Under California Proposition 64 and Health & Safety Code Section 11362.2, adults 21 and older may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per household for personal use. Plants must be grown in a locked space not visible from a public place. Santa Ana may enforce local zoning rules regarding where cultivation occurs, but cannot prohibit indoor personal cultivation under state law.
Under Proposition 64, Santa Ana residents aged 21 and older may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence. Cultivation must occur indoors or within a fully enclosed and locked structure not visible from public rights-of-way. Given Santa Ana's position as Orange County's primary cannabis hub with licensed dispensaries, the city takes a more permissive approach to cannabis than most OC neighbors. Odor must not create a nuisance for adjacent properties. Use of volatile solvents for extraction is prohibited.
Exceeding plant limits: citation and plant removal. Outdoor visibility: code enforcement notice. Volatile extraction: criminal charges and prosecution.
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