Guidelines adopted by Cities
City of Arcata
Ordinance: ID card system maintained by Chief of Police.
10 plants + 2 # dried.
City of Berkeley
Ordinance: up to 10 plants and 2.5 lbs per patient;
collectives up to 50 plants and 12.5 lbs total at any given
time.
Caregiver amounts calculated on the above numbers per
patient served.
City of Oakland
Ordinance: Indoors -- Up to 72 plants with up to 32 square feet of
canopy and 3 # dried bud. Caregiver amounts calculated on the
above numbers per patient served. Outdoors -- 20 plants at any stage of developmen and 3 # dried bud.
Effective June 1, 2004: Collectives not to exceed three
patient members. Only four licensed dispensaries to be
allowed by the City. Dispensaries limited to 8 ounces and 6
mature plus 12 immature plants per patient member at any
given time. No on-site consumption allowed.
Original policy from 1998: Outdoors - 30 mature plants (60 if
less than 30 are flowering); Indoors 144 -- 48 mature plants +
96 immature vegetative and/or 1.5 # or 6 # (if patient
grew).
City of San Diego
Still in development: Current version 9/17/03: Adult
marijuana patients with the approval of a San Diego County
doctor may keep up to 1 pound of marijuana and grow up to 24
plants. Under the measure, caregivers can keep up to 2
pounds of marijuana and grow up to 48 plants for as many as
four patients.The ordinance must come back for a final vote,
as a procedural matter, to be enacted.
No quantity limits are established. Officers will not
cite or arrest physicians, primary caregivers, or patients
possessing or using marijuana for legitimate medicinal
purposes in accordance with 11362.5 H&S. Standards of
reasonableness in deciding enforcement issues are similar to
those in needle or drug possession cases where a
prescription is claimed or in a gun possession case where a
permit is claimed. It should be kept in mind that mere oral
approval by the physician is all that is necessary to comply
with the law. Standards of probable cause for a vehicle
search, person search, arrest, or a search warrant request
should take into account known facts regarding the permitted
uses of marijuana under Proposition 215.
City of Santa Cruz
No quantity guidelines; city ordinance regulates cannabis
clubs, allows physician's diagnosis for recommendation.
City of Santa Rosa
Ordinance: Safe Access Guidelines, same as the County of
Sonoma. For more information, contact Sonoma
Alliance for Medical Marijuana.
City of Sebastopol
Ordinance: Safe Access Guidelines, same as the County of
Sonoma. For more information, contact Sonoma
Alliance for Medical Marijuana; letter to DA asks to
protect patients with 4.5# and 150 square feet of garden
canopy.
Guidelines Adopted in Various
Counties
Alameda: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Alpine: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Amador: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Butte Co. Sheriff and DA jointly stipulate:
6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants and
one pound of processed. (Formerly 6 plants at any stage). Butte County DA Policy
Calaveras Co. Board of Supervisors ordinance:
6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants and
2#.
Colusa Co. No firm policy; case by case review;
6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants AND 8
ounces of bud OR 1.5 # processed. (Formerly 2 plants
outdoors or 4 plants indoors)
Contra Costa: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Del Norte Co. County Resolution 2002-029, adopted
April 2002. Up to 100 square feet with no more than 99
plants and up to 1# dried bud.
El Dorado: Outdoors: 20 plants March 1 through
July 31; 10 plants through October (end of season) and 2 #
bud from 9/1 to 2/28; 1 # from 3/1 to 8/31. Indoors: 10
vegetative plants, 1 mother plant, 10 flowering plants and1
# bud per patient. Formerly 6 plants and / or 2 pounds
processed. Caregivers can take care of household plus three
outside patients. Also see the DA policy here El Dorado County DA Policy
Fresno: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Glenn: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Humboldt: County
Board of Supervisors policy as a PDF file (220k) approved
taskforce proposal of three pounds of bud or conversion plus
100 square feet of garden canopy, no limit on plant numbers
or lamp wattage. Caregiver amounts calculated per patient
served.
Original DA
policy: Up to 99 plants with up to 100 square
feet of canopy and up to 3# of bud. Indoor gardens limited
to 1500 watts total illumination.
Download the current County policies from the Supervisors' website,
Imperial: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Inyo: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Kern: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud.
King: 6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Lake: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Lassen: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Los Angeles: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Madera: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Marin: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud, county ID cards
honored by all law enforcement.
Formerly: 6 mature plants OR 12 immature
plants AND 8 ounces of bud (lowest in the state and
apparent basis for HS11362.77).
Mariposa: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Mendocino: Sheriff and DA policy based on Voter
Proposition G: 25 plants with up to 100 square feet of
canopy and 2# bud. In August, 2004, the DA announced that
the county will no longer enforce plant limits, only square
footage.
