Santa Clarita, CA Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

There is no zone in Santa Clarita where a licensed cannabis dispensary, cultivation site, manufacturing facility, testing lab, or distribution operation may lawfully locate. Unified Development Code Sec. " This is a citywide opt-out under the state's Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), which lets local jurisdictions decide whether to allow licensed commercial cannabis activity; Santa Clarita has chosen not to. The prohibition also reaches related business models: Sec. 005(A)(2) bars cottage food operations from selling, cultivating, manufacturing, testing or delivering cannabis or cannabis products, Sec.

005(A)(3) bars home-based businesses from the same activities, and Sec. 005(A)(4) bars temporary uses or events involving cannabis sale, cultivation, manufacturing, testing or delivery. There is one narrow carve-out: the section "shall not prohibit a cannabis retailer licensed under MAUCRSA and located outside the City from delivering cannabis and/or cannabis products to customers in the City," provided the delivery strictly complies with MAUCRSA and all applicable state cannabis laws and regulations. In practice this means a Santa Clarita resident can have cannabis delivered from a licensed retailer based in another jurisdiction, but no storefront, drive-through, delivery-only facility, or cultivation/manufacturing operation can be sited or permitted anywhere inside city limits, whether in commercial, industrial, mixed-use or residential zones.

This section was adopted by Ordinance 18-3 in 2018 and amended by Ordinance 20-10 (2020) and Ordinance 21-1 (2021); those amendments primarily refined the personal cultivation rules in subsection B, not the commercial ban in subsection A.