Cannabis Regulations in California (2026)
382 rules on the books across California, 191 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Home Cultivation
Rules for growing cannabis plants at home, including plant count limits, indoor vs. outdoor growing, and visibility and odor requirements.
California: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsHealth and Safety Code section 11362.2 grants every adult 21 or older the statewide right to cultivate up to six…
Read full rule →Citrus Heights
Heavy RestrictionsCitrus Heights allows indoor personal cannabis cultivation of up to 6 plants per residence by adults 21+ as required by…
Read full rule →El Cajon
Heavy RestrictionsEl Cajon prohibits all outdoor cannabis cultivation. Indoor cultivation of up to six plants per residence is protected…
Read full rule →Elk Grove
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per private residence for personal use. Elk…
Read full rule →Folsom
Heavy RestrictionsAdults 21+ in Folsom may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants indoors for personal use under California Proposition 64…
Read full rule →Fontana
Heavy RestrictionsFontana allows adults 21 and older to grow up to 6 cannabis plants indoors per residence under Proposition 64. Outdoor…
Read full rule →Fremont
Heavy RestrictionsAdults 21 and over in Fremont may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use under Proposition…
Read full rule →Fresno County
Heavy RestrictionsCA Prop 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 plants per residence for personal use. Fresno County requires indoor-only…
Read full rule →Garden Grove
Heavy RestrictionsGarden Grove allows home cultivation of up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use under California…
Read full rule →Lodi
Heavy RestrictionsLodi permits indoor personal cannabis cultivation of up to six plants per residence for adults 21 and over, consistent…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Heavy RestrictionsOutdoor marijuana cultivation is prohibited citywide in Los Angeles regardless of zone or personal-use status. Indoor…
Read full rule →Moreno Valley
Heavy RestrictionsMoreno Valley follows state law permitting up to six plants per residence for personal use but restricts cultivation to…
Read full rule →Newport Beach
Heavy RestrictionsNewport Beach allows personal cannabis cultivation of up to six plants per residence for adults 21 and older under…
Read full rule →Ontario
Heavy RestrictionsOntario residents 21 and older may grow up to 6 cannabis plants indoors per residence under Proposition 64, but outdoor…
Read full rule →Orange
Heavy RestrictionsThe City of Orange prohibits all cannabis cultivation, including personal cultivation by qualified patients and primary…
Read full rule →Palo Alto
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ in Palo Alto to cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors per residence…
Read full rule →Rancho Cucamonga
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 permits up to six cannabis plants per residence for adult personal use. Rancho Cucamonga…
Read full rule →San Bernardino
Heavy RestrictionsSan Bernardino adults 21+ may grow up to 6 cannabis plants indoors at their residence under Prop 64 (H and S Code…
Read full rule →Santa Clara
Heavy RestrictionsSanta Clara adults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence under California Proposition 64. Outdoor…
Read full rule →Santa Clarita
Heavy RestrictionsUp to 6 plants allowed indoors in a private residence or enclosed accessory structure. Outdoor cultivation prohibited…
Read full rule →Truckee
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia Health & Safety Code Section 11362.2 allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 plants per residence indoors…
Read full rule →Tuolumne County
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants for personal use. Tuolumne County bans all…
Read full rule →Compton
Significant RestrictionsUnder Prop 64, adults 21+ may grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household for personal use in Compton. Plants must be in…
Read full rule →Downey
Significant RestrictionsDowney allows indoor personal cannabis cultivation only inside a fully enclosed, secure structure, capped at six…
Read full rule →Glendale
Significant RestrictionsGlendale Municipal Code Sec. 9.10.020(B) bans marijuana cultivation citywide, but that ban cannot legally reach indoor…
Read full rule →Inglewood
Significant RestrictionsInglewood bans all outdoor cannabis growing citywide and caps indoor personal cultivation at six plants inside a…
Read full rule →Norwalk
Significant RestrictionsNorwalk bans outdoor marijuana cultivation entirely, even at a private home, but Municipal Code Section 17.04.080(C)…
Read full rule →Oceanside
Significant RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to six cannabis plants per household for personal…
Read full rule →Pomona
Significant RestrictionsPomona requires an indoor personal cultivation permit before growing any cannabis at home, caps plants at six per…
Read full rule →San Jose
Significant RestrictionsUnder California Proposition 64 and SJMC Chapter 6.88, adults 21+ may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per residence…
Read full rule →San Mateo
Significant RestrictionsSan Mateo adopted Ordinance 2017-4 adding Chapter 7.45 to prohibit outdoor cannabis cultivation within city limits…
Read full rule →Anaheim
Some RestrictionsAnaheim prohibits outdoor cannabis cultivation under AMC 4.100.035. Indoor cultivation of up to six plants is permitted…
Read full rule →Berkeley
Some RestrictionsAdults 21 and older in Berkeley may cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors at a private residence under…
Read full rule →Burbank
Some RestrictionsIndoor cultivation of up to 6 mature or 12 immature cannabis plants is permitted for personal medical use under state…
Read full rule →Camarillo
Some RestrictionsUnder California Proposition 64 (AUMA) and Health and Safety Code Section 11362.2, Camarillo residents age 21+ may grow…
Read full rule →Escondido
Some RestrictionsCA H&S Code §11362.2 allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to six plants indoors per residence. Outdoor cultivation…
Read full rule →Fillmore
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 (Health & Safety Code §11362.2) allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per…
Read full rule →Florin
Some RestrictionsSacramento County Code §6.88 prohibits outdoor cannabis cultivation in unincorporated areas, including Florin. Indoor…
Read full rule →Fresno
Some RestrictionsUnder California Proposition 64 and Health & Safety Code Section 11362.2, adults 21 and older may cultivate up to six…
Read full rule →Galt
Some RestrictionsProposition 64 allows adults 21 and older in Galt to grow up to 6 cannabis plants for personal use. Galt requires…
Read full rule →Hanford
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants at home. Hanford may have local…
Read full rule →Hayward
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 lets adults 21 and older grow up to six cannabis plants per residence in Hayward, with…
Read full rule →Irvine
Some RestrictionsUnder California Proposition 64, adults 21 and older may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per household for personal…
Read full rule →Isleton
Some RestrictionsIsleton residents 21 and older may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence under Proposition 64. Cities cannot…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsState law, not Lakewood's own code, sets the real limit on home cannabis growing: Health and Safety Code Section…
Read full rule →Livermore
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Health and Safety Code Section 11362.2 lets any Livermore resident grow up to six living cannabis plants…
Read full rule →Moorpark
Some RestrictionsMoorpark allows indoor cultivation of up to 6 cannabis plants per household as required by California state law (Prop…
Read full rule →Ojai
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household. Ojai follows state law but…
