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Cannabis Regulations in California (2026)

382 rules on the books across California, 191 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

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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 Restrictions

Health and Safety Code section 11362.2 grants every adult 21 or older the statewide right to cultivate up to six…

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Citrus Heights

Heavy Restrictions

Citrus Heights allows indoor personal cannabis cultivation of up to 6 plants per residence by adults 21+ as required by…

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El Cajon

Heavy Restrictions

El Cajon prohibits all outdoor cannabis cultivation. Indoor cultivation of up to six plants per residence is protected…

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Elk Grove

Heavy Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per private residence for personal use. Elk…

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Folsom

Heavy Restrictions

Adults 21+ in Folsom may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants indoors for personal use under California Proposition 64…

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Fontana

Heavy Restrictions

Fontana allows adults 21 and older to grow up to 6 cannabis plants indoors per residence under Proposition 64. Outdoor…

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Fremont

Heavy Restrictions

Adults 21 and over in Fremont may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use under Proposition…

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Fresno County

Heavy Restrictions

CA Prop 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 plants per residence for personal use. Fresno County requires indoor-only…

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Garden Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Garden Grove allows home cultivation of up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use under California…

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Lodi

Heavy Restrictions

Lodi permits indoor personal cannabis cultivation of up to six plants per residence for adults 21 and over, consistent…

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Los Angeles

Heavy Restrictions

Outdoor marijuana cultivation is prohibited citywide in Los Angeles regardless of zone or personal-use status. Indoor…

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Moreno Valley

Heavy Restrictions

Moreno Valley follows state law permitting up to six plants per residence for personal use but restricts cultivation to…

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Newport Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Newport Beach allows personal cannabis cultivation of up to six plants per residence for adults 21 and older under…

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Ontario

Heavy Restrictions

Ontario residents 21 and older may grow up to 6 cannabis plants indoors per residence under Proposition 64, but outdoor…

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Orange

Heavy Restrictions

The City of Orange prohibits all cannabis cultivation, including personal cultivation by qualified patients and primary…

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Palo Alto

Heavy Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ in Palo Alto to cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors per residence…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Heavy Restrictions

California Proposition 64 permits up to six cannabis plants per residence for adult personal use. Rancho Cucamonga…

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San Bernardino

Heavy Restrictions

San Bernardino adults 21+ may grow up to 6 cannabis plants indoors at their residence under Prop 64 (H and S Code…

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Santa Clara

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Clara adults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence under California Proposition 64. Outdoor…

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Santa Clarita

Heavy Restrictions

Up to 6 plants allowed indoors in a private residence or enclosed accessory structure. Outdoor cultivation prohibited…

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Truckee

Heavy Restrictions

California Health & Safety Code Section 11362.2 allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 plants per residence indoors…

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Tuolumne County

Heavy Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants for personal use. Tuolumne County bans all…

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Compton

Significant Restrictions

Under Prop 64, adults 21+ may grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household for personal use in Compton. Plants must be in…

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Downey

Significant Restrictions

Downey allows indoor personal cannabis cultivation only inside a fully enclosed, secure structure, capped at six…

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Glendale

Significant Restrictions

Glendale Municipal Code Sec. 9.10.020(B) bans marijuana cultivation citywide, but that ban cannot legally reach indoor…

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Inglewood

Significant Restrictions

Inglewood bans all outdoor cannabis growing citywide and caps indoor personal cultivation at six plants inside a…

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Norwalk

Significant Restrictions

Norwalk bans outdoor marijuana cultivation entirely, even at a private home, but Municipal Code Section 17.04.080(C)…

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Oceanside

Significant Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to six cannabis plants per household for personal…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

Pomona requires an indoor personal cultivation permit before growing any cannabis at home, caps plants at six per…

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San Jose

Significant Restrictions

Under California Proposition 64 and SJMC Chapter 6.88, adults 21+ may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per residence…

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San Mateo

Significant Restrictions

San Mateo adopted Ordinance 2017-4 adding Chapter 7.45 to prohibit outdoor cannabis cultivation within city limits…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

Anaheim prohibits outdoor cannabis cultivation under AMC 4.100.035. Indoor cultivation of up to six plants is permitted…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Adults 21 and older in Berkeley may cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors at a private residence under…

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Burbank

Some Restrictions

Indoor cultivation of up to 6 mature or 12 immature cannabis plants is permitted for personal medical use under state…

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Camarillo

Some Restrictions

Under California Proposition 64 (AUMA) and Health and Safety Code Section 11362.2, Camarillo residents age 21+ may grow…

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Escondido

Some Restrictions

CA H&S Code §11362.2 allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to six plants indoors per residence. Outdoor cultivation…

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Fillmore

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 (Health & Safety Code §11362.2) allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per…

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Florin

Some Restrictions

Sacramento County Code §6.88 prohibits outdoor cannabis cultivation in unincorporated areas, including Florin. Indoor…

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Fresno

Some Restrictions

Under California Proposition 64 and Health & Safety Code Section 11362.2, adults 21 and older may cultivate up to six…

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Galt

Some Restrictions

Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older in Galt to grow up to 6 cannabis plants for personal use. Galt requires…

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Hanford

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants at home. Hanford may have local…

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Hayward

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 lets adults 21 and older grow up to six cannabis plants per residence in Hayward, with…

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Irvine

Some Restrictions

Under California Proposition 64, adults 21 and older may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per household for personal…

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Isleton

Some Restrictions

Isleton residents 21 and older may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence under Proposition 64. Cities cannot…

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Lakewood

Some Restrictions

State law, not Lakewood's own code, sets the real limit on home cannabis growing: Health and Safety Code Section…

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Livermore

Some Restrictions

California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.2 lets any Livermore resident grow up to six living cannabis plants…

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Moorpark

Some Restrictions

Moorpark allows indoor cultivation of up to 6 cannabis plants per household as required by California state law (Prop…

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Ojai

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household. Ojai follows state law but…

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Orange County

Some Restrictions

Orange County Ordinance No. 17-011 (codified at OCCO §7-9-146.8 through §7-9-146.14) strictly regulates personal…

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Oxnard

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal…

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Palm Springs

Some Restrictions

California law allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use. Palm Springs permits…

