March 25, 2014 - The City adopts
Ordinance No. O-20356, which implements zoning regulations for MMCCs.
Nov. 8, 2016 - San Diego voters pass
Measure N, Non-Medical Cannabis Tax, which imposed a gross receipts tax on non-medical cannabis businesses that operate or provide services within the City. The tax applies to non-medical cannabis business activities, including but not limited to transporting, manufacturing, cultivating, packaging or retail sales. Businesses are initially taxed at a rate of 5% of monthly gross receipts and will increase to 8% on July 1, 2019. This increase cannot exceed 15% of gross receipts. Learn more at the Cannabis Business Tax web page.
Nov. 9, 2016 -
Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act becomes law and allows for recreational cannabis sales in California by January 2018.
Feb. 22, 2017 - The City adopts
Ordinance No. O-20793, which replaces the MMCC use with a new retail sales use category, Cannabis Outlet. It became effective in areas of the City of San Diego outside of the
Coastal Overlay Zone on April 12, 2017, and within the Coastal Overlay Zone on Oct. 12, 2017.
Sept. 11, 2017 -
Ordinance No. O-20859 is introduced to regulate the cannabis industry relative to commercial cultivation, manufacturing, storage and distribution of medical and recreational cannabis and cannabis products and to allow by-right cannabis testing labs. It became effective on Nov. 17, 2017, in areas of the City of San Diego outside of the
Coastal Overlay Zone, and on Feb. 8, 2018, in areas located within the Coastal Overlay Zone.