Read full rule →Orange County
Some RestrictionsOrange County Ordinance No. 17-011 (codified at OCCO §7-9-146.8 through §7-9-146.14) strictly regulates personal…
Read full rule →Oxnard
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal…
Read full rule →Palm Springs
Some RestrictionsCalifornia law allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use. Palm Springs permits…
Read full rule →Pasadena
Some RestrictionsUnder CA Prop 64, adults 21+ may grow up to 6 plants indoors for personal use. Pasadena's commercial cannabis ordinance…
Read full rule →Port Hueneme
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 (AUMA) allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household for personal use. Port…
Read full rule →Rancho Cordova
Some RestrictionsAdults 21 and older in Rancho Cordova may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence under California Proposition…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use…
Read full rule →Roseville
Some RestrictionsRoseville allows personal cannabis cultivation per Prop 64. Up to 6 plants per residence for adults 21+. Indoor…
Read full rule →San Diego
Some RestrictionsSan Diego prohibits outdoor growing of personal cannabis. Adults 21+ may cultivate up to six plants indoors per…
Read full rule →San Francisco
Some RestrictionsUnder California Proposition 64 and San Francisco Police Code Article 16, adults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 cannabis…
Read full rule →San Joaquin County
Some RestrictionsProposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 plants per residence for personal use, statewide. In unincorporated…
Read full rule →San Leandro
Some RestrictionsAdults 21+ in San Leandro may grow up to six cannabis plants under Prop 64 and Health and Safety Code 11362.2, subject…
Read full rule →San Mateo County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated San Mateo County allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal…
Read full rule →Sanger
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to grow up to six cannabis plants per household in Sanger. Plants…
Read full rule →Santa Ana
Some RestrictionsUnder California Proposition 64 and Health & Safety Code Section 11362.2, adults 21 and older may cultivate up to six…
Read full rule →Santa Monica
Some RestrictionsAdults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per household under CA Prop 64. Plants must be in a secure, enclosed…
Read full rule →Santa Paula
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household in Santa Paula. Plants must…
Read full rule →Simi Valley
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per household for personal…
Read full rule →Torrance
Some RestrictionsPersonal cannabis cultivation is limited to indoor growing inside private residences or accessory structures. Medical…
Read full rule →Twain Harte
Some RestrictionsTuolumne County allows up to six cannabis plants per private residence under Proposition 64, with strict indoor-only or…
Read full rule →Vallejo
Some RestrictionsVallejo allows personal cannabis cultivation per Proposition 64. Up to 6 plants per residence for adults 21 and older…
Read full rule →Visalia
Some RestrictionsHome cannabis cultivation in Visalia is limited to 6 plants per residence, must occur in a fully enclosed and secured…
Read full rule →West Covina
Some RestrictionsState law lets West Covina residents 21 and older grow up to six cannabis plants indoors at home, but the city's own…
Read full rule →Altadena
Light RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 (Health & Safety Code 11362.1) allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants for…
Read full rule →Long Beach
Light RestrictionsAdults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per household for personal use under LBMC §5.92.520 and CA Prop 64…
Read full rule →Sacramento County
Light RestrictionsAdults 21+ may grow up to 6 plants for personal use under Prop 64 and HSC 11362.2. Sacramento County requires indoor…
Read full rule →Salinas
Light RestrictionsSalinas allows personal cannabis cultivation per Prop 64. Up to 6 plants per residence for adults 21+. Indoor…
Read full rule →San Diego County
Light RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use. Plants must…
Read full rule →Sonora
Light RestrictionsSonora permits personal cannabis cultivation of up to six plants per household consistent with California Proposition…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Light RestrictionsThousand Oaks allows residents to grow up to six cannabis plants at home without a permit, but only inside a locked…
Read full rule →Vista
Light RestrictionsVista allows home cultivation of up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use per California state law (Prop…
Read full rule →Oakland
Few RestrictionsCannabis home cultivation is legal in Oakland for adults 21+ under California Proposition 64. Up to 6 plants per…
Read full rule →Ventura County
Few RestrictionsAdults 21+ in unincorporated Ventura County may grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household under Proposition 64 (CA HSC…
Read full rule →Dispensary Zoning
Where cannabis businesses may locate, the zones that allow retail, the buffer distances from schools and parks, and the cities that ban commercial cannabis activity entirely.
California: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsCalifornia licenses cannabis retailers under MAUCRSA, but Business and Professions Code section 26200 preserves each…
Read full rule →Alhambra
Heavy RestrictionsAlhambra prohibits commercial cannabis facilities, including retail dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing, and…
Read full rule →Anaheim
Heavy RestrictionsAnaheim Municipal Code Title 18 prohibits all commercial cannabis activity citywide including retail, cultivation…
Read full rule →Apple Valley
Heavy RestrictionsApple Valley bans cannabis dispensaries, delivery services, cultivation and every other commercial marijuana business…
Read full rule →Bakersfield
Heavy RestrictionsBakersfield prohibits all commercial cannabis activity within city limits, including dispensaries, cultivation…
Read full rule →Brentwood
Heavy RestrictionsBrentwood bans medicinal and non-medicinal cannabis dispensaries, cultivation facilities and delivery in every zoning…
Read full rule →Buena Park
Heavy RestrictionsBuena Park prohibits all commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries and delivery, citywide in Orange County…
Read full rule →Butte County
Heavy RestrictionsButte County's Zoning Ordinance bans marijuana dispensaries outright. Section 24-166 states plainly that the use is…
Read full rule →Camarillo
Heavy RestrictionsCamarillo bans every commercial cannabis facility in every zone in the city under Municipal Code Section 19.55.030. The…
Read full rule →Carlsbad
Heavy RestrictionsCarlsbad bans all commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, citywide in every zone; no permit or license…
Read full rule →Chino
Heavy RestrictionsChino bans commercial cannabis businesses, cultivation, processing, delivery, and dispensaries, in every zoning…
Read full rule →Chino Hills
Heavy RestrictionsChino Hills has fully opted out of commercial cannabis: Municipal Code Section 16.92.020 prohibits any commercial…
Read full rule →Citrus Heights
Heavy RestrictionsCitrus Heights bans all commercial cannabis businesses, including retail dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing…
Read full rule →Clovis
Heavy RestrictionsClovis bans cannabis dispensaries and nearly all commercial cannabis operations citywide under Municipal Code Section…
Read full rule →Compton
Heavy RestrictionsCompton prohibits every form of commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in all zones and specific plan…
Read full rule →Cupertino
Heavy RestrictionsCupertino prohibits every commercial marijuana activity and all outdoor marijuana cultivation, commercial or personal…
Read full rule →Downey
Heavy RestrictionsDowney bans commercial cannabis outright: no zone permits a dispensary, delivery service, or any other commercial…