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Pasadena

Some Restrictions

Under CA Prop 64, adults 21+ may grow up to 6 plants indoors for personal use. Pasadena's commercial cannabis ordinance…

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Port Hueneme

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 (AUMA) allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household for personal use. Port…

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Rancho Cordova

Some Restrictions

Adults 21 and older in Rancho Cordova may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence under California Proposition…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use…

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Roseville

Some Restrictions

Roseville allows personal cannabis cultivation per Prop 64. Up to 6 plants per residence for adults 21+. Indoor…

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San Diego

Some Restrictions

San Diego prohibits outdoor growing of personal cannabis. Adults 21+ may cultivate up to six plants indoors per…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

Under California Proposition 64 and San Francisco Police Code Article 16, adults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 cannabis…

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San Joaquin County

Some Restrictions

Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 plants per residence for personal use, statewide. In unincorporated…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

Adults 21+ in San Leandro may grow up to six cannabis plants under Prop 64 and Health and Safety Code 11362.2, subject…

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San Mateo County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated San Mateo County allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal…

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Sanger

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to grow up to six cannabis plants per household in Sanger. Plants…

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Santa Ana

Some Restrictions

Under California Proposition 64 and Health & Safety Code Section 11362.2, adults 21 and older may cultivate up to six…

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Santa Monica

Some Restrictions

Adults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per household under CA Prop 64. Plants must be in a secure, enclosed…

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Santa Paula

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household in Santa Paula. Plants must…

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Simi Valley

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per household for personal…

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Torrance

Some Restrictions

Personal cannabis cultivation is limited to indoor growing inside private residences or accessory structures. Medical…

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Twain Harte

Some Restrictions

Tuolumne County allows up to six cannabis plants per private residence under Proposition 64, with strict indoor-only or…

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Vallejo

Some Restrictions

Vallejo allows personal cannabis cultivation per Proposition 64. Up to 6 plants per residence for adults 21 and older…

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Visalia

Some Restrictions

Home cannabis cultivation in Visalia is limited to 6 plants per residence, must occur in a fully enclosed and secured…

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West Covina

Some Restrictions

State law lets West Covina residents 21 and older grow up to six cannabis plants indoors at home, but the city's own…

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Altadena

Light Restrictions

California Proposition 64 (Health & Safety Code 11362.1) allows adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants for…

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Long Beach

Light Restrictions

Adults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants per household for personal use under LBMC §5.92.520 and CA Prop 64…

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Sacramento County

Light Restrictions

Adults 21+ may grow up to 6 plants for personal use under Prop 64 and HSC 11362.2. Sacramento County requires indoor…

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Salinas

Light Restrictions

Salinas allows personal cannabis cultivation per Prop 64. Up to 6 plants per residence for adults 21+. Indoor…

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San Diego County

Light Restrictions

California Proposition 64 allows adults 21+ to grow up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use. Plants must…

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Sonora

Light Restrictions

Sonora permits personal cannabis cultivation of up to six plants per household consistent with California Proposition…

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Thousand Oaks

Light Restrictions

Thousand Oaks allows residents to grow up to six cannabis plants at home without a permit, but only inside a locked…

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Vista

Light Restrictions

Vista allows home cultivation of up to 6 cannabis plants per residence for personal use per California state law (Prop…

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Oakland

Few Restrictions

Cannabis home cultivation is legal in Oakland for adults 21+ under California Proposition 64. Up to 6 plants per…

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Ventura County

Few Restrictions

Adults 21+ in unincorporated Ventura County may grow up to 6 cannabis plants per household under Proposition 64 (CA HSC…

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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 Restrictions

California licenses cannabis retailers under MAUCRSA, but Business and Professions Code section 26200 preserves each…

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Alhambra

Heavy Restrictions

Alhambra prohibits commercial cannabis facilities, including retail dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing, and…

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Anaheim

Heavy Restrictions

Anaheim Municipal Code Title 18 prohibits all commercial cannabis activity citywide including retail, cultivation…

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Apple Valley

Heavy Restrictions

Apple Valley bans cannabis dispensaries, delivery services, cultivation and every other commercial marijuana business…

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Bakersfield

Heavy Restrictions

Bakersfield prohibits all commercial cannabis activity within city limits, including dispensaries, cultivation…

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Brentwood

Heavy Restrictions

Brentwood bans medicinal and non-medicinal cannabis dispensaries, cultivation facilities and delivery in every zoning…

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Buena Park

Heavy Restrictions

Buena Park prohibits all commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries and delivery, citywide in Orange County…

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Butte County

Heavy Restrictions

Butte County's Zoning Ordinance bans marijuana dispensaries outright. Section 24-166 states plainly that the use is…

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Camarillo

Heavy Restrictions

Camarillo bans every commercial cannabis facility in every zone in the city under Municipal Code Section 19.55.030. The…

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Carlsbad

Heavy Restrictions

Carlsbad bans all commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, citywide in every zone; no permit or license…

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Chino

Heavy Restrictions

Chino bans commercial cannabis businesses, cultivation, processing, delivery, and dispensaries, in every zoning…

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Chino Hills

Heavy Restrictions

Chino Hills has fully opted out of commercial cannabis: Municipal Code Section 16.92.020 prohibits any commercial…

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Citrus Heights

Heavy Restrictions

Citrus Heights bans all commercial cannabis businesses, including retail dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing…

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Clovis

Heavy Restrictions

Clovis bans cannabis dispensaries and nearly all commercial cannabis operations citywide under Municipal Code Section…

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Compton

Heavy Restrictions

Compton prohibits every form of commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in all zones and specific plan…

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Cupertino

Heavy Restrictions

Cupertino prohibits every commercial marijuana activity and all outdoor marijuana cultivation, commercial or personal…

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Downey

Heavy Restrictions

Downey bans commercial cannabis outright: no zone permits a dispensary, delivery service, or any other commercial…

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Dublin

Heavy Restrictions

Dublin, Alameda County, California prohibits every form of commercial marijuana business, both medical and nonmedical…

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Eastvale

Heavy Restrictions

Eastvale bans commercial cannabis businesses citywide except one narrow exception: a delivery-only medicinal retailer…

