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Marijuana is not allowed in a courthouse under any circumstances without a court order; the order, superseding 2023-GEN-007-00, sets out the state and federal law it rests on (Penal Code section 4573, the Controlled Substances Act, the Health and Safety Code's limits on use in public places, and Government Code section 7597's ban on smoking in and near public buildings).
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2025-GEN-006-00 FILED Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles JANUARY 2, 2025 David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court By: R. Mina, Deputy SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES MARIJUANA POSSESSION IN COURTHOUSE GENERAL ORDER (SUPERSEDING 2023-GEN-007-00) Marijuana is not allowed in the courthouse under any circumstances without a court order. Penal Code section 4573, subdivision (a) prohibits all persons from bringing any controlled substance and related paraphernalia into any place, such as a courthouse, where prisoners or inmates are located under the custody of the Sheriff or within the grounds of such a place. Marijuana is an “illegal controlled substance” under federal law. (Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 812.) It is a “controlled substance” under state law as well. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11054, subd. (d)(13).) The California Supreme Court has decided that neither the Americans with Disabilities Act nor the Fair Employment and Housing Act protects marijuana users from employment decisions based on the use or medical use of marijuana. (Ross v. RagingWire Telecommunications, Inc. (2008) 42 Cal.4th 920, 926.) Nothing in the Health and Safety Code, section 11362.1, which permits the use of marijuana or marijuana products under certain circumstances, permits any person to smoke or ingest marijuana or marijuana products in any public place or to smoke marijuana or marijuana products in a location where smoking tobacco is prohibited. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11362.3, subd. (a)(1) & (2) and §11362.45) Government Code section 7597 prohibits smoking any tobacco product inside a public building or in an outdoor area within 20 feet of a main exit, entrance, or operable window of a public building. Effective immediately, this General Order is to remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the Presiding Judge. GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: January 2, 2025 ____________________________________ SERGIO C. TAPIA II Presiding Judge GENERAL ORDER – MARIJUANA POSSESSION IN COURTHOUSE
2025-GEN-006-00 FILED Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles JANUARY 2, 2025 David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court By: R. Mina, Deputy SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES MARIJUANA POSSESSION IN COURTHOUSE GENERAL ORDER (SUPERSEDING 2023-GEN-007-00) Marijuana is not allowed in the courthouse under any circumstances without a court order.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/general-orders/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-369-2025-GEN-006-00_MarijuanaPossession_010225.pdf (236434 bytes, sha256 6624073a728af2d06ffe53a4f9432525e5b9f3d4ceeb98fdc4d4475e51b16a18; 2 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow), reading the glyphs drawn on the page: page numbers, pleading line numbers, the order number and running footer titles removed as chrome; the two-column pleading caption set left cell, then right cell (the “)” column and the box's rule left out); lines reflowed into the order's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only), proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) and proof 3 (same characters as the glyphs drawn on the page) all pass.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.