Read full rule →Dublin
Heavy RestrictionsDublin, Alameda County, California prohibits every form of commercial marijuana business, both medical and nonmedical…
Read full rule →Eastvale
Heavy RestrictionsEastvale bans commercial cannabis businesses citywide except one narrow exception: a delivery-only medicinal retailer…
Read full rule →El Cajon
Heavy RestrictionsEl Cajon bars marijuana dispensaries from every zone in the city. Municipal Code Section 17.243.010 defines a…
Read full rule →Elk Grove
Heavy RestrictionsElk Grove prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries outright: EGMC Section 9.31.020 makes it unlawful to operate one…
Read full rule →Escondido
Heavy RestrictionsEscondido bans every commercial and medical cannabis use in every zone in the city under Zoning Code Sec. 33-1117(b)…
Read full rule →Fillmore
Heavy RestrictionsFillmore prohibits commercial cannabis operations including dispensaries, cultivation facilities, and manufacturing…
Read full rule →Fremont
Heavy RestrictionsFremont prohibits marijuana activities, including dispensaries, in every zoning district and will not issue a use…
Read full rule →Fresno County
Heavy RestrictionsFresno County bans cannabis dispensaries outright. Chapter 10.60, adopted to preserve public peace and safety, declares…
Read full rule →Fullerton
Heavy RestrictionsFullerton bans every form of commercial cannabis activity within its borders. Fullerton Municipal Code section…
Read full rule →Garden Grove
Heavy RestrictionsGarden Grove bans cannabis dispensaries, delivery businesses, and cultivation sites in every zoning district, planned…
Read full rule →Glendale
Heavy RestrictionsGlendale prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries outright, along with cannabis cultivation, processing, delivery and…
Read full rule →Glenn County
Heavy RestrictionsGlenn County bans commercial cannabis outright. Glenn County Code Section 15.797.020 prohibits, in every zoning…
Read full rule →Hercules
Heavy RestrictionsHercules prohibits every form of commercial and nonpersonal-use marijuana activity, including dispensaries, retail…
Read full rule →Hesperia
Heavy RestrictionsHesperia bans virtually all commercial cannabis activity, cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution, and…
Read full rule →Huntington Beach
Heavy RestrictionsHuntington Beach bans marijuana dispensaries outright: Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Section 204.20 makes a…
Read full rule →Inglewood
Heavy RestrictionsInglewood bans commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in every zone citywide and issues no permit or…
Read full rule →Irvine
Heavy RestrictionsIrvine prohibits every commercial cannabis activity, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, delivery origin or…
Read full rule →Kern County
Heavy RestrictionsKern County bans every commercial cannabis business, medicinal and recreational alike, in all zone districts of the…
Read full rule →Kings County
Heavy RestrictionsKings County bans all commercial cannabis activity, cultivation, processing, sale, distribution, and delivery, in every…
Read full rule →Lake County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Lake County does not permit standalone cannabis dispensaries. Type 10 and 10A state dispensary licenses…
Read full rule →Lake Forest
Heavy RestrictionsLake Forest, California prohibits all commercial marijuana businesses citywide: cultivation, manufacturing…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Heavy RestrictionsLakewood bans every form of commercial cannabis activity citywide: cultivation, processing, testing, delivery…
Read full rule →Livermore
Heavy RestrictionsLivermore prohibits all commercial cannabis storefronts and manufacturing; only state-licensed delivery may reach…
Read full rule →Lodi
Heavy RestrictionsLodi prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use commercial cannabis retail or wholesale establishments in…
Read full rule →Los Banos
Heavy RestrictionsLos Banos prohibits every form of commercial marijuana activity, including dispensaries, delivery, processing and…
Read full rule →Madera County
Heavy RestrictionsMadera County bans marijuana dispensaries, commercial cannabis operations, and marijuana deliveries throughout the…
Read full rule →Marin County
Heavy RestrictionsMarin County caps licensed medicinal cannabis retail at four delivery-only licenses countywide and confines them to…
Read full rule →Menifee
Heavy RestrictionsMenifee bans cannabis dispensaries and medical cannabis dispensaries everywhere in the city under Municipal Code §…
Read full rule →Merced County
Heavy RestrictionsMerced County outlaws commercial cannabis activity in every zoning district of the unincorporated area, so no…
Read full rule →Mission Viejo
Heavy RestrictionsMission Viejo bans every commercial marijuana business, medical or recreational, anywhere within city limits under…
Read full rule →Murrieta
Heavy RestrictionsMurrieta bans cannabis dispensaries, cultivation, processing and delivery citywide under Municipal Code § 16.44.250(B)…
Read full rule →Newport Beach
Heavy RestrictionsNewport Beach bans all cannabis dispensaries, cultivation, processing and delivery citywide under Municipal Code…
Read full rule →Norwalk
Heavy RestrictionsNorwalk prohibits commercial marijuana activity of any kind, medical or non-medical, for profit or not, in every zone…
Read full rule →Ontario
Heavy RestrictionsOntario prohibits every commercial cannabis business, including dispensaries, delivery services and cultivation…
Read full rule →Orange
Heavy RestrictionsOrange bans commercial cannabis activity outright, so there is no zone where a dispensary, delivery service, or…
Read full rule →Orange County
Heavy RestrictionsOrange County prohibits cannabis dispensaries, commercial cultivation, manufacturing, testing labs, and delivery…
Read full rule →Palmdale
Heavy RestrictionsPalmdale has fully opted out of commercial cannabis: no dispensary, delivery service, cultivation site, or any other…
Read full rule →Placer County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Placer County bans medicinal cannabis dispensaries outright: Section 8.10.080 makes it unlawful to…
Read full rule →Pleasanton
Heavy RestrictionsPleasanton allows no cannabis dispensary anywhere in the city. Municipal Code § 6.18.020 bans operating a medical…
Read full rule →Rancho Cordova
Heavy RestrictionsRancho Cordova's zoning code flatly bars cannabis dispensaries, and every other commercial marijuana use, from all…
Read full rule →Rancho Cucamonga
Heavy RestrictionsRancho Cucamonga bans commercial cannabis activity citywide under Municipal Code Section 8.52.020, meaning there is no…
Read full rule →Redlands
Heavy RestrictionsRedlands Municipal Code Chapter 18.18 prohibits marijuana dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing, and delivery in…
Read full rule →Rialto
Heavy RestrictionsRialto prohibits every form of commercial marijuana activity, medical or recreational, in every zone in the city, and…
Read full rule →Ridgecrest
Heavy RestrictionsRidgecrest bans all commercial cannabis activity, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, dispensing, and retail…
Read full rule →Rohnert Park
Heavy RestrictionsRohnert Park bans commercial cannabis facilities in every zone and district in the city, an outright opt-out that…
Read full rule →Roseville
Heavy RestrictionsRoseville bans marijuana dispensaries, processing facilities, and testing laboratories citywide. Municipal Code Section…
Read full rule →Sacramento County
Heavy RestrictionsSacramento County bans every commercial cannabis business, including dispensaries, in the unincorporated area. Zoning…
Read full rule →San Benito County
Heavy RestrictionsMarijuana dispensaries are banned outright across unincorporated San Benito County: the use is prohibited in every…
Read full rule →San Bernardino County
Heavy RestrictionsSan Bernardino County bans commercial cannabis activity, including delivery, in every land use zoning district of the…
