Status of Medicinal Cannabis Retail and Light Manufacturing in Santa Monica

January 3, 2018 9:27 AM

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – As of January 1, 2018, cannabis is now legal in California; on October 10, 2017, the Santa Monica City Council approved a process to select two medicinal cannabis retailers as well as light manufacturing of medicinal cannabis products in select locations. Council also approved an Interim Zoning Ordinance to bring Santa Monica zoning for cannabis businesses into alignment with State of California law. The ordinance prohibits commercial adult-use activities; however, this prohibition is considered temporary. Here's a progress report since October:

Two Medicinal Cannabis Retailers

Light Manufacturing

"As the State has continued to build the regulatory environment for the legal cannabis industry in California, Santa Monica is on track with two medicinal cannabis retail businesses anticipated to open by the fall," said Salvador Valles, Assistant Director of Planning & Community Development at the City of Santa Monica.  

Commercial adult-use activities remains explicitly prohibited in Santa Monica to allow time for the City to assess the experience of other communities and to evaluate whether to initiate a community process to consider licensing adult-use commercial activities in the future.

Visit www.smgov.net/businesslicense for more information. Community questions regarding cannabis in Santa Monica can be sent to salvador.valles@smgov.net.

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Constance Farrell
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More Information

https://cannabis.ca.gov/
https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2017/10/11/santa-monica-city-council-approves-process-to-select-two-medicinal-cannabis-retailers-and-light-cannabis-manufacturing
https://finance.smgov.net/doing-business/business-license/frequently-asked-questions#toc-commercial-cannabis-business-licensing