Cannabis Regulations in San Diego, CA (2026)
4 verified cannabis regulations for San Diego, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Home Cultivation
San Diego prohibits outdoor growing of personal cannabis. Adults 21+ may cultivate up to six plants indoors per household under California Proposition 64 (HSC §11362.2). Medical cannabis patients may cultivate up to 6 mature and 12 immature plants at home. All home cultivation must be indoors, in a locked area not visible from public spaces. Local regulations are implemented through SDMC Chapter 4, Article 2, Division 15.
San Diego Home Cannabis Cultivation
Some RestrictionsCal. Health & Safety Code § 11362.2
11362.2. (a) Personal cultivation of cannabis under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 11362.1 is subject to the following restrictions: (1) A person shall plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process plants in accordance with local ordinances, if any, adopted in accordance with subdivision (b). (2) The living plants and any cannabis produced by the plants in excess of 28.5 grams are kep...
Dispensary Zoning
San Diego allows cannabis production facilities, cultivation, processing, and wholesale sites, only with a Conditional Use Permit in zones marked "C" in the Chapter 13 Base Zone tables, and caps the citywide total at 40 permitted facilities under SDMC §141.1004.
San Diego Cannabis Production Facility Zoning
Significant RestrictionsSan Diego Municipal Code § 141.1004
A cannabis production facility may be permitted with a Conditional Use Permit decided in accordance with Process Three in the zones indicated with a "C" in the Use Regulations Tables in Chapter 13, Article 1 (Base Zones), provided that no more than 40 cannabis production facilities are permitted in the City of San Diego. Cannabis production facili...
Buffer Zones
SDMC §141.0614 requires 1,000 feet between any Marijuana Outlet and a school, public park, library, child-care center, playground, residential care facility, church, or another marijuana outlet, measured property line to property line citywide.
Cannabis dispensaries need 1000 ft buffer from sensitive uses
Some RestrictionsCal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 26054
26054. (a) A licensee shall not sell alcoholic beverages or tobacco products on or at any premises licensed under this division. (b) A premises licensed under this division shall not be located within a 600-foot radius of a school providing instruction in kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12, daycare center, or youth center that is in existence at the time the license is issued, unless the d...
Personal Cultivation Limits
Adults 21 and older in San Diego may cultivate up to six living cannabis plants per private residence under California Proposition 64, codified at Health and Safety Code §11362.1, with plants kept indoors or in a locked secured area not visible from public view.
Six plants per residence under California Proposition 64
Significant RestrictionsCal. Health & Safety Code § 11362.1
(a) Subject to Sections 11362.2, 11362.3, 11362.4, and 11362.45, but notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful under state and local law, and shall not be a violation of state or local law, for persons 21 years of age or older to: (1) Possess, process, transport, purchase, obtain, or give away to persons 21 years of age or older without any compensation whatsoever, not more...
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