Editing Adelanto, California (section)

==Economy==
Historically Adelanto was a fruit-growing town.<ref name=DevineMarij>Devine, Jimi. "[http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/02/23/new-pot-regulations-might-save-mojave-prison-city/ Pot to replace prison economy in California town]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160224103735/http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/02/23/new-pot-regulations-might-save-mojave-prison-city/ Archive]). ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. February 23, 2016. Retrieved on February 25, 2016.</ref> Prior to 1992, much of the economy was related to the [[George Air Force Base]]. After its closure the city began having economic difficulties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/gone-to-pot-adelantos-green-land-rush|title=How a Struggling Desert Town Turned to Pot Cultivation to Pull Itself Out of Poverty|last=Stringfellow|first=Kim|date=March 7, 2017|website=KCET|language=en|access-date=October 17, 2019}}</ref> The openings of several area prisons began in 1991, and the city government approved the construction of two private prisons. The prisons were not required to hire people within the Adelanto city limits.<ref name=Tinoco>Tinoco, Matt. "[https://www.vice.com/en/article/jailtown-usa-where-americas-prison-industrial-complex-calls-home-203/ Inside the Small California Town with a Lot of Prisons, but Not Much Opportunity]" ([https://www.vice.com/en/article/jailtown-usa-where-americas-prison-industrial-complex-calls-home-203/ Archive]). ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]''. February 3, 2015. Retrieved on February 25, 2016.</ref> The city, as of 2016, collects $160,000 annually in total from the prisons within the city limits. That year Jimi Devine of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' wrote that the prisons "had mixed effects on the community for 25 years."<ref name=DevineMarij/> Matt Tinoco of ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' wrote that "the prisons have failed to stimulate lasting growth in Adelanto" and that "all ultimately ended up contributing little to the city's coffers."<ref name=Tinoco/> Tinoco further stated that Adelanto had an "image as one big jail."<ref name=Tinoco/>

The privately owned [[Adelanto Detention Center]], run by the [[GEO Group]] to house [[Immigration detention in the United States|immigrant detainees]], was built in Adelanto in 1991 as a state prison.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geogroup.com/maps/locationdetails/35 |title=Adelanto Detention Facility |publisher=The GEO Group Inc |date=May 27, 2011 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506193419/http://www.geogroup.com/maps/locationdetails/35 |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In 2014, when a private developer proposed another prison, the city council approved a development agreement with the private developer that under California subdivision law allows the city to negotiate terms to provide additional benefits to the city. The city had little latitude to deny the private project as the land was appropriately zoned for use as a prison.<ref>Linthicum, Kate (December 13, 2014) [http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-adelanto-approves-plan-to-build-jail-20141213-story.html "Financially troubled Adelanto approves plan to build another jail"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>

The city has only a few retail stores and restaurants. A bed tax contributes about $200,000 annually from the detention facilities.<ref name="detention"/> The small city has struggled as tax revenue fell far short of the city budget. In 2013, they closed a fire station and laid off a quarter of the town's staff. Residents though turned down a nearly 8% utility users tax in November 2013.<ref name=detention/>

===Cannabis===
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Upon the legalization of the sale and distribution of [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] in 2016, marijuana cultivation was considered a possible new source of revenue for the city.{{r|DevineMarij}} Companies must be licensed by the local agency and the state to grow, test, or sell cannabis and the city may authorize none or only some of these activities.   Local governments may not prohibit adults, who are in compliance with state laws, from growing, using, or transporting marijuana for personal use.

The city decided to allow multiple types of marijuana businesses, including cultivation, manufacturing and retail sales.<ref name="VVDP 2019-05-21">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20190521/adelanto-cannabis-dispensary-proposal-delayed|title=Adelanto cannabis dispensary proposal delayed|last=Bergthold|first=Garrett|date=May 21, 2019|newspaper=[[Daily Press (California)|Daily Press]]|language=en|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> By 2019, two cannabis dispensaries were serving [[Recreational drug use|recreational users]] as the city council considered proposed changes to the city's cannabis laws to generate additional revenue to help close the city budget gap.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20190822/adelanto-council-seeks-ways-to-up-revenue-by-expanding-cannabis-industry|title=Adelanto Council seeks ways to up revenue by expanding cannabis industry|last=Bergthold|first=Garrett|date=August 22, 2019|department=Desert Dispatch |newspaper=[[Daily Press (California)|Daily Press]]|language=en|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref> The city is the only Victor Valley municipality to allow storefront cannabis dispensaries.{{r|VVDP 2019-05-21}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20190905/construction-begins-on-possible-drive-thru-cannabis-dispensary-in-adelanto|title=Construction begins on possible drive-thru cannabis dispensary in Adelanto|last=Bergthold|first=Garrett|newspaper=[[Daily Press (California)|Daily Press]]|language=en|date=September 5, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> A {{Convert|14|acres|ha|adj=on}} indoor cultivation facility was opened in 2019 by the California arm of [[Tikun Olam (cannabis)|Tikun Olam]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20191025/israeli-based-medical-cannabis-company-expands-into-adelanto|title=Israeli-based medical cannabis company expands into Adelanto|last=Bergthold|first=Garrett|date=October 25, 2019|newspaper=[[Daily Press (California)|Daily Press]]|language=en|access-date=October 27, 2019}}</ref>

===Federal prisons===
Federal prisons of the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] near Adelanto:
*[[United States Penitentiary, Victorville]]
*[[Federal Correctional Institution, Victorville]] (on portions of the former [[George Air Force Base]])