California Cannabis Compliance Report — January 2025
California published 4 recalls and 30 enforcement actions in January 2025. 3 cited label or cannabinoid-pipeline failures.
Recalls this month
DCC enforcement actions this month
Every enforcement action this month
| Date | Action | License type / status | Licensee | Sections cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/02/2025 | Citation and Fine |
Distribution
Annual
|
America’s Best Cannabis LLC
C11-0000940-LIC |
CCR §15037 CCR §15048 CCR §15049 CCR §15051 CCR §15302 CCR §15311 BPC §26067 BPC §26070 BPC §26110 BPC §26160 |
| 01/02/2025 | Citation and Fine |
—
Unlicensed
|
G Ger Lee
|
BPC §26037.5 |
| 01/08/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual License Applicant
|
OPERATION H LLC
LCA19-0005564 |
CCR §15002 CCR §15010 CCR §15011 BPC §26055 |
| 01/08/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Retailer
Annual Applicant
|
Oakland Cannabis Institute LLC
C10-18-0000259-APP |
CCR §15002 CCR §15002 CCR §15002 CCR §15002 CCR §15002 CCR §15006 CCR §15007 CCR §15010 BPC §26051.5 |
| 01/08/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Retailer (Non-Storefront)
Annual Applicant
|
Blue Tree Medical LLC
C9-18-0000252-APP |
CCR §15010 |
| 01/08/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual Applicant
|
14 Hayfork Holdings LLC
LCA21-0005517 |
CCR §15010 CCR §15011 |
| 01/08/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual Applicant
|
Green Strip LLC
LCA20-0002063 |
CCR §15010 CCR §15011 |
| 01/08/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual Applicant
|
Grouse Mountain Green LLC
LCA18-0000432 |
CCR §15010 CCR §15011 |
| 01/08/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual Applicant
|
Weekapaug Grove
LCA18-0002617 |
CCR §15011 CCR §15011 |
| 01/08/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual Applicant
|
Operation H LLC
LCA-0005564 |
CCR §15002 CCR §15010 CCR §15011 BPC §26055 |
| 01/09/2025 | Citation and Fine |
Distribution
Annual
|
JBL Ventures LLC*
C11-0001873-LIC |
CCR §15037 CCR §17223 BPC §26160 |
| 01/10/2025 | Revocation |
Retailer
Provisional
|
San Fernando Valley Patients Cooperative, A Non-Profit Corporation
C10-0000041-LIC |
BPC §26051.5 |
| 01/10/2025 | Revocation |
Retailer
Provisional
|
Silver Lake Caregivers Group Inc.
C10-0000060-LIC |
BPC §26051.5 |
| 01/14/2025 | Citation and Fine |
Distribution
Annual
|
Alkhemist DM LLC
C11-0001456-LIC |
CCR §15000.7 CCR §15044 CCR §15048.1 CCR §15048.5 CCR §15049 CCR §15300 CCR §15305 CCR §17398 CCR §17401 BPC §26037.5 |
| 01/15/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual Applicant
|
Reed Mountain Pharms Inc.
LCA19-0000453 |
CCR §15010 CCR §15011 CCR §15020 |
| 01/15/2025 | Revocation |
Manufacturer
Provisional
|
Magnolia Extracts LLC
CDPH-10003446 |
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15044 CCR §15044 CCR §15052 CCR §17800 |
| 01/15/2025 | Revocation |
Retailer (Non-Storefront)
Provisional
|
Magnolia Extracts LLC
C9-0000103-LIC |
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15044 CCR §15044 CCR §15052 CCR §17800 |
| 01/15/2025 | Revocation |
Retailer (Non-Storefront)
Provisional
|
Steven Daniel
C9-0000703-LIC |
CCR §15049 CCR §15049.3 CCR §15412 CCR §15417 CCR §15417 CCR §17800 |
| 01/15/2025 | Suspension |
Testing Laboratory
Provisional
|
Pride Analytics and Consulting LLC
C8-0000054-LIC |
CCR §15702 CCR §15713 CCR §15713 |
| 01/15/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Retailer
Annual Applicant
|
Sylmar Caregivers Inc.
C10-18-0000126-APP |
CCR §15002 CCR §15002 CCR §15002 CCR §15002 CCR §15006 CCR §15010 |
| 01/16/2025 | Citation and Fine | — |
Kadan Borg*
|
BPC §26151 BPC §26151 BPC §26152 |
| 01/17/2025 | Suspension |
Microbusiness
Provisional
|
Tip Top Farms
C12-0000353-LIC |
CCR §15027 CCR §15044 CCR §15044 CCR §15045 CCR §15406 |
| 01/22/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual Applicant
|
Vajra Gita Grounds LLC
LCA19-0000462 |
CCR §15010 |
| 01/22/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Cultivation
Annual Applicant
|
Vajra Gita Grounds LLC
LCA19-0000168 |
CCR §15010 |
| 01/22/2025 | Revocation |
Retailer (Non-Storefront)
Provisional
|
I Canni Inc.