Read full rule →San Clemente
Heavy RestrictionsSan Clemente Municipal Code Section 17.28.035 prohibits cannabis dispensaries, delivery services, and every other…
Read full rule →San Diego County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated San Diego County bans new medical and non-medical cannabis facilities under Zoning Ordinance section…
Read full rule →San Marcos
Heavy RestrictionsSan Marcos prohibits every form of commercial cannabis activity in every zone citywide under Municipal Code Section…
Read full rule →San Mateo County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated San Mateo County bars almost every kind of cannabis business outright. County Code Section 5.148.050…
Read full rule →San Rafael
Heavy RestrictionsSan Rafael prohibits cannabis dispensaries, cultivation and processing anywhere in the city. The only commercial…
Read full rule →San Ramon
Heavy RestrictionsSan Ramon prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries everywhere in the city under Municipal Code B10-2. No zoning…
Read full rule →Santa Clarita
Heavy RestrictionsSanta Clarita bans commercial cannabis businesses citywide. Municipal Code Sec. 17.51.005(A)(1) prohibits establishing…
Read full rule →Santa Maria
Heavy RestrictionsSanta Maria prohibits marijuana dispensaries anywhere in the city. Section 6-12.03 bars any person from operating or…
Read full rule →Shasta County
Heavy RestrictionsThere is no zone where a cannabis dispensary can locate in unincorporated Shasta County. Section 17.88.325(D) bans all…
Read full rule →Solano County
Heavy RestrictionsSolano County's zoning ordinance prohibits commercial cannabis activities in every zoning district in the…
Read full rule →South Gate
Heavy RestrictionsSouth Gate's zoning code prohibits marijuana dispensaries, cultivation, processing, and delivery operations everywhere…
Read full rule →Tehama County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Tehama County, California has opted out of commercial cannabis retail entirely: marijuana dispensaries…
Read full rule →Temecula
Heavy RestrictionsTemecula bans commercial marijuana activity, including dispensaries, in every zoning district, specific plan area…
Read full rule →Upland
Heavy RestrictionsUpland prohibits all marijuana-related uses and activities within city limits under Municipal Code Chapter 9.48…
Read full rule →Victorville
Heavy RestrictionsVictorville prohibits commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in every zone, specific plan area, and…
Read full rule →West Covina
Heavy RestrictionsWest Covina prohibits every commercial cannabis use citywide under Municipal Code Sec. 26-113. No dispensary, delivery…
Read full rule →Westminster
Heavy RestrictionsWestminster prohibits every form of commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in all zoning districts and…
Read full rule →Whittier
Heavy RestrictionsWhittier prohibits commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in every zoning district citywide. Section…
Read full rule →Yuba City
Heavy RestrictionsYuba City has opted out of commercial cannabis entirely: dispensaries, delivery, distribution, manufacturing, testing…
Read full rule →Yuba County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Yuba County bans every kind of commercial cannabis business. County Code § 7.41.300 prohibits 'all…
Read full rule →Alameda
Significant RestrictionsAlameda allows commercial cannabis retail, cultivation and manufacturing only in specific zoning districts and only…
Read full rule →Alameda County
Significant RestrictionsCannabis retailers, cultivators and combined operations may locate only in the county's A (Agricultural) zoning…
Read full rule →Antioch
Significant RestrictionsAntioch has not opted out of commercial cannabis, but it confines every cannabis business to its Cannabis Business (CB)…
Read full rule →Baldwin Park
Significant RestrictionsBaldwin Park has opted in to cannabis retail but confines it to Industrial and Industrial-Commercial zoned property…
Read full rule →Bellflower
Significant RestrictionsBellflower allows cannabis businesses only in C-G General Commercial and M-1 Light Industrial zones, with a Conditional…
Read full rule →Berkeley
Significant RestrictionsBerkeley has not opted out of cannabis retail: storefront retailers are allowed with a Zoning Certificate in Commercial…
Read full rule →Calaveras County
Significant RestrictionsCalaveras County bans cannabis retailers everywhere except the CP Professional Office zone, and even there a retailer…
Read full rule →Carson
Significant RestrictionsCarson caps commercial cannabis operations at four permitted centers citywide, allowing only indoor or mixed-light…
Read full rule →Ceres
Significant RestrictionsCeres allows commercial cannabis businesses only through a City Council-approved development agreement plus a cannabis…
Read full rule →Chico
Significant RestrictionsChico is not a cannabis-free city: retail, manufacturing, distribution, and testing businesses can operate in approved…
Read full rule →Contra Costa County
Significant RestrictionsContra Costa County does not ban cannabis businesses outright, but it confines them tightly: every commercial cannabis…
Read full rule →Corona
Significant RestrictionsCorona permits storefront and non-storefront cannabis retailers, manufacturing, distribution, testing labs and…
Read full rule →Costa Mesa
Significant RestrictionsCosta Mesa bans cannabis manufacturing, distribution, testing and research citywide except in a narrow 'Green Zone' of…
Read full rule →Davis
Significant RestrictionsDavis bans cannabis retailers from every residential zoning district and caps storefront retailers citywide at five for…
Read full rule →El Dorado County
Significant RestrictionsEl Dorado County allows storefront cannabis retail, but only in Community Commercial, Regional Commercial, General…
Read full rule →El Monte
Significant RestrictionsEl Monte permits cannabis retailers, testing labs, cultivation, manufacturing and distribution under Chapter 5.18, but…
Read full rule →Fairfield
Significant RestrictionsFairfield permits licensed cannabis retail, manufacturing and testing labs, but only in specific industrial and…
Read full rule →Fontana
Significant RestrictionsFontana confines commercial cannabis retail and delivery to a specific list of zones under Sec. 33-28: the C-1 and C-2…
Read full rule →Fresno
Significant RestrictionsFresno confines cannabis retail to ten commercial and mixed-use zones under FMC 15-2739(B): DTN, DTG, CMS, CC, CR, CG…
Read full rule →Hanford
Significant RestrictionsStorefront cannabis dispensaries in Hanford, California are allowed only as a conditional use in the MX-D zone and must…
Read full rule →Hawthorne
Significant RestrictionsHawthorne has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Retail cannabis, with or without a consumption lounge, is allowed…
Read full rule →Hemet
Significant RestrictionsCannabis retail sales in Hemet are confined to the C-2 general commercial zone, and City Code § 18-525(b) adds two more…
Read full rule →Indio
Significant RestrictionsIndio confines cannabis retailers to Mixed-Use and Regional Commercial zones, plus qualifying Specific Plan areas, with…
Read full rule →Lancaster
Significant RestrictionsLancaster confines every licensed cannabis facility to light industrial (LI) or heavy industrial (HI) zoned parcels, or…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Significant RestrictionsLos Angeles requires a separate city license from the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) for each type of…
Read full rule →Los Angeles County
Significant RestrictionsMedical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated LA County require a county business license, a conditional use permit…
Read full rule →Madera
Significant RestrictionsMadera allows permitted cannabis businesses but keeps them at least 600 feet from schools, licensed daycares and youth…
Read full rule →Manteca
Significant RestrictionsManteca permits cannabis retail through a competitive, capped permitting process, but every retailer needs a…
