Title 18.51 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code limits commercial cannabis retail and operations to specific industrial and commercial overlay zones and requires regulatory safety permits.
Santa Ana was an early Orange County adopter of regulated cannabis through Measure BB and later Measure Y. Title 18.51 confines storefront retailers, cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution to designated commercial and industrial overlay zones, mostly in the southern part of the city. Operators must hold both a state license from the California Department of Cannabis Control and a Santa Ana Regulatory Safety Permit. Public consumption is barred except inside permitted lounges. The city caps the number of retail permits and enforces strict separation from sensitive uses like schools and parks.
Operating a storefront outside the overlay, exceeding permit caps, lacking a state license, or operating without a Santa Ana Regulatory Safety Permit.
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