State Cannabis Licensing Authorities Publish Proposed Regulations

STATE CANNABIS LICENSING AUTHORITIES PUBLISH PROPOSED REGULATIONS

SACRAMENTO – California’s three state cannabis licensing authorities today announced the publication of proposed regulations in the California Regulatory Notice Register, the first step toward adopting non-emergency regulations. This publication is the start of the formal rulemaking process and marks the opening of the 45-day public comment period.

View the proposed permanent regulations and rulemaking documents:

California Department of Public Health (CDPH): www.cdph.ca.gov/mcsb/rulemaking
Bureau of Cannabis Control (Bureau) and California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA): https://cannabis.ca.gov/cannabis-regulations/

The current emergency regulations, adopted by the Bureau, CDPH and CDFA in December 2017 and readopted in June 2018, were originally issued through the emergency rulemaking process to meet the legislative mandate to open California’s regulated cannabis market on January 1, 2018. These emergency regulations will remain in effect until the non-emergency rulemaking process is complete.

Public comments on the proposed regulations will be accepted in writing and during public hearings held throughout the state by each of the three licensing authorities on their respective proposed regulations. Dates and locations for each agency’s public comment hearings, including documents with instructions on how to submit written comments, are listed below.

CDPH Hearing Dates and Locations:

July 30, 2018, 10:00 a.m. – 900 E. Birch Street, Valencia Room, Brea, CA 92821
August 20, 2018, 10:00 a.m. – 901 Myrtle Avenue, Eureka, CA 95501
August 27, 2018, 10:00 a.m. – 8400 Edes Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621
Instructions on submitting public comment to CDPH

Bureau of Cannabis Control Hearing Dates and Locations:

August 7, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Hilton Oakland Airport, One Hegenberger Road, Oakland, CA 94621
August 14, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071
August 27, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Instructions on submitting public comments to the Bureau

CDFA Hearing Dates and Locations:

July 24, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Adorni Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka, CA 95501
July 26, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Mission Inn Hotel and Spa, 3649 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501
July 31, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Hilton Santa Barbara, 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
August 28, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – California Department of Food & Agriculture, Auditorium, 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Instructions on submitting public comments to CDFA

The licensing authorities will review each timely and relevant comment received and will respond to all comments in documents filed during the final stages of the rulemaking process, regardless of the method used to submit the comments. Comments may be submitted in writing to each licensing authority or at a public comment hearing. Comments also may be submitted orally at a public comment hearing. Parties interested in attending a public comment hearing do not need to RSVP. No public comments will be accepted by phone.

On June 27, 2017, the legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) which provided one regulatory framework for both medicinal and adult-use commercial cannabis activity within the state. The state cannabis authorities adopted emergency regulations in December 2017 for initial implementation of the provisions of MAUCRSA and are now using the regular rulemaking process to adopt permanent regulations.

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About the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch

The California Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) is one of three state cannabis authorities charged with licensing and regulating commercial cannabis activity in California. MCSB regulates all commercial cannabis manufacturing in the state and strives to protect public health by ensuring commercial cannabis manufacturers operate safe, sanitary workplaces and produce products that are free of contaminants, meet product guidelines and are properly packaged and labeled.

For more information on CDPH’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch, visit www.cdph.ca.gov/mcsb . For questions, contact us: mcsb@cdph.ca.gov or (855) 421-7887.

For information on the state cannabis offices, visit the California Cannabis Portal, www.cannabis.ca.gov .