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El Cajon

Heavy Restrictions

El Cajon bars marijuana dispensaries from every zone in the city. Municipal Code Section 17.243.010 defines a…

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Elk Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Elk Grove prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries outright: EGMC Section 9.31.020 makes it unlawful to operate one…

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Escondido

Heavy Restrictions

Escondido bans every commercial and medical cannabis use in every zone in the city under Zoning Code Sec. 33-1117(b)…

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Fillmore

Heavy Restrictions

Fillmore prohibits commercial cannabis operations including dispensaries, cultivation facilities, and manufacturing…

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Fremont

Heavy Restrictions

Fremont prohibits marijuana activities, including dispensaries, in every zoning district and will not issue a use…

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Fresno County

Heavy Restrictions

Fresno County bans cannabis dispensaries outright. Chapter 10.60, adopted to preserve public peace and safety, declares…

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Fullerton

Heavy Restrictions

Fullerton bans every form of commercial cannabis activity within its borders. Fullerton Municipal Code section…

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Garden Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Garden Grove bans cannabis dispensaries, delivery businesses, and cultivation sites in every zoning district, planned…

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Glendale

Heavy Restrictions

Glendale prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries outright, along with cannabis cultivation, processing, delivery and…

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Glenn County

Heavy Restrictions

Glenn County bans commercial cannabis outright. Glenn County Code Section 15.797.020 prohibits, in every zoning…

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Hercules

Heavy Restrictions

Hercules prohibits every form of commercial and nonpersonal-use marijuana activity, including dispensaries, retail…

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Hesperia

Heavy Restrictions

Hesperia bans virtually all commercial cannabis activity, cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution, and…

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Huntington Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Huntington Beach bans marijuana dispensaries outright: Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Section 204.20 makes a…

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Inglewood

Heavy Restrictions

Inglewood bans commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in every zone citywide and issues no permit or…

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Irvine

Heavy Restrictions

Irvine prohibits every commercial cannabis activity, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, delivery origin or…

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Kern County

Heavy Restrictions

Kern County bans every commercial cannabis business, medicinal and recreational alike, in all zone districts of the…

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Kings County

Heavy Restrictions

Kings County bans all commercial cannabis activity, cultivation, processing, sale, distribution, and delivery, in every…

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Lake County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Lake County does not permit standalone cannabis dispensaries. Type 10 and 10A state dispensary licenses…

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Lake Forest

Heavy Restrictions

Lake Forest, California prohibits all commercial marijuana businesses citywide: cultivation, manufacturing…

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Lakewood

Heavy Restrictions

Lakewood bans every form of commercial cannabis activity citywide: cultivation, processing, testing, delivery…

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Livermore

Heavy Restrictions

Livermore prohibits all commercial cannabis storefronts and manufacturing; only state-licensed delivery may reach…

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Lodi

Heavy Restrictions

Lodi prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use commercial cannabis retail or wholesale establishments in…

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Los Banos

Heavy Restrictions

Los Banos prohibits every form of commercial marijuana activity, including dispensaries, delivery, processing and…

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Madera County

Heavy Restrictions

Madera County bans marijuana dispensaries, commercial cannabis operations, and marijuana deliveries throughout the…

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Marin County

Heavy Restrictions

Marin County caps licensed medicinal cannabis retail at four delivery-only licenses countywide and confines them to…

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Menifee

Heavy Restrictions

Menifee bans cannabis dispensaries and medical cannabis dispensaries everywhere in the city under Municipal Code §…

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Merced County

Heavy Restrictions

Merced County outlaws commercial cannabis activity in every zoning district of the unincorporated area, so no…

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Mission Viejo

Heavy Restrictions

Mission Viejo bans every commercial marijuana business, medical or recreational, anywhere within city limits under…

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Murrieta

Heavy Restrictions

Murrieta bans cannabis dispensaries, cultivation, processing and delivery citywide under Municipal Code § 16.44.250(B)…

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Newport Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Newport Beach bans all cannabis dispensaries, cultivation, processing and delivery citywide under Municipal Code…

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Norwalk

Heavy Restrictions

Norwalk prohibits commercial marijuana activity of any kind, medical or non-medical, for profit or not, in every zone…

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Ontario

Heavy Restrictions

Ontario prohibits every commercial cannabis business, including dispensaries, delivery services and cultivation…

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Orange

Heavy Restrictions

Orange bans commercial cannabis activity outright, so there is no zone where a dispensary, delivery service, or…

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Orange County

Heavy Restrictions

Orange County prohibits cannabis dispensaries, commercial cultivation, manufacturing, testing labs, and delivery…

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Palmdale

Heavy Restrictions

Palmdale has fully opted out of commercial cannabis: no dispensary, delivery service, cultivation site, or any other…

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Placer County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Placer County bans medicinal cannabis dispensaries outright: Section 8.10.080 makes it unlawful to…

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Pleasanton

Heavy Restrictions

Pleasanton allows no cannabis dispensary anywhere in the city. Municipal Code § 6.18.020 bans operating a medical…

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Rancho Cordova

Heavy Restrictions

Rancho Cordova's zoning code flatly bars cannabis dispensaries, and every other commercial marijuana use, from all…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Heavy Restrictions

Rancho Cucamonga bans commercial cannabis activity citywide under Municipal Code Section 8.52.020, meaning there is no…

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Redlands

Heavy Restrictions

Redlands Municipal Code Chapter 18.18 prohibits marijuana dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing, and delivery in…

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Rialto

Heavy Restrictions

Rialto prohibits every form of commercial marijuana activity, medical or recreational, in every zone in the city, and…

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Ridgecrest

Heavy Restrictions

Ridgecrest bans all commercial cannabis activity, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, dispensing, and retail…

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Rohnert Park

Heavy Restrictions

Rohnert Park bans commercial cannabis facilities in every zone and district in the city, an outright opt-out that…

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Roseville

Heavy Restrictions

Roseville bans marijuana dispensaries, processing facilities, and testing laboratories citywide. Municipal Code Section…

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Sacramento County

Heavy Restrictions

Sacramento County bans every commercial cannabis business, including dispensaries, in the unincorporated area. Zoning…