Read full rule →Mendocino County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Mendocino County has not opted out of cannabis retail: Section 20.243.060 allows retail and dispensary…
Read full rule →Merced
Significant RestrictionsMerced caps the number of cannabis dispensaries citywide at five, requires a commercial cannabis business permit, and…
Read full rule →Modesto
Significant RestrictionsModesto limits cannabis dispensaries and other commercial cannabis uses to a Commercial Cannabis Permit in the C-2…
Read full rule →Monterey
Significant RestrictionsMonterey confines storefront cannabis retail to four named overlay zones, CB1 through CB4, capped at one storefront…
Read full rule →Monterey County
Significant RestrictionsIn the unincorporated inland area, Monterey County confines cannabis retailers to Light Commercial, Heavy Commercial…
Read full rule →Moreno Valley
Significant RestrictionsMoreno Valley permits a limited number of licensed commercial cannabis businesses (retail, manufacturing, distribution…
Read full rule →Mountain View
Significant RestrictionsMountain View has not opted out of cannabis retail, but it caps it hard: only nonstorefront retail cannabis businesses…
Read full rule →Oxnard
Significant RestrictionsOxnard caps licensed cannabis retailers at 16 citywide and confines them to specific commercial zones: C-1, C-1-PD…
Read full rule →Pacifica
Significant RestrictionsCannabis retail operations in the City of Pacifica may open only inside one of five Cannabis Operation Overlay…
Read full rule →Palm Springs
Significant RestrictionsPalm Springs allows licensed cannabis dispensaries only in zoning districts that specifically list the use, and Zoning…
Read full rule →Pasadena
Significant RestrictionsPasadena allows commercial cannabis retail but tightly rations it: Municipal Code Section 17.50.066(D) caps the city at…
Read full rule →Perris
Significant RestrictionsPerris, California confines licensed cannabis manufacturing to two named subareas of its Light Industrial and General…
Read full rule →Petaluma
Significant RestrictionsPetaluma bans cannabis dispensaries outright except for the narrow carve-outs the city itself created: Petaluma…
Read full rule →Pomona
Significant RestrictionsPomona does not ban cannabis outright: commercial cannabis businesses may open only inside the city's four Commercial…
Read full rule →Redding
Significant RestrictionsRedding has not opted out of commercial cannabis: retail sales are legal citywide under a city license, but Municipal…
Read full rule →Redondo Beach
Significant RestrictionsRedondo Beach caps storefront cannabis retail at two permitted sites citywide, limits them to commercial and industrial…
Read full rule →Redwood City
Significant RestrictionsRedwood City bans all commercial cannabis activity except specific licensed uses in industrial and select commercial…
Read full rule →Riverside
Significant RestrictionsEvery cannabis business in Riverside must meet the City's zoning and building standards under RMC § 5.77.320(A), and…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Significant RestrictionsRiverside County bars unincorporated-area cannabis retailers within 1,000 feet of schools, day cares, parks and youth…
Read full rule →Sacramento
Significant RestrictionsSacramento has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Chapter 5.150 and Title 17 Article IX affirmatively license…
Read full rule →Salinas
Significant RestrictionsSalinas caps dispensaries at five citywide and bars them within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, churches, daycares…
Read full rule →San Diego
Significant RestrictionsSan Diego allows cannabis production facilities, cultivation, processing, and wholesale sites, only with a Conditional…
Read full rule →San Francisco
Significant RestrictionsSan Francisco writes its cannabis location rules into Planning Code Sec. 202.2(a)(5). A new Cannabis Retail use must…
Read full rule →San Joaquin County
Significant RestrictionsSan Joaquin County allows licensed commercial cannabis businesses only with an approved Use Permit or in a Cannabis…
Read full rule →San Jose
Significant RestrictionsSan Jose allows licensed cannabis businesses but every one needs a Zoning Code Verification Certificate confirming the…
Read full rule →San Luis Obispo County
Significant RestrictionsSan Luis Obispo County allows only non-storefront cannabis dispensaries, and only in the Agriculture, Commercial…
Read full rule →Sanger
Significant RestrictionsSanger prohibits all commercial cannabis operations within city limits including dispensaries, cultivation, and…
Read full rule →Santa Ana
Significant RestrictionsSanta Ana bans commercial cannabis activity in every zoning district by default, then carves out an exception under…
Read full rule →Santa Barbara County
Significant RestrictionsSanta Barbara County confines licensed cannabis retail to a short list of commercial zones under LUDC Section…
Read full rule →Santa Cruz
Significant RestrictionsSanta Cruz IZO §24.12.1320(5) allows cannabis retail sales in Community Commercial (C-C), Thoroughfare Commercial…
Read full rule →Santa Cruz County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Santa Cruz County closed cannabis retail licensing to new applicants on November 30, 2016, per SCCC §…
Read full rule →Santa Monica
Significant RestrictionsSanta Monica requires a cannabis retailer permit and City business license before operating any retail cannabis…
Read full rule →Santa Rosa
Significant RestrictionsSanta Rosa has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Retail, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, microbusiness…
Read full rule →Sonoma
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Sonoma caps commercial cannabis permits at two dispensary/retailer businesses, one non-storefront retailer…
Read full rule →Sonoma County
Significant RestrictionsCommercial cannabis in unincorporated Sonoma County is zone-gated under Sec. 26-88-250: activities need a Zoning, Minor…
Read full rule →Stanislaus County
Significant RestrictionsA storefront cannabis retailer, the closest thing to a walk-in dispensary, may operate in unincorporated Stanislaus…
Read full rule →Stockton
Significant RestrictionsStockton caps storefront cannabis retailers at 14 citywide and confines them to commercial and industrial zones through…
Read full rule →Sunnyvale
Significant RestrictionsSunnyvale prohibits all commercial cannabis retail activity including dispensaries, delivery-only businesses…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Significant RestrictionsThousand Oaks caps commercial cannabis at two Cannabis Retailer permits and two Cannabis Testing Laboratory permits…
Read full rule →Tracy
Significant RestrictionsTracy allows cannabis retail only as a conditional use in specific commercial zones, and caps storefront dispensary…
Read full rule →Truckee
Significant RestrictionsTruckee prohibits storefront cannabis dispensaries. Only licensed cannabis delivery services are allowed under…
Read full rule →Tulare County
Significant RestrictionsTulare County bans commercial cannabis activity across the unincorporated area except for licensed operators who meet…
Read full rule →Turlock
Significant RestrictionsTurlock has not opted out of commercial cannabis; businesses can locate citywide in eligible districts, but the…
Read full rule →Union City
Significant RestrictionsCommercial cannabis uses are banned in every Union City zoning district except the specific industrial and commercial…
Read full rule →Vallejo
Significant RestrictionsVallejo allows retail cannabis sales only in the NMX, CC, NC, RC, IL, and IG zoning districts, and only with an…
Read full rule →Ventura
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Ventura allows licensed cannabis businesses only in zoning districts that already permit the underlying use…
Read full rule →Ventura County
Significant RestrictionsCommercial cannabis activity in unincorporated Ventura County is confined to just three zoning districts, AE, M2 and…
Read full rule →Visalia
