Editing Ojai, California (section)

==Economy==

Ojai is a tourism destination known for its boutique hotels, recreation opportunities, hiking, and farmers' market of local organic agriculture.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-522-escape-ojai-20160513-snap-story.html |title=Rustic Ojai transports the eyes and the taste buds to a spiritual plane |date= May 19, 2016|first=Rosemary |last=McClure |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> The 306-room [[Ojai Valley Inn]], which opened in 1923, is situated on 220 acres with a golf course and tennis courts. There are just 12 hotels within city limits but short-term vacation rentals (STVR) were banned in 2016. A few accommodations are available in the surrounding unincorporated area where the county has placed similar restrictions on STVR.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Christopher |date=May 26, 2022 |title='Half of Los Angeles is coming' and Ojai hotels are scrambling |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2022-05-26/half-of-los-angeles-is-coming-up-here-ojai-hotels-scramble-to-lodge-city-escaping-angelenos |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> It has small businesses specializing in local and ecologically friendly art, design, and home improvement.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Gibbons|first=Alan|date=February 11, 2021|title=A Guide to Ojai: Relaxation in an Old-Fashioned Hamlet|url=https://www.orangecoast.com/article/ojai-travel-guide-relaxation-in-an-old-fashioned-hamlet/|access-date=February 11, 2021|magazine=Orange Coast Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Chain store]]s are prohibited by city ordinance to encourage local small business development and keep the town unique.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/ojai-adopts-ordinance-regulating-chain-stores-ep-374726935-352738891.html |title=Ojai adopts ordinance regulating chain stores |first=Kevin |last=Clerici |newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]] |date=November 16, 2007 |access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/ojai-council-declines-to-relax-ban-on-chain-stores-ep-292709323-351692291.html |title=Ojai council declines to relax ban on chain stores |first=Anne |last=Kallas |newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]  |date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Woods II|first=Wes|date=August 5, 2021|title=Ojai extends ban on chain businesses with five or more locations|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2021/08/05/ojai-extends-ban-chain-businesses-five-more-locations/5455568001/|access-date=August 8, 2021|newspaper=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Cannabis===
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Under the legalization of the sale and distribution of cannabis in California, Ojai is one of two cities in the county that initially allowed retail sales.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Orozco|first=Lance|date=November 4, 2020|title=Marijuana-Related Tax Proposals Approved By South Coast Voters|url=https://www.kclu.org/post/marijuana-related-tax-proposals-approved-south-coast-voters|access-date=November 5, 2020|work=KCLU News|language=en}}</ref> Voters approved a 3% tax on retail marijuana sales on 2020, which could eventually grow to a 10% tax.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schroyer|first=John|date=November 6, 2020|title=California cities, counties approve pro-cannabis measures|url=https://mjbizdaily.com/california-cities-counties-approve-pro-cannabis-measures/|access-date=November 22, 2020|work=Marijuana Business Daily|language=en-US}}</ref> State law says local governments may not prohibit adults from growing, using or transporting marijuana for personal use but they can prohibit companies from growing, testing, and selling cannabis within their jurisdiction by licensing none or only some of these activities. The state requires cities to allow deliveries. By the end of 2018, three recreational marijuana storefronts were open in close proximity to each other.<ref name="VCS 2019/01/02">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2019/01/02/so-far-so-good-legal-marijuana-pot-cannabis-ventura-county/2406687002/|title=So far, so good for legal marijuana sales in Ventura County|last=Martinez|first=Christian|date=January 2, 2019|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref> In 2020, there were two manufacturing businesses that were going through the permitting processes and the city was considering allowing on-site cannabis consumption.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Woods II|first=Wes|date=November 10, 2021|title=Marijuana lounges in Ojai? City extends hours of cannabis businesses, ponders further expansion|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2021/11/10/ojai-extends-hours-cannabis-businesses-ponders-further-expansion-cbd-marijuana-weed-lounges-edibles/6339203001/|access-date=November 14, 2021|newspaper=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Woods II |first=Wes |date=April 27, 2023 |title=Ojai seems ready to support cannabis lounges |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/04/27/ojai-seems-ready-to-support-cannabis-lounges/70152906007/ |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>