Moorpark prohibits all commercial cannabis activity citywide, including retail dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and testing. The ban uses California Proposition 64's local opt-out authority.
Following the 2016 passage of California Proposition 64 (Adult Use of Marijuana Act), Moorpark adopted a comprehensive ban on commercial cannabis businesses. The Moorpark Municipal Code expressly prohibits storefront and non-storefront retail, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, microbusiness, testing, and event licenses anywhere in the city. State law lets cities ban commercial activity entirely under Business and Professions Code Section 26200. Moorpark joins the majority of Ventura County jurisdictions that have opted out. The ban does not affect personal possession or limited indoor home cultivation, which California protects statewide. Delivery from licensed operators in other cities is permitted under Bureau of Cannabis Control regulations.
Operating any unlicensed commercial cannabis business in Moorpark triggers immediate closure, daily administrative fines, and possible state criminal referral under Business and Professions Code Section 26038.
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