California City and County Listing of Illegal Store Front Ordinances

The following is a status of California cities and counties that have established ordinances – for or against – medical marijuana dispensaries.

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Cities with Moratoria
(63)
Cities With Bans
(139)
  1. Adelanto
  2. Alameda
  3. American Canyon
  4. Anderson*
  5. Arcata
  6. Atascadero
  7. Barstow
  8. Baldwin Park
  9. Benicia
  10. Brea
  11. Buena Park
  12. Calimesa
  13. Camarillo
  14. Carpinteria
  15. Carson
  16. Chula Vista
  17. Coachella
  18. Colfax*
  19. Colton
  20. Galt
  21. Grass Valley
  22. Guadalupe
  23. Hemet
  24. Highland
  25. Imperial Beach
  26. La Habra
  27. Lake Elsinore
  28. Loma Linda
  29. Los Gatos
  30. Marin City
  31. Menifee
  32. Mill Valley
  33. Moreno Valley
  34. Morrow Bay
  35. Morgan Hill
  36. National City
  37. Needles
  38. Nevada City
  39. Oceanside
  40. Orange
  41. Orinda
  42. Perris
  43. Porterville
  44. Rancho Cordova
  45. Rancho Cucamonga
  46. Rialto
  47. Rosemead
  48. Sacramento
  49. Salinas
  50. San Dimas
  51. San Bruno
  52. Selma
  53. Southgate
  54. Tehachapi
  55. Temple City
  56. Vacaville
  57. Ventura
  58. Victorville
  59. Walnut Creek
  60. Watsonville
  61. West Sacramento
  62. Westlake
  63. Yucca Valley*
  1. Anaheim
  2. Antioch
  3. Apple Valley
  4. Arroyo Grande
  5. Atascadero
  6. Auburn
  7. Azusa
  8. Brentwood
  9. Beaumont
  10. Big Bear Lake
  11. Buellton
  12. Buena Park
  13. Carlsbad **
  14. Cathedral City
  15. Ceres
  16. Chino
  17. Claremont
  18. Clearlake
  19. Cloverdale
  20. Clovis
  21. Colma
  22. Concord
  23. Corona
  24. Costa Mesa
  25. Covina **
  26. Cypress
  27. Davis
  28. Desert Hot Springs
  29. Dublin
  30. El Cajon **
  31. El Cerrito
  32. Emeryville
  33. Encinitas **
  34. Escondido
  35. Fairfield
  36. Folsom
  37. Fontana
  38. Fortuna
  39. Fremont
  40. Fresno
  41. Fullerton
  42. Garden Grove
  43. Gardena
  44. Gilroy
  45. Glendale
  46. Goleta
  47. Grand Terrace
  48. Grover Beach
  49. Hawthorne
  50. Healdsburg
  51. Hercules
  52. Hermosa Beach
  53. Hesperia
  54. Huntington Beach
  55. Indian Wells
  56. Indio
  57. Inglewood
  58. Laguna Hills
  59. La Mirada
  60. La Palma
  61. La Quinta
  62. Lake Elsinore
  63. Lake Forest
  64. La Mesa
  65. Lawndale
  66. Lemon Grove
  67. Livermore
  68. Lincoln
  69. Lompoc
  70. Los Gatos
  1. Los Banos
  2. Manhattan Beach
  3. Marina
  4. Merced
  5. Mission Viejo
  6. Modesto
  7. Montclair
  8. Monterey Park
  9. Moorpark
  10. Murrieta
  11. Newark
  12. Norco
  13. North County
  14. Oakdale
  15. Oakley
  16. Ontario
  17. Palm Desert
  18. Palos Verdes Estates*
  19. Pasadena
  20. Paso Robles
  21. Patterson
  22. Petaluma
  23. Pico Rivera
  24. Pinole
  25. Pismo Beach
  26. Pittsburgh
  27. Placentia
  28. Placer
  29. Pleasant Hill
  30. Pleasanton
  31. Redlands
  32. Redondo Beach
  33. Ridgecrest
  34. Riverbank
  35. Riverside
  36. Rocklin
  37. Rohnert Park
  38. Roseville
  39. San Bernardino
  40. San Jacinto
  41. San Juan Capistrano
  42. San Leandro
  43. San Luis Obispo
  44. San Marcos
  45. San Pablo
  46. San Rafael
  47. Santa Ana
  48. Santa Maria
  49. Santee **
  50. Seal Beach
  51. Seaside
  52. Simi Valley
  53. Solvang
  54. Sonoma
  55. South San Francisco
  56. Susanville
  57. Temecula
  58. Torrance
  59. Turlock
  60. Tustin
  61. Ukiah
  62. Union City
  63. Upland
  64. Victorville
  65. Vista
  66. Willits
  67. Windsor
  68. Yuba City
  69. Yucaipa
Cities with Established Ordinances***
(34)
  1. Albany
  2. Angels Camp
  3. Berkeley
  4. Citrus Heights
  5. Cotati
  6. Diamond Bar
  7. Dixon
  8. Elk Grove
  9. Eureka
  10. Fort Bragg
  11. Hayward
  12. Jackson
  13. Laguna Woods
  14. Los Angeles
  15. Malibu
  16. Martinez
  17. Napa
  18. Oakland
  19. Palm Springs
  20. Placerville
  21. Plymouth
  22. Ripon
  23. San Francisco
  24. San Jose
  25. Santa Barbara
  26. Santa Cruz
  27. Santa Rosa
  28. Sebastopol
  29. Selma
  30. Sutter Creek
  31. Tulare
  32. Visalia
  33. West Hollywood
  34. Whittie
Counties with Moratoria
(6)
  1. Madera
  2. Nevada
  3. Tulare
  4. San Bernardino*
  5. Placer
  6. San Diego
Counties With Bans
(8)
  1. Amador
  2. Contra Costa*
  3. El Dorado
  4. Madera
  5. Merced
  6. Riverside
  7. Stanislaus
  8. Sutter
Counties with
Established Ordinances***
(34)
  1. Alameda
  2. Calaveras
  3. Kern
  4. Los Angeles
  5. San Luis Obispo
  6. Santa Barbara
  7. Santa Clara
  8. San Mateo
  9. Sonoma
*Ban ordinance allows for one dispensary to remain open.

**Cities with pre-existing CUPs that don’t allow for the sale of marijuana

***Allowing illegal storefront pot shops

Note: We encourage localities to reference California Government Code 37100 which simply states: “The legislative body may pass ordinances not in conflict with the constitution and laws of the State or the United States.”

This is working document. We encourage readers to complete their own research to confirm this information.

Thank you to our source:

www.drugfreecalifornia.org
Coalition for a Drug Free California
United to Protect our Youth
12223 Highland Avenue, Suite #106-305
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739
info@drugfreecalifornia.org (Paul Chabot)

11/04/09