Santa Ana is the only city in Orange County that permits commercial cannabis — and it’s about to become home to the largest cannabis dispensary in the entire state.
Planet 13, which already operates a retail facility in Las Vegas, plans to open its Santa Ana superstore next month. P13 OC will be mind-bogglingly large at 55,000 square feet. It will be located at 3400 West Warner Avenue, 7 miles south of Disneyland.
P13’s Vegas store sees around 100,000 people a month. The OC location will hire 250 employees, including 80 budtenders.
Santa Ana has reaped enormous benefits from its embrace of cannabis so far. Pot remained a steady source of revenue during the pandemic as sales tax intake dropped dramatically across the state. The opening of P13 OC will mark Santa Ana’s biggest cannabis bonanza to date.
Read more at Los Angeles Magazine.