Significant RestrictionsVisalia only permits delivery-only medical marijuana retail businesses: no storefront dispensaries are allowed. These…
Read full rule →Vista
Significant RestrictionsVista restricts cannabis businesses to the C-1, C-2, C-3, RLI, MU, I-P and M-1 zones and bars them outright from the…
Read full rule →West Sacramento
Significant RestrictionsWest Sacramento has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Storefront retail is confined to designated Storefront Retail…
Read full rule →Yolo County
Significant RestrictionsStorefront cannabis retail in unincorporated Yolo County is confined to Commercial (C-G, C-H) and Industrial (I-L, I-H)…
Read full rule →Chula Vista
Some RestrictionsChula Vista has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Chapter 5.19 CVMC authorizes a capped number of City Licenses…
Read full rule →Folsom
Some RestrictionsFolsom prohibits all commercial cannabis activity within city limits, including retail dispensaries, cultivation…
Read full rule →Galt
Some RestrictionsGalt prohibits all commercial cannabis business activities including dispensaries, delivery, manufacturing, testing…
Read full rule →Hayward
Some RestrictionsHayward permits licensed adult-use and medicinal cannabis retailers in designated commercial and industrial zones with…
Read full rule →Imperial County
Some RestrictionsImperial County zones cannabis retail, licensed as 'Retail with Delivery', into specific commercial and industrial…
Read full rule →Isleton
Some RestrictionsIsleton as a small rural city has not authorized commercial cannabis retail dispensaries. State-licensed delivery…
Read full rule →Long Beach
Some RestrictionsLong Beach zones cannabis businesses in rather than opting out: LBMC Table 32-1 under Chapter 21.32 lists Adult-Use…
Read full rule →Moorpark
Some RestrictionsMoorpark prohibits all commercial cannabis activity citywide, including retail dispensaries, cultivation…
Read full rule →San Bernardino
Some RestrictionsSan Bernardino has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Businesses may operate only on property zoned CG, CG-2, CG-3…
Read full rule →San Leandro
Some RestrictionsSan Leandro permits a limited number of cannabis dispensaries under a city license program, with strict zoning buffers…
Read full rule →Simi Valley
Some RestrictionsSimi Valley prohibits commercial cannabis businesses including dispensaries, cultivation facilities, manufacturing, and…
Read full rule →Vacaville
Some RestrictionsVacaville confines cannabis retail storefronts to the CG General Commercial district and restricts distribution…
Read full rule →Buffer Zones
Required minimum distances between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses (schools, parks, day-cares), and between cannabis retailers themselves.
Hercules
Heavy RestrictionsHercules Municipal Code Section 4-18.03(f)(3) makes it unlawful to smoke marijuana within 1,000 feet of any school, day…
Read full rule →San Marcos
Heavy RestrictionsSan Marcos Municipal Code Section 5.54.030(h)(6) bars smoking, vaping, ingesting or possessing cannabis in public…
Read full rule →Sonoma
Heavy RestrictionsOutdoor personal cannabis cultivation in the City of Sonoma may not occur within 600 feet of any school, church, park…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Heavy RestrictionsA licensed cannabis retailer or testing lab in Thousand Oaks must sit at least 600 feet from any residentially used…
Read full rule →Alhambra
Significant RestrictionsAlhambra bars a conditional use permit for its one allowed cannabis business, a medicinal delivery-only retailer, on…
Read full rule →Antioch
Significant RestrictionsAntioch's cannabis overlay ordinance sets fixed buffers between cannabis retail and any "sensitive use," a defined term…
Read full rule →Bellflower
Significant RestrictionsBellflower bars cannabis business permits within 600 feet of schools, 300 feet of parks, daycares, youth centers, and…
Read full rule →Calaveras County
Significant RestrictionsLicensed cannabis retailers in unincorporated Calaveras County must sit at least 1,000 feet from any park, K-12 school…
Read full rule →Carlsbad
Significant RestrictionsCarlsbad requires licensed medicinal cannabis delivery service businesses, the only cannabis business the city allows…
Read full rule →Contra Costa County
Significant RestrictionsEvery commercial cannabis business in unincorporated Contra Costa County must stay at least one thousand feet from any…
Read full rule →Corona
Significant RestrictionsCorona bars storefront cannabis retailers from locating within 1,000 feet of schools, day care centers, parks or…
Read full rule →Costa Mesa
Significant RestrictionsA Costa Mesa cannabis retail storefront cannot sit within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school, playground, child daycare…
Read full rule →El Dorado County
Significant RestrictionsOutdoor and mixed-light commercial cannabis cultivation in unincorporated El Dorado County must sit at least 1,500 feet…
Read full rule →El Monte
Significant RestrictionsEvery cannabis business type in El Monte, retail, testing, cultivation, manufacturing and distribution alike, must sit…
Read full rule →Fontana
Significant RestrictionsNo commercial cannabis business in Fontana can locate within 600 feet of a school, day care center, park, youth or…
Read full rule →Hawthorne
Significant RestrictionsHawthorne caps cannabis retailers at six per business type and keeps them away from sensitive uses under Municipal Code…
Read full rule →Hayward
Significant RestrictionsHayward keeps commercial cannabis retail dispensaries at least 500 feet apart to prevent overconcentration and layers…
Read full rule →Hemet
Significant RestrictionsHemet requires cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and testing operations to sit at least 1,000 feet…
Read full rule →Hesperia
Significant RestrictionsHesperia's lone licensed cannabis use, a medical delivery dispensary, must sit at least 600 feet from any residential…
Read full rule →Imperial County
Significant RestrictionsCommercial cannabis activity in unincorporated Imperial County must stay 600 feet from schools and day cares and 25…
Read full rule →Irvine
Significant RestrictionsIrvine bans nearly all commercial cannabis activity, but a licensed cannabis testing laboratory may operate if sited at…
Read full rule →Kern County
Significant RestrictionsKern County bans smoking or otherwise using cannabis products within 1,000 feet of any school, day care center, or…
Read full rule →Lancaster
Significant RestrictionsLancaster confines licensed cannabis facilities to LI or HI industrial zones and bars them within 600 feet of a…
Read full rule →Madera
Significant RestrictionsMadera requires every licensed cannabis business to sit at least 600 feet from schools, licensed daycare centers, youth…
Read full rule →Manteca
Significant RestrictionsManteca cannabis retailers must sit at least 600 feet from schools, daycares, youth centers, rehab centers, shelters…
Read full rule →Marin County
Significant RestrictionsMarin County limits medicinal cannabis delivery-only retailers to five specific zoning districts and keeps them 600…
Read full rule →Mendocino County
Significant RestrictionsMendocino County bans outdoor and mixed-light cannabis cultivation within 1,000 feet of any school, park, or…
Read full rule →Merced
Significant RestrictionsMerced bars cannabis dispensaries within 1,000 feet of any school and within 600 feet of a day care center, youth…
Read full rule →Modesto
Significant RestrictionsModesto bars every commercial cannabis use, from cultivation to dispensary, from locating within 600 feet of a school…
Read full rule →Monterey County
Significant RestrictionsMonterey County keeps cannabis retailers and cultivation sites at least 600 feet from any K-12 school, child care…
Read full rule →Moreno Valley
Significant RestrictionsMoreno Valley bars every licensed cannabis business, dispensary, cultivator, manufacturer, tester, distributor and…
Read full rule →Oxnard
Significant RestrictionsOxnard bars every commercial cannabis business, from cultivation sites to retail dispensaries, from locating within 600…
