As California begins finalizing its regulations for recreational marijuana ahead of a Jan. 1 change in state law, cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula are moving to blunt the effects of legal pot as much as possible with large fines, stringent permitting processes and strict regulations.
All four cities on the Peninsula already had prohibited commercial and medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders before Proposition 64 passed in November 2016. The new state law decriminalized the possession or sale of marijuana and allows users to grow up to six plants in their own home for personal use.