California

Municipal Optouts Topstory4 California
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About the Data: California cities and counties can prohibit cannabis businesses.

  • 60% (324 out of 539) of the state’s municipalities prohibit retail cannabis sales.
  • 56% (300 out of 539) do not allow any type of cannabis business.

Data Source: California Department of Cannabis Control (updated December 2023)

About California’s Adult-Use Cannabis Program: California became the sixth state to legalize adult-use cannabis when voters passed Proposition 64 in the Nov. 8, 2016, election. Adult-use sales launched Jan. 1, 2018.