Blaze
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I am surprised no one has mentioned the majority of counties in California have out-right banned commercial cultivation. Very few counties actually have a commercial permit process at this point and a local permit if required before you can get a state permit in 2018. Most of the areas that are beginning to allow it have residence requirements. In order words, if you were not already in California, already growing, and already doing so legally, you are probably not going to be able to get a permit for years. The majority of counties and cities that are allowing for commercial cultivation have set up their regulations in such a way to prevent out of area 'green rushers' from moving in an trying to take over the industry.
The other big issues for most people is land use. You have to have the correct zoning - usually either agriculture or industrial, depending on what you are trying to set up and what your local government will allow. Right off the bat this disqualifies most existing grows since very few were set up to be real farms or ranches or business to begin with. On top of that you will still have to deal with the clusterfuck of local and state laws which are contradictory and confusing, high taxes, high fees, compliance with the State Waterboard (some of the most ignorant and incompetent assholes on the entire planet), Fish and Game, etc, etc, etc. It's not cheap, not easy, and even people that have been set up in the industry for years, even decades, and are well established and successful are struggling with it.
The other big issues for most people is land use. You have to have the correct zoning - usually either agriculture or industrial, depending on what you are trying to set up and what your local government will allow. Right off the bat this disqualifies most existing grows since very few were set up to be real farms or ranches or business to begin with. On top of that you will still have to deal with the clusterfuck of local and state laws which are contradictory and confusing, high taxes, high fees, compliance with the State Waterboard (some of the most ignorant and incompetent assholes on the entire planet), Fish and Game, etc, etc, etc. It's not cheap, not easy, and even people that have been set up in the industry for years, even decades, and are well established and successful are struggling with it.