Anaheim Municipal Code Title 18 prohibits all commercial cannabis activity citywide including retail, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, testing, and microbusinesses, exercising the local opt-out preserved by Proposition 64 and California Business and Professions Code 26200.
Voters statewide legalized adult-use cannabis through Proposition 64 in 2016, but the law expressly preserved each city's right to ban commercial activity. Anaheim adopted a comprehensive ban that excludes every cannabis license type from any zoning district within the city. No storefront dispensaries, delivery hubs, cultivation facilities, manufacturers, distributors, or testing labs may operate. Anaheim also bans outdoor advertising for cannabis businesses. Personal possession of up to one ounce by adults twenty-one or older remains legal under state law, and indoor personal cultivation of up to six plants is also permitted as state law preempts a complete cultivation ban.
Operating any unlicensed cannabis business in Anaheim is a misdemeanor and a public nuisance subject to immediate closure, daily civil penalties up to $30,000 under state law, and asset seizure.
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