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San Benito County

Heavy Restrictions

Marijuana dispensaries are banned outright across unincorporated San Benito County: the use is prohibited in every…

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San Bernardino County

Heavy Restrictions

San Bernardino County bans commercial cannabis activity, including delivery, in every land use zoning district of the…

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San Clemente

Heavy Restrictions

San Clemente Municipal Code Section 17.28.035 prohibits cannabis dispensaries, delivery services, and every other…

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San Diego County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated San Diego County bans new medical and non-medical cannabis facilities under Zoning Ordinance section…

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San Marcos

Heavy Restrictions

San Marcos prohibits every form of commercial cannabis activity in every zone citywide under Municipal Code Section…

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San Mateo County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated San Mateo County bars almost every kind of cannabis business outright. County Code Section 5.148.050…

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San Rafael

Heavy Restrictions

San Rafael prohibits cannabis dispensaries, cultivation and processing anywhere in the city. The only commercial…

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San Ramon

Heavy Restrictions

San Ramon prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries everywhere in the city under Municipal Code B10-2. No zoning…

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Santa Clarita

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Clarita bans commercial cannabis businesses citywide. Municipal Code Sec. 17.51.005(A)(1) prohibits establishing…

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Santa Maria

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Maria prohibits marijuana dispensaries anywhere in the city. Section 6-12.03 bars any person from operating or…

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Shasta County

Heavy Restrictions

There is no zone where a cannabis dispensary can locate in unincorporated Shasta County. Section 17.88.325(D) bans all…

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Solano County

Heavy Restrictions

Solano County's zoning ordinance prohibits commercial cannabis activities in every zoning district in the…

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South Gate

Heavy Restrictions

South Gate's zoning code prohibits marijuana dispensaries, cultivation, processing, and delivery operations everywhere…

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Tehama County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Tehama County, California has opted out of commercial cannabis retail entirely: marijuana dispensaries…

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Temecula

Heavy Restrictions

Temecula bans commercial marijuana activity, including dispensaries, in every zoning district, specific plan area…

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Upland

Heavy Restrictions

Upland prohibits all marijuana-related uses and activities within city limits under Municipal Code Chapter 9.48…

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Victorville

Heavy Restrictions

Victorville prohibits commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in every zone, specific plan area, and…

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West Covina

Heavy Restrictions

West Covina prohibits every commercial cannabis use citywide under Municipal Code Sec. 26-113. No dispensary, delivery…

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Westminster

Heavy Restrictions

Westminster prohibits every form of commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in all zoning districts and…

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Whittier

Heavy Restrictions

Whittier prohibits commercial cannabis activity, including dispensaries, in every zoning district citywide. Section…

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Yuba City

Heavy Restrictions

Yuba City has opted out of commercial cannabis entirely: dispensaries, delivery, distribution, manufacturing, testing…

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Yuba County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Yuba County bans every kind of commercial cannabis business. County Code § 7.41.300 prohibits 'all…

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Alameda

Significant Restrictions

Alameda allows commercial cannabis retail, cultivation and manufacturing only in specific zoning districts and only…

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Alameda County

Significant Restrictions

Cannabis retailers, cultivators and combined operations may locate only in the county's A (Agricultural) zoning…

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Antioch

Significant Restrictions

Antioch has not opted out of commercial cannabis, but it confines every cannabis business to its Cannabis Business (CB)…

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Baldwin Park

Significant Restrictions

Baldwin Park has opted in to cannabis retail but confines it to Industrial and Industrial-Commercial zoned property…

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Bellflower

Significant Restrictions

Bellflower allows cannabis businesses only in C-G General Commercial and M-1 Light Industrial zones, with a Conditional…

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Berkeley

Significant Restrictions

Berkeley has not opted out of cannabis retail: storefront retailers are allowed with a Zoning Certificate in Commercial…

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Calaveras County

Significant Restrictions

Calaveras County bans cannabis retailers everywhere except the CP Professional Office zone, and even there a retailer…

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Carson

Significant Restrictions

Carson caps commercial cannabis operations at four permitted centers citywide, allowing only indoor or mixed-light…

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Ceres

Significant Restrictions

Ceres allows commercial cannabis businesses only through a City Council-approved development agreement plus a cannabis…

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Chico

Significant Restrictions

Chico is not a cannabis-free city: retail, manufacturing, distribution, and testing businesses can operate in approved…

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Contra Costa County

Significant Restrictions

Contra Costa County does not ban cannabis businesses outright, but it confines them tightly: every commercial cannabis…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

Corona permits storefront and non-storefront cannabis retailers, manufacturing, distribution, testing labs and…

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Costa Mesa

Significant Restrictions

Costa Mesa bans cannabis manufacturing, distribution, testing and research citywide except in a narrow 'Green Zone' of…

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Davis

Significant Restrictions

Davis bans cannabis retailers from every residential zoning district and caps storefront retailers citywide at five for…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

El Dorado County allows storefront cannabis retail, but only in Community Commercial, Regional Commercial, General…

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El Monte

Significant Restrictions

El Monte permits cannabis retailers, testing labs, cultivation, manufacturing and distribution under Chapter 5.18, but…

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Fairfield

Significant Restrictions

Fairfield permits licensed cannabis retail, manufacturing and testing labs, but only in specific industrial and…

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Fontana

Significant Restrictions

Fontana confines commercial cannabis retail and delivery to a specific list of zones under Sec. 33-28: the C-1 and C-2…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

Fresno confines cannabis retail to ten commercial and mixed-use zones under FMC 15-2739(B): DTN, DTG, CMS, CC, CR, CG…

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Hanford

Significant Restrictions

Storefront cannabis dispensaries in Hanford, California are allowed only as a conditional use in the MX-D zone and must…

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Hawthorne

Significant Restrictions

Hawthorne has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Retail cannabis, with or without a consumption lounge, is allowed…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Cannabis retail sales in Hemet are confined to the C-2 general commercial zone, and City Code § 18-525(b) adds two more…

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Indio

Significant Restrictions

Indio confines cannabis retailers to Mixed-Use and Regional Commercial zones, plus qualifying Specific Plan areas, with…