Merced: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Modoc: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Mono: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Monterey: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Napa: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Nevada: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants in 75 square feet of canopy area AND up to 2#
bud. Collectives to keep copies of all patient's recommendations available for inspection. Download the Nevada County Policy (404k PDF) or read info for patients online at this site: co.nevada.ca.us/dsweb/Get/Document-434511
Orange: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Placer: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Plumas: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Riverside: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Sacramento: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
San Benito: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
San Bernardino: 6 mature plants OR
12 immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
San Diego: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
San Francisco: Patient and caregiver ID cards issued by county
Health Department; no patient guidelines. Case by case
consideration, generally contingent on police claims of
indicia of illegal sales or diversion to non-medical
market. Patient guidelines adopted in 2005 set the immunity threshold at 24 plants/patient plus 8 oz, with a 25 sq. ft. canopy, and 99 plants per collective. The personal use guidelines can be found on page 44 of
the online policy, so click here to download in PDF format.
San Joaquin: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
San Luis Obispo: 6 mature plants OR
12 immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
San Mateo: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Santa Barbara: 6 mature plants OR
12 immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Santa Clara: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Santa Cruz: Board
of Supervisors PDF file (188k) approved physician's
taskforce proposal of three pounds of bud or conversion plus
100 square feet of garden canopy, no limit on plant numbers
or lamp wattage.
Shasta: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud OR 1.33# processed.
Formerly: Sheriff, DA and local police chiefs: 2 plants
outdoors or 6 plants indoors (3 flowering/3 vegetative)
Sierra: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud OR quantity approved
by physician Formerly: 3 plants outdoors OR 6 plants indoors
.
Siskiyou: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Solano: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Sonoma: County
policy: Up to 30 (formerly 99) plants with up to 100
square feet of garden canopy and up to 3# of bud.
The guidelines were adopted by the Sonoma County Law
Enforcement Chiefs Association, which includes the DA,
Sheriff, and police chiefs from several towns and cities in
the county. The guidelines were later ratified by the Santa
Rosa and Sebastopol city councils. Protocol to review
recommendations through Sonoma Medial Association. Caregiver
amounts calculated per patient served. Physician's approval
if more is needed. For more information contact
Sonoma
Alliance for Medical Marijuana.
A. Possession. A qualified patient, or a person holding a valid identification card, or the designated primary caregiver of that qualified patient or person, may possess amounts of marijuana of up to three (3) pounds of dried cannabis or conversion per year.
B. Cultivation. A qualified patient or a person holding a valid identification card or a designated primary caregiver, or primary caregivers or qualified patients whom associate collectively or cooperatively, may also cultivate cannabis in an amount not to exceed more than one-hundred (100) square feet total garden canopy, per qualified patient, as measured by the combined vegetative growth area.
C. Plants. A qualified patient or a person holding a valid identification card or a designated primary caregiver, or primary caregivers or qualified patients whom associate collectively or cooperatively, may cultivate cannabis in an amount not to exceed more than thirty (30) plants per qualified patient. The authorized thirty (30) plants must be grown within the one-hundred (100) square foot total garden canopy per qualified patient.
Stanislaus: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Sutter: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Tehama: On Sept. 27, 2005, the County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 98-2005 that establishes Outdoor Cultivation: 12 seedlings or 6 flowering or mature plants, and 8 ounces dried marijuana. Indoor Cultivation: 12 seedlings or 6 flowering or mature plants, and 8 ounces dried marijuana.
If the above quantities are not exceeded, the documented medicinal marijuana cultivator and possessor is in compliance with the standards set forth by this (sheriff's) agency and the investigation will not be submitted for prosecution. Click here for PDF of full policy. Original Sheriff's policy: 18 immature plants OR 6 mature plants, and up to 3# processed.
Trinity: On Sept 4, 2007 the Trinity County Board of Supervisors adopted a new policy that allows for possession of 3 pounds of dried, processed marijuana at any one time and the cultivation of 12 mature plants and/or 24 immature plants. Formerly 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud.
Tulare: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Tuolumne: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud AND 8 ounces of bud.
Formerly Up to three plants and 8 ounces: these were the
guidelines that were rejected
by the California Supreme Court in the Mower
decision.
Ventura: Sheriff and DA policy: 6
mature plants OR 12 immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
OR 1# dry bud or conversion. County Supervisors taking
matter into review. Formerly 6 plants - 3 mature/ 3
immature
Yolo: 6 mature plants OR 12
immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud
Yuba: Informal policy: 6 mature
plants OR 12 immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud OR 1.5#
processed marijuana. Formerly 5 plants.
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