month old dead animals and the homeowners who hadmoved in demanded the place relocate.
KommissarKiln wrote: The power of whiny homeowners and their legal rights brought a proud company to its knees.
To be fair, the home owners didn't move next to the factory, the factory moved next to the home owners.
They have a right to be pissed off over this one.
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hotsauceman1 wrote: It is their own fault for not doing research into this company and not opposing its building
I don't think that's a fair rap to throw on them. I think the onus is on the manufacturer to install proper air handlers; rather than for laypeople to suddenly become experts in the vagaries of manufacturing and industrial issues.
I love Sriracha, but after I wouldn't want to live near any sort of manufacturing plant.
SlaveToDorkness wrote: They were only looking forward to the shot of money it would bring ino the city to spread all over the face of the land.
Well formed, 9/10, would laugh again.
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KommissarKiln wrote: The power of whiny homeowners and their legal rights brought a proud company to its knees.
To be fair, the home owners didn't move next to the factory, the factory moved next to the home owners.
They have a right to be pissed off over this one.
On topic though, I can understand why the homeowners are upset. I work in the meat manufacturing business and the smell from that sometimes gets so bad that the neighbors have petitioned for the owner to redo the whole plant at a cost of over 67 million over something like 8 years. The chilli powder from the OP would actually be microscopically airborne, essentially like wiping your rooster with your chilli hands all the time. But would also be a novel weapon in times of war. Spray a gackload of chilli solute over the soldiers....
The problem here is that any action on the part of Huy Fong is evidence that will be used in the inevitable class action suit. Installing a new filtration system is cheap, but the following legal battles are not.
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I know there is a more recent thread about the founder of Sriracha complaining about California, but this update more properly belongs in this thread, I think.
Sriracha hot sauce factory no longer considered a public nuisance in Irwindale
By Sarah Favot, Pasadena Star-News
IRWINDALE >> Sriracha’s spicy relationship with the City Council cooled off a bit Wednesday after officials unanimously dismissed a lawsuit and public nuisance declaration against manufacturer Huy Fong Foods.
The standoff between the city and Sriracha creator David Tran began in October when the city filed a lawsuit against his iconic company. The battle sparked fears among Sriracha fans there would be a global shortage of the popular condiment and its bottle with the tell-tale green cap.
An informal meeting Tuesday between Tran and city officials, accompanied by a written statement from Tran, provided the council the assurance it needed that Huy Fong will address residents’ odor complaints.
“We forged a relationship. Let’s keep that going,” City Councilman Julian Miranda said Wednesday.
Resident Fred Barbosa thanked the council for negotiating instead of litigating.
“Thank you so much for saving Irwindale because we were headed in the wrong direction,” Barbosa said.
Bob Machuca, of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., said the resolution showed California is “open for business.”
“This is what we needed to do a long time ago,” he said.
Texas politicians visited the Sriracha factory in an effort to lure the company to expand in the Lone Star State.
Before the vote to dismiss the public nuisance order, Irwindale Chamber of Commerce President Marlene Carney gave a presentation to the council announcing the chamber will launch a marketing campaign “to talk about the positives of doing business” in Irwindale.
Tran on Tuesday credited representatives from Gov. Jerry Brown’s Office of Business and Economic Development for bringing the city officials to his factory.
Residents complained last fall the fumes seeping from the factory during the chile grinding season burned their eyes and throats and forced them to stay indoors.
The company recently installed stronger filters on its rooftop air filtration system, which Tran said he tested with pepper spray.
It is unknown if the new filters will be adequate until the company begins to process chiles, which is expected to begin in August.
“At the commencement of this year’s chile harvest season, if the air filtration system does not perform well, then Huy Fong Foods will make the necessary changes in order to better the system right away,” Tran wrote in a letter to the council.
He did not attend the Wednesday night meeting.
Mayor Mark Breceda, who met with Tran on Tuesday morning, asked the council to dismiss the public nuisance order, which the council had unanimously approved last month.
“I believe he stands by his word,” Breceda said. “I will say that I believe that not always lawsuits are good for any business or any community. It’s not only hurtful but expensive. I don’t believe at this point that it was the right way to go, but certain things had to be done.”
Miranda joined Breceda Tuesday on a tour of the facility.
“The discussions we had afterwards were candid,” Miranda said. “And I think he understood where we were coming from with the residents and having to be advocates for our residents, and I was pleased that he saw that.”
Councilman H. Manuel Ortiz abstained from the vote due to a conflict of interest.
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