California is not open to new stores yet. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.
The CA rules on this page are researched and current. There is nothing to sign up for here yet. The waitlist gets you one email when California opens.
Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first.
DCC
Target: Mid 2027California DCC-aware dispensary platform
Built for the California operator paying four to seven vendors to do what one platform should. DCC rules native — Metrc integration in flight, the 15% excise held flat through June 2028 under AB-564, and the layered state / city / county tax stack confirmed with you at onboarding, because we don’t guess a municipal rate.
Regulator
California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC)
https://cannabis.ca.gov ↗Your rules, handled
California’s cannabis retail rules — what the DCC requires at the counter, how sales are reported to the state, and what the taxes are — are researched from the regulator’s own pages and coded into the register. You run the shop; the rules are handled at the sale.
At the register, as of September 2026: the 15% cannabis excise on adult-use and medical sales, plus state and district sales tax (typically 9 to 10.5% combined) on non-exempt sales; some cities add a cannabis business tax on top, and that one is billed on your gross sales, not added to the customer’s ticket.
Coverage here — honestly
California coverage is written against DCC rules: the bulletins, CDTFA guidance, the layered state / city / county tax stack, and the Metrc reporting cadence. We keep it current as the DCC and CDTFA move, and where something isn’t built for CA yet we say so before you sign.
Operator playbooks
Compliance ops playbook
State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline
Buyer scorecard
Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard
Migration playbook
POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries
Operations deep-dive
Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit
California cannabis retail — common questions
- Who regulates cannabis retail in California?
- California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) is the state cannabis regulator for California. Official site: https://cannabis.ca.gov.
- What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does California use?
- California uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
- What cannabis taxes apply to retail in California?
- At the register, as of September 2026: the 15% cannabis excise on adult-use and medical sales, plus state and district sales tax (typically 9 to 10.5% combined) on non-exempt sales; some cities add a cannabis business tax on top, and that one is billed on your gross sales, not added to the customer’s ticket.
- Is CannAgent available for California dispensaries?
- Not yet — California is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the CA list gets you one email when California opens.
Other states
Washington
Colorado
Oregon
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Missouri
Nevada
Arizona
Maryland
Oklahoma
Connecticut
Maine
Rhode Island
New Mexico
Vermont
Minnesota
Delaware
Alaska
Montana
Ohio
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