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INTRODUCTION

Under California state law, cannabis retailers can open on-site cannabis consumption spaces, with local approval. Some are moving forward (see list below) while others, like Los Angeles and Berkeley, have resisted consumption rooms altogether, as anti-tobacco forces have falsely conflate cannabis smoke with tobacco and show up at local meetings to fight off our rights. Help us make cannabis consumption allowed across California!

Also see:

Blowing Smoke About Cannabis Lounges
Onsite Consumption No Danger to Public Health: A Cal NORML White Paper

Cannabis Consumption Lounges: Mitigating Risks
Information about opening and operating a consumption lounge from Cal NORML board member and attorney Lauren Mendelsohn.

Finding community, changing society: the importance of consumption lounges
By Dr. Amanda Reiman

 

NEWS:

1/8/2024 – Asm. Haney has reintroduced his bill seeking to expand on the activities that cannabis retailers may engage in as AB 1775. As written, it states that a local jurisdiction may allow activities including, but not limited to, selling non-cannabis-infused food, selling nonalcoholic beverages, and selling tickets for live musical or other performances. Gov. Newsom a similar bill last year, after opponents claimed cannabis smoke would endanger restaurant workers. Tell Your Legislator to Support AB 1775.

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4/5/2024 – Weed Doesn’t Smoke the Same Without Others
Opening up new people to the weed lounge experience helps the cannabis freedom cause. The dream is that one day, smoking a joint at a club might be as typical of an experience as ordering a beer at a bar. It certainly would be a lot healthier. 

8/15/2023 – Cotati approves first of its kind cannabis lounge
Cotati planner JP Harries said he used two cannabis events at the site as tests for what might be expected when the lounge is operational. “There was simply no odor coming from the event,” Harries said. “As I walked the perimeter, I could actually smell Burger King more than anything.” Mercy is also pairing with researchers at UC San Diego and with the California Highway Patrol to study the effects of cannabis consumption on drivers; all patrons will receive a “Driving High is a DUI” pamphlet.

8/14/2023 – CONSUMPTION COUNTRY: THE VAULT
Owner Rich Eaton says revenues double on bingo Wednesdays, and ticketed events see an even larger return. However, he says, the absence of an in-house kitchen, or even the ability to have a barista, is holding the business back from being truly realized. He says it’s important that regulators understand that cannabis consumers do not parallel alcohol consumers and that these businesses simply need more than what the state is allowing them. “The consumption amount is way less — and I mean, way less — than alcohol,” Eaton says. “With alcohol, you could sit there and drink four or five vodka tonics in the course of two and a half hours, but you’re not going to smoke four joints.”

June 2023 – Pot Pride: The legacy of cannabis consumption lounges in San Francisco

6/23/2023- Social cannabis consumption is the future as multiple states update lounge laws

2/9/2023 – Ukiah Planning Commission Unanimously Passes Ordinance Allowing Cannabis Consumption

2/8/2023 – Palm Springs’ weed lounge game is hot right now — especially compared to L.A.

8/2/2022 – California cannabis consumption lounges poised for takeoff

6/21/2022 – A Growing Number of California Cities Are Opening Weed Cafes

5/20/2022 – 8 insider tips for visiting L.A.’s only open weed bar

ONSITE CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGES IN CALIFORNIA

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

WEED

La Florista
242 Main Street, Weed, CA 96094
(530) 408-0420
Website

EUREKA

Papa & Barkley Social Dispensary
4325 Broadway, Eureka CA 95503
(707) 382-2944
Website

High Tide Cannabis Lounge
300 F. St, Eureka CA 95501 
(707) 240-4220
Website

The Almost World Famous Crisp Lounge
2029 Broadway St., Eureka
(707) 798-1934
Website

UKIAH

Kure Wellness
800 Lake Mendocino Dr. Ukiah, CA 95482
(707) 621-5390
Website

COTATI

Cotati approves first of its kind cannabis lounge
The new cannabis lounge will take over the former Grav South Brewing company storefront – adjacent to Mercy Wellness’s current retail storefront on Redwood Drive.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

Tahoe Wellness Center
3445 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
(530) 544-8000
Website

SACRAMENTO AREA

Deltaboyz
66 Main Street, Isleton, California 95641
(916) 236-6060
Website

SAN FRANCISCO

Barbary Coast
952 Mission Street, San Francisco
Website

Moe Greens
1276 Market St, San Francisco
Website

Mission Cannabis Club
2441 Mission St., San Francisco
Website

Union Station San Francisco
2075 Mission St., San Francisco
Website

Urbana Mission
33 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Website

Urbana Soma
122 10th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Website

Urbana Geary
4811 Geary Blvd., San Francisco
Website

Vapor Room
79 9th St., San Francisco
Website

EMERYVILLE

Ohana Cannabis
5770 Peladeau Street, Emeryville
(510) 925-1266
Website
Black-owned

OAKLAND

FLYT 
Website
(415) 407-2593

Root’d in the 510
4444 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
Website

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

CATHEDRAL CITY

The Vault Dispensary Lounge
35871 Date Palm Drive , Cathedral City, CA 92234
(760) 866-9660
website

COACHELLA

Coachella Canna Club
46156 Dillon Rd, Coachella, CA 92236
Website

COALINGA

LEMOORE

 

LOMPOC

Oceans Dispensary & Lounge
1101 E Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436
(805) 742 – 8787
Website

Seaweed
1101 E Ocean Ave Suite A, Lompoc, CA
(805) 742-8787
Website

 

NATIONAL CITY

San Diego’s First Cannabis Consumption Lounge Sessions By The Bay Approved For 2023 Opening

NEEDLES

Kush on 66
2205 Needles Hwy, Suite 100 Needles, CA 92363
760-338-2597
Website

OJAI

Ojai seems ready to support cannabis lounges

PALM SPRINGS 

Coachella Valley Green Dragon
353 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 438-9333
Website

OG Arabian Nights
232 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 656-0109

Four Twenty Bank
A consumption lounge plus two 800-square-foot VIP rooms that can be rented for special occasions plus a fully functioning, 555-person-capacity venue that hosts live music, DJ sets, puff-and-paint events and wellness-weekend drum circles and sound baths.
296 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262
(760) 318-6877
website
instagram

Holland Pharms
Palm Springs’ first social equity dispensary, on the city’s main drag.
150 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262
(760) 656-0420
website
instagram

Reefer Madness Dispensary & Lounge
This LGBTQ-owned dispensary and lounge with an Alice in Wonderland theme is one mile from the Palm Springs International Airport.
4693 Ramon Road, Palm Springs, California 92264
(760) 424-8588
website
instagram

PORT HUENEME

Wheelhouse Lounge
521 W. Channel Islands Blvd. Suite 6, Pt. Hueneme
(805) 382-0420
Website

WEST HOLLYWOOD

OG Cannabis Café
1201 N. La Brea Ave.
Website

Pleasure Med
7717 Santa Monica Blvd.
Website

Private Reserve
8448 Santa Monica Boulevard
Website
Open Thursday to Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Hours will be expanded in the coming months.
Reservations are required and are available on OpenTable.

The Studio Lounge at The Artists Tree
 8625 Santa Monica Blvd 2nd Floor
(310) 362-1004
Website

The Woods
8271 Santa Monica Blvd
(844) 484-3966
Website

 

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