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Cannabis Licensing in California
This site focuses or refers to information and services regarding Category I Residual Pesticides Testing public health and safety cultivation (on an area less than 10,000 square feet) evidence of the legal right to occupy the premises adult-use commercial cannabis activity delivery vehicle $3,000 of cannabis goods security and cannabis waste disposal annual license application California Department of Public Health (CDPH) certified by a California-licensed engineer A-licensees Business and Professions Code section 26050.1 conditional license Category I Residual Solvents and Processing Chemicals Testing 2024 problems child-resistant packaging no added caffeine labeling microbusinesses laboratory quality assurance online licensing system 600 foot radius of a school licensed physical location (premises) an officer or director of a cannabis business local jurisdiction CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing 2024 important information Temporary License Application Information Microbial Impurities 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