Read full rule →Palm Springs
Significant RestrictionsPalm Springs Municipal Code § 93.23.15(C) sets fixed separation distances for cannabis facilities: 500 feet between…
Read full rule →Pasadena
Significant RestrictionsPasadena's cannabis ordinance keeps retailers and cultivation sites hundreds of feet from homes, schools, and each…
Read full rule →Perris
Significant RestrictionsA commercial cannabis manufacturing operation in Perris cannot locate within 600 feet of a school, park, place of…
Read full rule →Petaluma
Significant RestrictionsPetaluma allows cannabis retail sale and delivery as a permitted use in the C1, C2, Business Park and Industrial zones…
Read full rule →Pomona
Significant RestrictionsPomona bars a commercial cannabis permit for any site within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school, day care center, or youth and…
Read full rule →Rancho Cucamonga
Significant RestrictionsNon-storefront medical cannabis delivery businesses must sit at least 600 feet from a school or daycare, 1,000 feet…
Read full rule →Redding
Significant RestrictionsRedding bars cannabis businesses from locating within six hundred feet of a K-12 school, public park, public library…
Read full rule →Redondo Beach
Significant RestrictionsRedondo Beach caps storefront cannabis retailers at two citywide and sets fixed buffer distances under Municipal Code…
Read full rule →Redwood City
Significant RestrictionsRedwood City keeps every commercial cannabis use at least 600 feet from schools, licensed child care facilities, public…
Read full rule →Salinas
Significant RestrictionsSalinas bars commercial cannabis businesses from operating within one thousand feet of any school, college, park…
Read full rule →San Benito County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated San Benito County requires cannabis businesses to sit at least 30 feet from parcel lines, 600 feet from…
Read full rule →San Joaquin County
Significant RestrictionsSan Joaquin County requires licensed cannabis businesses to sit at least 600 feet from any school, daycare, or youth…
Read full rule →San Leandro
Significant RestrictionsA San Leandro cannabis dispensary must sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, libraries, youth centers, parks, religious…
Read full rule →San Luis Obispo County
Significant RestrictionsCannabis dispensaries in unincorporated San Luis Obispo County must clear a 600-foot buffer from schools, parks and…
Read full rule →San Mateo County
Significant RestrictionsLicensed cannabis cultivation sites in unincorporated San Mateo County must sit at least 600 feet from schools, day…
Read full rule →Santa Ana
Significant RestrictionsSanta Ana bars a commercial cannabis retail business from operating within 500 feet of another retail cannabis…
Read full rule →Santa Cruz County
Significant RestrictionsSCCC § 7.130.110(E) keeps a licensed cannabis retail business at least 600 feet from a school, another cannabis…
Read full rule →Shasta County
Significant RestrictionsShasta County bans outdoor cannabis cultivation everywhere and requires that any legal indoor grow stay invisible and…
Read full rule →Stanislaus County
Significant RestrictionsCommercial cannabis activities in unincorporated Stanislaus County cannot locate within six hundred feet of any day…
Read full rule →Tehama County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Tehama County, California, growing marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, park, church, or child…
Read full rule →Tracy
Significant RestrictionsCommercial cannabis businesses in Tracy must sit at least 600 feet from another storefront dispensary and from any…
Read full rule →Ventura
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Ventura, a cannabis business cannot locate inside a 'sensitive use buffer zone' that the city council…
Read full rule →Ventura County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Ventura County keeps commercial cannabis premises at least 1,200 feet from schools, day care centers…
Read full rule →West Sacramento
Significant RestrictionsWest Sacramento bars any cannabis business from locating within 250 feet of a sensitive land use such as a school, day…
Read full rule →Yolo County
Significant RestrictionsNew or relocating Yolo County cannabis operations must sit at least 1,000 feet from public parks and from public or…
Read full rule →Anaheim
Some RestrictionsCalifornia requires a 600-foot buffer between any cannabis retailer and schools, daycares, and youth centers, but…
Read full rule →Bakersfield
Some RestrictionsCalifornia requires any licensed cannabis premises to sit at least 600 feet from schools, daycares, and youth centers…
Read full rule →Baldwin Park
Some RestrictionsBaldwin Park bars cannabis retailers from locating within 600 feet of a school, day care, or youth center, or within 50…
Read full rule →Berkeley
Some RestrictionsBerkeley dispensaries must sit at least 600 feet from K-12 schools, day care centers, and youth centers under…
Read full rule →Chico
Some RestrictionsChico requires most commercial cannabis businesses, testing labs, manufacturers, distributors, and delivery-only…
Read full rule →Chula Vista
Some RestrictionsChula Vista's licensed cannabis Storefront Retailers must clear specific separation distances from sensitive uses…
Read full rule →Davis
Some RestrictionsDavis requires cannabis retailers to stay at least 600 feet from any public park or K-12 school, measured property line…
Read full rule →Elk Grove
Some RestrictionsElk Grove bars smoking cannabis within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, or youth center whenever children are…
Read full rule →Fairfield
Some RestrictionsFairfield bars every commercial cannabis business, whether retail, manufacturing or testing, from operating within 600…
Read full rule →Fresno
Some RestrictionsFresno requires commercial cannabis retailers to maintain at least 800-foot buffers from schools, daycare centers…
Read full rule →Hanford
Some RestrictionsHanford, California measures its 200- and 600-foot cannabis buffers as a straight line between property lines, ignoring…
Read full rule →Indio
Some RestrictionsIndio requires cannabis retailers to locate at least 600 feet from sensitive uses like schools and daycares, and 250…
Read full rule →Lake County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Lake County bans outdoor, non-greenhouse cannabis cultivation within 1,000 feet of any K-12 school, a…
Read full rule →Long Beach
Some RestrictionsLong Beach prohibits cannabis retail, manufacturing, and cultivation businesses from operating within 600 feet of K-12…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Some RestrictionsLos Angeles enforces strict distance buffers between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses: 700 feet from schools, 600…
Read full rule →Madera County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Madera County, a personal marijuana cultivation area cannot sit within 1,000 feet of an institutional…
Read full rule →Monterey
Some RestrictionsMonterey bars a new cannabis business from locating within 600 feet, measured property line to property line, of a…
Read full rule →Moorpark
Some RestrictionsCalifornia requires a 600-foot buffer between licensed cannabis businesses and schools, daycares, and youth centers…
Read full rule →Oceanside
Some RestrictionsOceanside's Zoning Ordinance keeps cannabis storefront retailers at least 1,000 feet from any middle or high school and…
Read full rule →Pacifica
Some RestrictionsPacifica keeps every licensed cannabis operation, retail, manufacturing or testing, at least 600 feet from any school…
Read full rule →Placer County
Some RestrictionsOutdoor personal cannabis cultivation in unincorporated Placer County must sit at least 600 feet from any school…
Read full rule →Riverside
Some RestrictionsRiverside Title 19 zoning requires licensed commercial cannabis facilities to maintain minimum separation distances…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Some RestrictionsRiverside County requires cannabis retail and cultivation sites to be set back from schools, daycares, youth centers…