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Lancaster

Significant Restrictions

Lancaster confines every licensed cannabis facility to light industrial (LI) or heavy industrial (HI) zoned parcels, or…

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Los Angeles

Significant Restrictions

Los Angeles requires a separate city license from the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) for each type of…

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Los Angeles County

Significant Restrictions

Medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated LA County require a county business license, a conditional use permit…

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Madera

Significant Restrictions

Madera allows permitted cannabis businesses but keeps them at least 600 feet from schools, licensed daycares and youth…

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Manteca

Significant Restrictions

Manteca permits cannabis retail through a competitive, capped permitting process, but every retailer needs a…

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Mendocino County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Mendocino County has not opted out of cannabis retail: Section 20.243.060 allows retail and dispensary…

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Merced

Significant Restrictions

Merced caps the number of cannabis dispensaries citywide at five, requires a commercial cannabis business permit, and…

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Modesto

Significant Restrictions

Modesto limits cannabis dispensaries and other commercial cannabis uses to a Commercial Cannabis Permit in the C-2…

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Monterey

Significant Restrictions

Monterey confines storefront cannabis retail to four named overlay zones, CB1 through CB4, capped at one storefront…

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Monterey County

Significant Restrictions

In the unincorporated inland area, Monterey County confines cannabis retailers to Light Commercial, Heavy Commercial…

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Moreno Valley

Significant Restrictions

Moreno Valley permits a limited number of licensed commercial cannabis businesses (retail, manufacturing, distribution…

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Mountain View

Significant Restrictions

Mountain View has not opted out of cannabis retail, but it caps it hard: only nonstorefront retail cannabis businesses…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Oxnard caps licensed cannabis retailers at 16 citywide and confines them to specific commercial zones: C-1, C-1-PD…

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Pacifica

Significant Restrictions

Cannabis retail operations in the City of Pacifica may open only inside one of five Cannabis Operation Overlay…

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Palm Springs

Significant Restrictions

Palm Springs allows licensed cannabis dispensaries only in zoning districts that specifically list the use, and Zoning…

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Pasadena

Significant Restrictions

Pasadena allows commercial cannabis retail but tightly rations it: Municipal Code Section 17.50.066(D) caps the city at…

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Perris

Significant Restrictions

Perris, California confines licensed cannabis manufacturing to two named subareas of its Light Industrial and General…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma bans cannabis dispensaries outright except for the narrow carve-outs the city itself created: Petaluma…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

Pomona does not ban cannabis outright: commercial cannabis businesses may open only inside the city's four Commercial…

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Redding

Significant Restrictions

Redding has not opted out of commercial cannabis: retail sales are legal citywide under a city license, but Municipal…

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Redondo Beach

Significant Restrictions

Redondo Beach caps storefront cannabis retail at two permitted sites citywide, limits them to commercial and industrial…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City bans all commercial cannabis activity except specific licensed uses in industrial and select commercial…

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Riverside

Significant Restrictions

Every cannabis business in Riverside must meet the City's zoning and building standards under RMC § 5.77.320(A), and…

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Riverside County

Significant Restrictions

Riverside County bars unincorporated-area cannabis retailers within 1,000 feet of schools, day cares, parks and youth…

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Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

Sacramento has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Chapter 5.150 and Title 17 Article IX affirmatively license…

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Salinas

Significant Restrictions

Salinas caps dispensaries at five citywide and bars them within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, churches, daycares…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

San Diego allows cannabis production facilities, cultivation, processing, and wholesale sites, only with a Conditional…

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San Francisco

Significant Restrictions

San Francisco writes its cannabis location rules into Planning Code Sec. 202.2(a)(5). A new Cannabis Retail use must…

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San Joaquin County

Significant Restrictions

San Joaquin County allows licensed commercial cannabis businesses only with an approved Use Permit or in a Cannabis…

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San Jose

Significant Restrictions

San Jose allows licensed cannabis businesses but every one needs a Zoning Code Verification Certificate confirming the…

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San Luis Obispo County

Significant Restrictions

San Luis Obispo County allows only non-storefront cannabis dispensaries, and only in the Agriculture, Commercial…

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Sanger

Significant Restrictions

Sanger prohibits all commercial cannabis operations within city limits including dispensaries, cultivation, and…

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Santa Ana

Significant Restrictions

Santa Ana bans commercial cannabis activity in every zoning district by default, then carves out an exception under…

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Santa Barbara County

Significant Restrictions

Santa Barbara County confines licensed cannabis retail to a short list of commercial zones under LUDC Section…

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Santa Cruz

Significant Restrictions

Santa Cruz IZO §24.12.1320(5) allows cannabis retail sales in Community Commercial (C-C), Thoroughfare Commercial…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County closed cannabis retail licensing to new applicants on November 30, 2016, per SCCC §…

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Santa Monica

Significant Restrictions

Santa Monica requires a cannabis retailer permit and City business license before operating any retail cannabis…

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Santa Rosa

Significant Restrictions

Santa Rosa has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Retail, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, microbusiness…

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Sonoma

Significant Restrictions

The City of Sonoma caps commercial cannabis permits at two dispensary/retailer businesses, one non-storefront retailer…

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Sonoma County

Significant Restrictions

Commercial cannabis in unincorporated Sonoma County is zone-gated under Sec. 26-88-250: activities need a Zoning, Minor…

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Stanislaus County

Significant Restrictions

A storefront cannabis retailer, the closest thing to a walk-in dispensary, may operate in unincorporated Stanislaus…

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Stockton

Significant Restrictions

Stockton caps storefront cannabis retailers at 14 citywide and confines them to commercial and industrial zones through…

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Sunnyvale

Significant Restrictions

Sunnyvale prohibits all commercial cannabis retail activity including dispensaries, delivery-only businesses…

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Thousand Oaks

Significant Restrictions

Thousand Oaks caps commercial cannabis at two Cannabis Retailer permits and two Cannabis Testing Laboratory permits…

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Tracy

Significant Restrictions

Tracy allows cannabis retail only as a conditional use in specific commercial zones, and caps storefront dispensary…

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Truckee

Significant Restrictions

Truckee prohibits storefront cannabis dispensaries. Only licensed cannabis delivery services are allowed under…

