New CCW Restrictions now enforceable in California
On 03/27/2025 CA DOJ Published the latest list of active restrictions.
As a result of a recent decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the California law prohibiting carry concealed weapon (CCW) license holders from carrying firearms in various sensitive places (Cal. Pen. Code § 26230, subd. (a)) is now enforceable in the following nine additional locations:
- Bars and restaurants that serve alcohol (and related parking areas);
- Playgrounds and youth centers (and adjacent streets and sidewalks);
- Parks, athletic areas, and athletic facilities (and adjacent streets and sidewalks);
- Most real property under the control of the Department of Parks and Recreation or Department of Fish and Wildlife;
- Casinos and similar gambling establishments (and related parking areas);
- Stadiums and arenas (and related parking areas);
- Public libraries (and related parking areas);
- Amusement parks (and related parking areas); and
- Zoos and museums (and related parking areas).
The nine locations above are in addition to the following eleven sensitive places listed in section 26230, which were never enjoined:
- School zones;
- Preschool and childcare facilities;
- Buildings under the control of an officer of the state executive or legislative branch;
- Court buildings;
- Local government buildings;
- Adult and juvenile detention centers;
- Colleges and universities;
- Airports and passenger vessel terminals;
- Property controlled by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
- Police stations; and
- Polling Places