C9-0000572-LIC |
CCR §15000.1 CCR §15000.1 CCR §15023 CCR §15037 CCR §15047.2 CCR §15048.5 CCR §15049 CCR §15403 CCR §15406 CCR §15407 CCR §15411 CCR §15412 CCR §15421 CCR §15422 CCR §15424 BPC §26053 BPC §26053 BPC §26120 BPC §26120 |
| 01/22/2025 | Annual License Denial |
Microbusiness
Annual Applicant
|
Proper Rx Collective
C12-19-0000090-APP |
CCR §15000.3 CCR §15010 CCR §15044 CCR §15044 CCR §15047.2 CCR §17800 |
| 01/22/2025 | Citation and Fine |
Distribution
Annual
|
Desert Care Connection LLC
C11-0001295-LIC |
CCR §17408 BPC §26120 |
| 01/23/2025 | Citation and Fine |
—
Unlicensed
|
Antonio Cano-Gutierrez, Feliberto Cano-Gutierrez
|
BPC §26037.5 BPC §26037.5 |
| 01/29/2025 | Revocation |
Distribution
Provisional
|
J&K Manufacturing LLC
C11-0001288-LIC |
CCR §15002 CCR §15010 CCR §15035 CCR §17800 |
| 01/29/2025 | Revocation |
Distribution
Provisional
|
LA Blue LLC
C11-0001686-LIC |
CCR §15000.7 CCR §15027 CCR §15044 CCR §15044 CCR §15047.2 CCR §15051 CCR §15051 |
Every recall this month
| Date | Type | Category | Licensee | Product | DCC reason (verbatim) | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/06/2025 | Voluntary | Mixed |
2JC LLC
C11-0001367-LIC |
Alien Labs Flower | “Adulterated and Misbranded: Microbial Contamination (Aspergillus spp.); Inaccurate Labeling (Cannabinoid inflation)” |
Internal → DCC → |
| 01/17/2025 | Voluntary | Label/data |
Lucky Family Brands Inc.
C11-0001925-LIC |
Noah's Premium Live Rosin Diamond Infused Pre-Roll | “Misbranded: Other” |
Internal → DCC → |
| 01/29/2025 | Voluntary | Contamination |
The Back House
C11-0000071-LIC |
Top Shelf Cultivation Flower | “Adulterated: Microbial Contamination (Aspergillus spp.)” |
Internal → DCC → |
| 01/30/2025 | Voluntary | Mixed |
Med for America Inc.
C11-0001903-LIC |
Jeeter and Baby Jeeter Pre-Roll | “Adulterated and Misbranded: Microbial Contamination (Aspergillus spp.); Inaccurate Labeling (Cannabinoid inflation)” |
Internal → DCC → |
Trailing 12 months in context
Where this month sits in the trailing 12 months — recalls per month, with the label-pipeline share visible against the total.
| Month | Total recalls | Label-pipeline |
|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| April 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| May 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| June 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| July 2024 | 7 | 1 |
| August 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| September 2024 | 9 | 3 |
| October 2024 | 6 | 2 |
| November 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| December 2024 | 9 | 3 |
| January 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| Trailing-12 total | 63 | 23 |
About this report
This report is generated on the 1st of each month from data Phenominal Consulting maintains from two California Department of Cannabis Control public sources: recalls.cannabis.ca.gov (recall notices) and cannabis.ca.gov/cannabis-laws/compliance-action-records (enforcement actions — citations, suspensions, revocations, license denials). Every record on this report is sourced verbatim from a DCC public notice. The DCC portals are the authoritative source; if you find a discrepancy, the portal is correct — please let us know.
Category labels on recalls (contamination, label/data, mixed, other, packaging) are interpretive groupings applied by Phenominal Consulting based on the verbatim DCC reason language on each notice. They are not DCC's own classification. Enforcement action types (Citation and Fine, Suspension, Revocation, Annual License Denial) are DCC's own labels.
Counts reflect each separately-published record on the DCC portals. DCC publishes one recall row per recalled SKU; a single enforcement event that pulls multiple SKUs publishes as multiple rows. Enforcement actions are counted once per published action.
Report generated May 19, 2026 · 11:42 AM GMT+0000. Underlying data refreshed daily. Current live tracker: phenominal.io/recalls.
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