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Tulare County

Significant Restrictions

Tulare County bans commercial cannabis activity across the unincorporated area except for licensed operators who meet…

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Turlock

Significant Restrictions

Turlock has not opted out of commercial cannabis; businesses can locate citywide in eligible districts, but the…

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Union City

Significant Restrictions

Commercial cannabis uses are banned in every Union City zoning district except the specific industrial and commercial…

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Vallejo

Significant Restrictions

Vallejo allows retail cannabis sales only in the NMX, CC, NC, RC, IL, and IG zoning districts, and only with an…

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Ventura

Significant Restrictions

The City of Ventura allows licensed cannabis businesses only in zoning districts that already permit the underlying use…

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Ventura County

Significant Restrictions

Commercial cannabis activity in unincorporated Ventura County is confined to just three zoning districts, AE, M2 and…

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Visalia

Significant Restrictions

Visalia only permits delivery-only medical marijuana retail businesses: no storefront dispensaries are allowed. These…

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Vista

Significant Restrictions

Vista 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…

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West Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

West Sacramento has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Storefront retail is confined to designated Storefront Retail…

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Yolo County

Significant Restrictions

Storefront cannabis retail in unincorporated Yolo County is confined to Commercial (C-G, C-H) and Industrial (I-L, I-H)…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

Chula Vista has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Chapter 5.19 CVMC authorizes a capped number of City Licenses…

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Folsom

Some Restrictions

Folsom prohibits all commercial cannabis activity within city limits, including retail dispensaries, cultivation…

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Galt

Some Restrictions

Galt prohibits all commercial cannabis business activities including dispensaries, delivery, manufacturing, testing…

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Hayward

Some Restrictions

Hayward permits licensed adult-use and medicinal cannabis retailers in designated commercial and industrial zones with…

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Imperial County

Some Restrictions

Imperial County zones cannabis retail, licensed as 'Retail with Delivery', into specific commercial and industrial…

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Isleton

Some Restrictions

Isleton as a small rural city has not authorized commercial cannabis retail dispensaries. State-licensed delivery…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Long Beach zones cannabis businesses in rather than opting out: LBMC Table 32-1 under Chapter 21.32 lists Adult-Use…

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Moorpark

Some Restrictions

Moorpark prohibits all commercial cannabis activity citywide, including retail dispensaries, cultivation…

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San Bernardino

Some Restrictions

San Bernardino has not opted out of commercial cannabis. Businesses may operate only on property zoned CG, CG-2, CG-3…

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San Leandro

Some Restrictions

San Leandro permits a limited number of cannabis dispensaries under a city license program, with strict zoning buffers…

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Simi Valley

Some Restrictions

Simi Valley prohibits commercial cannabis businesses including dispensaries, cultivation facilities, manufacturing, and…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

Vacaville confines cannabis retail storefronts to the CG General Commercial district and restricts distribution…

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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.

Buffer Zones

Required minimum distances between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses (schools, parks, day-cares), and between cannabis retailers themselves.

Hercules

Heavy Restrictions

Hercules Municipal Code Section 4-18.03(f)(3) makes it unlawful to smoke marijuana within 1,000 feet of any school, day…

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San Marcos

Heavy Restrictions

San Marcos Municipal Code Section 5.54.030(h)(6) bars smoking, vaping, ingesting or possessing cannabis in public…

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Sonoma

Heavy Restrictions

Outdoor personal cannabis cultivation in the City of Sonoma may not occur within 600 feet of any school, church, park…

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Thousand Oaks

Heavy Restrictions

A licensed cannabis retailer or testing lab in Thousand Oaks must sit at least 600 feet from any residentially used…

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Alhambra

Significant Restrictions

Alhambra bars a conditional use permit for its one allowed cannabis business, a medicinal delivery-only retailer, on…

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Antioch

Significant Restrictions

Antioch's cannabis overlay ordinance sets fixed buffers between cannabis retail and any "sensitive use," a defined term…

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Bellflower

Significant Restrictions

Bellflower bars cannabis business permits within 600 feet of schools, 300 feet of parks, daycares, youth centers, and…

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Calaveras County

Significant Restrictions

Licensed cannabis retailers in unincorporated Calaveras County must sit at least 1,000 feet from any park, K-12 school…

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Carlsbad

Significant Restrictions

Carlsbad requires licensed medicinal cannabis delivery service businesses, the only cannabis business the city allows…

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Contra Costa County

Significant Restrictions

Every commercial cannabis business in unincorporated Contra Costa County must stay at least one thousand feet from any…

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Corona

Significant Restrictions

Corona bars storefront cannabis retailers from locating within 1,000 feet of schools, day care centers, parks or…

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Costa Mesa

Significant Restrictions

A Costa Mesa cannabis retail storefront cannot sit within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school, playground, child daycare…

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El Dorado County

Significant Restrictions

Outdoor and mixed-light commercial cannabis cultivation in unincorporated El Dorado County must sit at least 1,500 feet…

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El Monte

Significant Restrictions

Every cannabis business type in El Monte, retail, testing, cultivation, manufacturing and distribution alike, must sit…

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Fontana

Significant Restrictions

No commercial cannabis business in Fontana can locate within 600 feet of a school, day care center, park, youth or…

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Hawthorne

Significant Restrictions

Hawthorne caps cannabis retailers at six per business type and keeps them away from sensitive uses under Municipal Code…

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Hayward

Significant Restrictions

Hayward keeps commercial cannabis retail dispensaries at least 500 feet apart to prevent overconcentration and layers…

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Hemet

Significant Restrictions

Hemet requires cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and testing operations to sit at least 1,000 feet…

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Hesperia

Significant Restrictions

Hesperia's lone licensed cannabis use, a medical delivery dispensary, must sit at least 600 feet from any residential…

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Imperial County

Significant Restrictions

Commercial cannabis activity in unincorporated Imperial County must stay 600 feet from schools and day cares and 25…

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Irvine

Significant Restrictions

Irvine bans nearly all commercial cannabis activity, but a licensed cannabis testing laboratory may operate if sited at…

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Kern County

Significant Restrictions

Kern County bans smoking or otherwise using cannabis products within 1,000 feet of any school, day care center, or…

