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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
Sheriff and DA jointly stipulate: 6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants and one pound of processed. Formerly 6 plants at any stage
Calaveras
Board of Supervisors Ordinance: 6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants and 2 Pounds
Colusa
No firm policy; Case by case review; 6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants AND 8 ounces of bud OR 1.5 Pounds 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
County Resolution 2002-029, adopted April 2002. Up to 100 square feet with no more than 99 plants and up to 1 pound of dried bud.
El Dorado
Outdoors: 20 plants March 1 through July 31; 10 plants through October (end of season) and 2 pounds of bud from 9/1 to 2/28; 1 pound from 3/1 to 8/31. Indoors: 10 vegetative plants, 1 mother plant, 10 flowering plants and 1 pound of 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. 
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 Pounds of 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*

*See City of San Diego Laws.

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 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 pounds of processed bud. 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. 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 pound of 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 pounds of processed marijuana. Formerly 5 plants.

City Guidelines

City of Arcata

Ordinance: ID card system maintained by Chief of Police. 10 plants + 2 pounds 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 development 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.

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 pounds and 150 square feet of garden canopy.