Elk Grove, CA Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)

030(C) of the public-consumption chapter sets Elk Grove's school buffer: it is unlawful to smoke cannabis or cannabis products within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, or youth center while children are present at that facility. 1. The buffer carries one narrow carve-out: smoking on the grounds of a private residence is allowed even inside the 1,000-foot radius, but only if the smoke is not detectable by anyone on the grounds of the protected school, day care, or youth center while children are present there.

The chapter goes further than the buffer alone. 030(E) separately makes it unlawful to possess, smoke, or ingest cannabis or cannabis products anywhere on the grounds of a school, day care center, or youth center while children are present, with no residential exception, because that conduct happens on the protected site itself rather than within a radius of it. Both provisions were added by Ordinance 5-2021 to align the city's pre-existing 2010 public-consumption ordinance with the state's post-Proposition 64 cannabis framework. 030, escalating from a $100 first-offense fine.