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Lancaster

Significant Restrictions

Lancaster confines licensed cannabis facilities to LI or HI industrial zones and bars them within 600 feet of a…

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Madera

Significant Restrictions

Madera requires every licensed cannabis business to sit at least 600 feet from schools, licensed daycare centers, youth…

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Manteca

Significant Restrictions

Manteca cannabis retailers must sit at least 600 feet from schools, daycares, youth centers, rehab centers, shelters…

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Marin County

Significant Restrictions

Marin County limits medicinal cannabis delivery-only retailers to five specific zoning districts and keeps them 600…

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Mendocino County

Significant Restrictions

Mendocino County bans outdoor and mixed-light cannabis cultivation within 1,000 feet of any school, park, or…

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Merced

Significant Restrictions

Merced bars cannabis dispensaries within 1,000 feet of any school and within 600 feet of a day care center, youth…

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Modesto

Significant Restrictions

Modesto bars every commercial cannabis use, from cultivation to dispensary, from locating within 600 feet of a school…

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Monterey County

Significant Restrictions

Monterey County keeps cannabis retailers and cultivation sites at least 600 feet from any K-12 school, child care…

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Moreno Valley

Significant Restrictions

Moreno Valley bars every licensed cannabis business, dispensary, cultivator, manufacturer, tester, distributor and…

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Oxnard

Significant Restrictions

Oxnard bars every commercial cannabis business, from cultivation sites to retail dispensaries, from locating within 600…

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Palm Springs

Significant Restrictions

Palm Springs Municipal Code § 93.23.15(C) sets fixed separation distances for cannabis facilities: 500 feet between…

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Pasadena

Significant Restrictions

Pasadena's cannabis ordinance keeps retailers and cultivation sites hundreds of feet from homes, schools, and each…

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Perris

Significant Restrictions

A commercial cannabis manufacturing operation in Perris cannot locate within 600 feet of a school, park, place of…

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Petaluma

Significant Restrictions

Petaluma allows cannabis retail sale and delivery as a permitted use in the C1, C2, Business Park and Industrial zones…

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Pomona

Significant Restrictions

Pomona bars a commercial cannabis permit for any site within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school, day care center, or youth and…

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Rancho Cucamonga

Significant Restrictions

Non-storefront medical cannabis delivery businesses must sit at least 600 feet from a school or daycare, 1,000 feet…

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Redding

Significant Restrictions

Redding bars cannabis businesses from locating within six hundred feet of a K-12 school, public park, public library…

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Redondo Beach

Significant Restrictions

Redondo Beach caps storefront cannabis retailers at two citywide and sets fixed buffer distances under Municipal Code…

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Redwood City

Significant Restrictions

Redwood City keeps every commercial cannabis use at least 600 feet from schools, licensed child care facilities, public…

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Salinas

Significant Restrictions

Salinas bars commercial cannabis businesses from operating within one thousand feet of any school, college, park…

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San Benito County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated San Benito County requires cannabis businesses to sit at least 30 feet from parcel lines, 600 feet from…

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San Joaquin County

Significant Restrictions

San Joaquin County requires licensed cannabis businesses to sit at least 600 feet from any school, daycare, or youth…

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San Leandro

Significant Restrictions

A San Leandro cannabis dispensary must sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, libraries, youth centers, parks, religious…

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San Luis Obispo County

Significant Restrictions

Cannabis dispensaries in unincorporated San Luis Obispo County must clear a 600-foot buffer from schools, parks and…

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San Mateo County

Significant Restrictions

Licensed cannabis cultivation sites in unincorporated San Mateo County must sit at least 600 feet from schools, day…

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Santa Ana

Significant Restrictions

Santa Ana bars a commercial cannabis retail business from operating within 500 feet of another retail cannabis…

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Santa Cruz County

Significant Restrictions

SCCC § 7.130.110(E) keeps a licensed cannabis retail business at least 600 feet from a school, another cannabis…

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Shasta County

Significant Restrictions

Shasta County bans outdoor cannabis cultivation everywhere and requires that any legal indoor grow stay invisible and…

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Stanislaus County

Significant Restrictions

Commercial cannabis activities in unincorporated Stanislaus County cannot locate within six hundred feet of any day…

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Tehama County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, growing marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, park, church, or child…

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Tracy

Significant Restrictions

Commercial cannabis businesses in Tracy must sit at least 600 feet from another storefront dispensary and from any…

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Ventura

Significant Restrictions

In the City of Ventura, a cannabis business cannot locate inside a 'sensitive use buffer zone' that the city council…

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Ventura County

Significant Restrictions

Unincorporated Ventura County keeps commercial cannabis premises at least 1,200 feet from schools, day care centers…

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West Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

West Sacramento bars any cannabis business from locating within 250 feet of a sensitive land use such as a school, day…

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Yolo County

Significant Restrictions

New or relocating Yolo County cannabis operations must sit at least 1,000 feet from public parks and from public or…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

California requires a 600-foot buffer between any cannabis retailer and schools, daycares, and youth centers, but…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

California requires any licensed cannabis premises to sit at least 600 feet from schools, daycares, and youth centers…

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Baldwin Park

Some Restrictions

Baldwin Park bars cannabis retailers from locating within 600 feet of a school, day care, or youth center, or within 50…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Berkeley dispensaries must sit at least 600 feet from K-12 schools, day care centers, and youth centers under…

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Chico

Some Restrictions

Chico requires most commercial cannabis businesses, testing labs, manufacturers, distributors, and delivery-only…

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Chula Vista

Some Restrictions

Chula Vista's licensed cannabis Storefront Retailers must clear specific separation distances from sensitive uses…

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Davis

Some Restrictions

Davis requires cannabis retailers to stay at least 600 feet from any public park or K-12 school, measured property line…

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Elk Grove

Some Restrictions

Elk Grove bars smoking cannabis within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, or youth center whenever children are…

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Fairfield

Some Restrictions

Fairfield bars every commercial cannabis business, whether retail, manufacturing or testing, from operating within 600…

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Fresno

Some Restrictions

Fresno requires commercial cannabis retailers to maintain at least 800-foot buffers from schools, daycare centers…