Read full rule →Sacramento
Some RestrictionsSacramento requires cannabis dispensaries and many other cannabis businesses to maintain a 600-foot buffer from K-12…
Read full rule →San Bernardino
Some RestrictionsCannabis businesses must sit at least 600 feet from any residentially zoned parcel and at least 600 feet from any K-12…
Read full rule →San Bernardino County
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Business and Professions Code 26054 requires licensed cannabis businesses to sit at least 600 feet from…
Read full rule →San Diego
Some RestrictionsSDMC §141.0614 requires 1,000 feet between any Marijuana Outlet and a school, public park, library, child-care center…
Read full rule →San Francisco
Some RestrictionsPolice Code Article 16 and Planning Code Section 202.2 require cannabis retailers to maintain at least 600 feet from…
Read full rule →San Jose
Some RestrictionsSan Jose enforces a 1,000-foot buffer between cannabis dispensaries (medical marijuana collectives) and schools, parks…
Read full rule →Santa Barbara County
Some RestrictionsSanta Barbara County keeps every licensed cannabis activity, including retail, cultivation, and manufacturing, at least…
Read full rule →Santa Monica
Some RestrictionsCommercial cannabis uses in Santa Monica must be located at least 600 feet from schools, youth centers, and licensed…
Read full rule →Santa Rosa
Some RestrictionsSanta Rosa keeps cannabis retail spread out with two 600-foot buffers set by City Code Section 20-46.080(D). No…
Read full rule →Sonoma County
Some RestrictionsOutdoor cannabis cultivation must sit at least 1,000 feet from any K-12 school, public park, childcare center, or drug…
Read full rule →Stockton
Some RestrictionsStockton requires licensed cannabis businesses to maintain minimum distance buffers from schools, daycare centers…
Read full rule →Turlock
Some RestrictionsTurlock bars cannabis businesses from locating within 600 feet of any school, licensed day care center, or youth…
Read full rule →Twain Harte
Some RestrictionsTuolumne County requires cannabis businesses to sit at least 600 feet from schools, daycares, and youth centers, plus…
Read full rule →Union City
Some RestrictionsCannabis dispensaries and cultivation sites in Union City must stay 100 feet from schools, child care, parks…
Read full rule →Vacaville
Some RestrictionsVacaville cannabis businesses, retail and non-retail alike, must sit at least 600 feet from any parcel with a K-12…
Read full rule →Vallejo
Some RestrictionsVallejo bars every cannabis cultivation, distribution, manufacturing, testing, and retail use from locating within 600…
Read full rule →Vista
Some RestrictionsVista bars every medical and adult-use cannabis business from locating within 600 feet of a pre-existing public or…
Read full rule →Cannabis Delivery Rules
Rules governing cannabis delivery, whether home delivery is permitted, vehicle requirements, and how cities can regulate or ban delivery services.
Anaheim
Heavy RestrictionsEven though Anaheim bans local cannabis businesses, California Bureau of Cannabis Control regulations and the Bureau v…
Read full rule →Bakersfield
Some RestrictionsBakersfield prohibits cannabis delivery businesses from operating within city limits but cannot fully block licensed…
Read full rule →Berkeley
Some RestrictionsLicensed retailers may deliver cannabis to any private Berkeley address under California Bureau of Cannabis Control…
Read full rule →Fresno
Some RestrictionsLicensed cannabis retailers may deliver to Fresno addresses under California Business and Professions Code §26090 and…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Some RestrictionsTransporting or delivering cannabis in a vehicle where the product is visible from the exterior is prohibited citywide…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Some RestrictionsState law allows licensed cannabis delivery into any California jurisdiction, including unincorporated Riverside…
Read full rule →Santa Ana
Some RestrictionsCannabis can be delivered to Santa Ana adults 21 and over by any state-licensed delivery operator, but local retailers…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Some RestrictionsCannabis delivered into Thousand Oaks from a state-licensed retailer must stay under strict chain-of-custody rules…
Read full rule →Twain Harte
Some RestrictionsLicensed cannabis delivery to Twain Harte addresses is allowed statewide under SB 1186, even though Tuolumne County…
Read full rule →Personal Cultivation Limits
Maximum number of plants residents may grow at home for personal use, indoor-vs-outdoor rules, and visibility/odor mitigation requirements.
Bakersfield
Heavy RestrictionsAdults 21 and over in Bakersfield may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per private residence under Proposition 64…
Read full rule →Moorpark
Heavy RestrictionsMoorpark residents 21 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants indoors per private residence. Outdoor cultivation…
Read full rule →Fresno
Significant RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 and Health & Safety Code §11362.2 allow Fresno residents 21+ to cultivate up to six cannabis…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Significant RestrictionsAdults 21 and older in Los Angeles may cultivate up to six living cannabis plants per private residence under…
Read full rule →San Diego
Significant RestrictionsAdults 21 and older in San Diego may cultivate up to six living cannabis plants per private residence under California…
Read full rule →Stockton
Significant RestrictionsUnder California Proposition 64, Stockton residents 21 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants per residence for…
Read full rule →Anaheim
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Health and Safety Code 11362.2 lets Anaheim adults twenty-one or older cultivate up to six cannabis plants…
Read full rule →Berkeley
Some RestrictionsAdults 21 and over may grow up to six cannabis plants per residence in Berkeley under Proposition 64. Plants must be in…
Read full rule →Long Beach
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 lets adults 21 and older grow up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use. Long…
Read full rule →Los Angeles County
Some RestrictionsAdults 21 and older in unincorporated LA County may cultivate up to six living cannabis plants per private residence…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Some RestrictionsRiverside County permits up to six cannabis plants per residence indoors for personal use, mirroring state Proposition…
Read full rule →Sacramento
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Proposition 64 (2016) and Health and Safety Code 11362.2 allow adults 21+ to cultivate up to six cannabis…
Read full rule →San Bernardino County
Some RestrictionsAdults 21 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants per private residence in San Bernardino County, but…
Read full rule →San Jose
Some RestrictionsAdults 21 and older in San Jose may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use under California…
Read full rule →Santa Ana
Some RestrictionsAdults 21 and over in Santa Ana may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per private residence under California…
Read full rule →Twain Harte
Some RestrictionsProposition 64 caps personal cannabis cultivation at six plants per private residence in Twain Harte regardless of how…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Light RestrictionsProposition 64 lets Thousand Oaks adults cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors per residence. The city restricts…
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Social Equity Licensing
Programs that prioritize cannabis licensing for residents harmed by the war on drugs, including LA's Social Equity Program tiers and qualification rules.
Los Angeles
Some RestrictionsLos Angeles's cannabis Social Equity Program provides priority processing for retail cannabis licenses (Type 10) to…
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