{"id":277890,"date":"2026-04-21T03:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277890\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:08:40","slug":"cannabis-permit-city-of-oakland-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277890\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Permit | City of Oakland, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW Application Process<\/p>\n<p>We are excited to announce that we are transitioning our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/Business\/Business-Taxes-Licenses-Permits\/Cannabis-Permit\/NEW-Application-Process-for-Cannabis-Applications\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">application process to the Accela platform<\/a>. This upgrade will streamline the experience for both NEW applicants and current applicants (needing to changing locations), allowing you to complete application and upload documents with ease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/Business\/Business-Taxes-Licenses-Permits\/Cannabis-Permit\/NEW-Application-Process-for-Cannabis-Applications\" class=\"styled-button-calltoaction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Start Your Application Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find Out About the Oakland Legendary Awareness Campaign<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/Business\/Business-Taxes-Licenses-Permits\/Cannabis-Permit\/Oakland-Legendary-Cannabis-Awareness-Campaign\" class=\"styled-button-calltoaction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More About This Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regulatory Reminder<\/p>\n<p>Cannabis business applicants are subject to all local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Accordingly, cannabis permit applicants are not entitled to operate simply because they have submitted a cannabis permit application, particularly in situations that the City of Oakland Fire Department (OFD) or the Planning &amp; Building Department (PBD) deem unsafe. Please see these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/files\/assets\/city\/v\/1\/city-administrator\/documents\/permits\/cannabis\/pb-fpb-permitting-procedures-1.29.25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"document ext-pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">updated procedures(PDF,\u00a0214KB)<\/a> about how to obtain approval from OFD and PBD. Also, please note the Permit Counter recently re-opened for in-person services. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/Planning-Building\/Permit-Process-Overview\/One-Stop-Permit-Center-In-Person-Online-Services\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Permit Center Reopening<\/a> webpage for full details on hours of operation, scheduling your appointments, and services offered.<\/p>\n<p>How to Access Bureaus of Building and Fire Prevention<\/p>\n<p>Please review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/files\/assets\/city\/v\/1\/city-administrator\/documents\/permits\/cannabis\/pb-fpb-permitting-procedures-1.29.25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"document ext-pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">updated procedures(PDF,\u00a0214KB)<\/a> for cannabis facilities in alignment with the updated <a title=\"Final-2024-Cannabis-Operator-Regulations-04.25.25.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/files\/assets\/city\/v\/1\/econ-workforce-dev\/documents\/special-activities\/cannabis\/final-2024-cannabis-operator-regulations-04.25.25.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"document ext-pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cannabis Operator Regulations(PDF,\u00a0298KB)<\/a> .\u00a0Please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/Planning-Building\/Permit-Process-Overview\/One-Stop-Permit-Center-In-Person-Online-Services\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Permit Center Reopening<\/a> webpage for full details on hours of operation, scheduling your appointments, and services offered.<\/p>\n<p>For equity applicants, here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaklandca.gov\/files\/assets\/city\/v\/1\/city-administrator\/documents\/permits\/cannabis\/zoning-clearance-worksheet-2.15.18-fillable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"document ext-pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zoning Clearance Application(PDF,\u00a057KB)<\/a> to submit as referenced in the updated procedures on page 3 &#8211; item #1.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Topics<\/p>\n<p>Resources<\/p>\n<p>Webinars<br \/>\n2024 Tax Webinar<\/p>\n<p>On, Thursday, February 29th, representatives from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) and the City&#8217;s Revenue Management Bureau held a webinar on local and state tax requirements and rebate opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/component-page?action=viewdetailpage&amp;sharelevel=meeting&amp;useWhichPasswd=meeting&amp;clusterId=us06&amp;componentName=need-password&amp;meetingId=tKjiPQ1zEcg0qvaR-AR16aamcsEMm8sG0CSGHKK6Ei3McwIUe2GNWIPYQHHuKpUE.4Y5HCyzdRUGijoHy&amp;originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FYoLo5GM8bhvMmUPLGTuocgV3SgJWfxnriD_FYzvolr2JeucEZo7CBAfGEd_mY7KN.55qZqn4Q3tXK_Pzj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 29, 2024 Tax Webinar<\/a> &#8211; Passcode: YE0FXX&amp;C<\/p>\n<p>PowerPoint Presentations:<\/p>\n<p>Documents<\/p>\n<p>About<\/p>\n<p>Cultivators, delivery-only dispensaries, distributors, testing laboratories, manufacturers and transporters may apply for cannabis permits. There is no limit on the number of permits that can be issued for those activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nEquity &#8211; Applicants who qualify for fee waivers plus technical and financial assistance based on income level and residential location or cannabis conviction.&#13;<br \/>\nGeneral &#8211; All other applicants. A General applicant who incubates an Equity applicant by providing them with three years of free rent and security measures, has priority over other General applicants.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW Application Process We are excited to announce that we are transitioning our application process to the Accela&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-277890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}