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Hanford

Some Restrictions

Hanford, California measures its 200- and 600-foot cannabis buffers as a straight line between property lines, ignoring…

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Indio

Some Restrictions

Indio requires cannabis retailers to locate at least 600 feet from sensitive uses like schools and daycares, and 250…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Lake County bans outdoor, non-greenhouse cannabis cultivation within 1,000 feet of any K-12 school, a…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

Long Beach prohibits cannabis retail, manufacturing, and cultivation businesses from operating within 600 feet of K-12…

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Los Angeles

Some Restrictions

Los Angeles enforces strict distance buffers between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses: 700 feet from schools, 600…

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Madera County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Madera County, a personal marijuana cultivation area cannot sit within 1,000 feet of an institutional…

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Monterey

Some Restrictions

Monterey bars a new cannabis business from locating within 600 feet, measured property line to property line, of a…

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Moorpark

Some Restrictions

California requires a 600-foot buffer between licensed cannabis businesses and schools, daycares, and youth centers…

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Oceanside

Some Restrictions

Oceanside's Zoning Ordinance keeps cannabis storefront retailers at least 1,000 feet from any middle or high school and…

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Pacifica

Some Restrictions

Pacifica keeps every licensed cannabis operation, retail, manufacturing or testing, at least 600 feet from any school…

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Placer County

Some Restrictions

Outdoor personal cannabis cultivation in unincorporated Placer County must sit at least 600 feet from any school…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Riverside Title 19 zoning requires licensed commercial cannabis facilities to maintain minimum separation distances…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Riverside County requires cannabis retail and cultivation sites to be set back from schools, daycares, youth centers…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

Sacramento requires cannabis dispensaries and many other cannabis businesses to maintain a 600-foot buffer from K-12…

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San Bernardino

Some Restrictions

Cannabis businesses must sit at least 600 feet from any residentially zoned parcel and at least 600 feet from any K-12…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

California Business and Professions Code 26054 requires licensed cannabis businesses to sit at least 600 feet from…

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San Diego

Some Restrictions

SDMC §141.0614 requires 1,000 feet between any Marijuana Outlet and a school, public park, library, child-care center…

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San Francisco

Some Restrictions

Police Code Article 16 and Planning Code Section 202.2 require cannabis retailers to maintain at least 600 feet from…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

San Jose enforces a 1,000-foot buffer between cannabis dispensaries (medical marijuana collectives) and schools, parks…

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Santa Barbara County

Some Restrictions

Santa Barbara County keeps every licensed cannabis activity, including retail, cultivation, and manufacturing, at least…

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Santa Monica

Some Restrictions

Commercial cannabis uses in Santa Monica must be located at least 600 feet from schools, youth centers, and licensed…

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Santa Rosa

Some Restrictions

Santa Rosa keeps cannabis retail spread out with two 600-foot buffers set by City Code Section 20-46.080(D). No…

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Sonoma County

Some Restrictions

Outdoor cannabis cultivation must sit at least 1,000 feet from any K-12 school, public park, childcare center, or drug…

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Stockton

Some Restrictions

Stockton requires licensed cannabis businesses to maintain minimum distance buffers from schools, daycare centers…

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Turlock

Some Restrictions

Turlock bars cannabis businesses from locating within 600 feet of any school, licensed day care center, or youth…

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Twain Harte

Some Restrictions

Tuolumne County requires cannabis businesses to sit at least 600 feet from schools, daycares, and youth centers, plus…

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Union City

Some Restrictions

Cannabis dispensaries and cultivation sites in Union City must stay 100 feet from schools, child care, parks…

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Vacaville

Some Restrictions

Vacaville cannabis businesses, retail and non-retail alike, must sit at least 600 feet from any parcel with a K-12…

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Vallejo

Some Restrictions

Vallejo bars every cannabis cultivation, distribution, manufacturing, testing, and retail use from locating within 600…

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Vista

Some Restrictions

Vista bars every medical and adult-use cannabis business from locating within 600 feet of a pre-existing public or…

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Cannabis Delivery Rules

Rules governing cannabis delivery, whether home delivery is permitted, vehicle requirements, and how cities can regulate or ban delivery services.

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 Restrictions

Adults 21 and over in Bakersfield may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per private residence under Proposition 64…

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Moorpark

Heavy Restrictions

Moorpark residents 21 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants indoors per private residence. Outdoor cultivation…

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Fresno

Significant Restrictions

California Proposition 64 and Health & Safety Code §11362.2 allow Fresno residents 21+ to cultivate up to six cannabis…

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Los Angeles

Significant Restrictions

Adults 21 and older in Los Angeles may cultivate up to six living cannabis plants per private residence under…

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San Diego

Significant Restrictions

Adults 21 and older in San Diego may cultivate up to six living cannabis plants per private residence under California…

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Stockton

Significant Restrictions

Under California Proposition 64, Stockton residents 21 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants per residence for…

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Anaheim

Some Restrictions

California Health and Safety Code 11362.2 lets Anaheim adults twenty-one or older cultivate up to six cannabis plants…

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Berkeley

Some Restrictions

Adults 21 and over may grow up to six cannabis plants per residence in Berkeley under Proposition 64. Plants must be in…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 lets adults 21 and older grow up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use. Long…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

Adults 21 and older in unincorporated LA County may cultivate up to six living cannabis plants per private residence…

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Riverside County

Some Restrictions

Riverside County permits up to six cannabis plants per residence indoors for personal use, mirroring state Proposition…

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Sacramento

Some Restrictions

California Proposition 64 (2016) and Health and Safety Code 11362.2 allow adults 21+ to cultivate up to six cannabis…

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San Bernardino County

Some Restrictions

Adults 21 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants per private residence in San Bernardino County, but…

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San Jose

Some Restrictions

Adults 21 and older in San Jose may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use under California…

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Santa Ana

Some Restrictions

Adults 21 and over in Santa Ana may cultivate up to six cannabis plants per private residence under California…

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Twain Harte

Some Restrictions

Proposition 64 caps personal cannabis cultivation at six plants per private residence in Twain Harte regardless of how…

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Thousand Oaks

Light Restrictions

Proposition 64 lets Thousand Oaks adults cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors per residence. The city restricts…

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