Economic Impact of Cannabis in San Diego County 2021 California State University San Marcos Cannabis Points of Contact: (CSUSM) Virginia Casey, Blue Water Government Office of Business Research and Analysis Affairs, Communications Director (OBRA) Dallin Young, Blue Water Government Affairs, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road President San Marcos, CA 92096 www.csusm.edu/coba Research Team Leads: Johnny Martinez Cannabis Organization: Sofia Rodriguez Dallin Young President Research Team Members: Blue Water Government Affairs Amanda Boudreault Samantha Hoover Publishers: Riley McLaughlin Miguel de Jesus, CSUSM Liz Yocom Roger Herzler, CSUSM Judith Opdahl, CSUSM Layout: Amanda Boudreault Administrative Support Sofia Rodriguez Giselle Bazan For questions about this report, contact: Miguel de Jesus
[email protected] (760) 750 - 4266 Executive Summary The cannabis industry has gone through many series of events that has brought it to the billion dollar industry it is today. Since its move from the illicit market, to the legalization of medicinal cannabis in 1996, and continued positive shifts of perceptions of cannabis, there has been exponential growth in the industry. The Office of Business Research and Analysis (OBRA) has analyzed the general impact of the cannabis industry in San Diego County. Throughout this research, OBRA sought to find how adult-use and medicinal cannabis sales increases in revenue and influences the community regarding finances, police enforcement, cannabis license types, public health, and social equity. The cannabis industry yields a considerable amount of revenue to municipalities from cannabis city taxes. Data from public records requests from the cities of San Diego, La Mesa, and Vista illustrate the amount of money by quarter that each city has brought in since their legalization of medicinal cannabis and or adult-use cannabis.