Local Action Toolkit

UPDATED 12/3/2024

Arm yourself with resources for expanding cannabis rights in your community!

The battleground for cannabis rights has often shifted to the local level, where many of California’s cities and counties are passing ordinances restricting marijuana businesses, cannabis lounges, cultivation rights, and more. Locals have the right to enact zoning ordinances, and often listen to a few NIMBYs or well-meaning individuals who are fearful of progress, sometimes using tired old rhetoric that doesn’t stand up to science, or reality. In addition, well funded anti-tobacco organizations and health departments show up at hearings falsely equating cannabis smoke with tobacco smoke.…