Here are the new rules for legal marijuana in California, effective Jan. 1

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The plan was to incorporate that feedback into final medical marijuana regulations, which were expected to arrive this fall. That measure also called for recreational cannabis businesses to get state licenses starting Jan. 1, 2018. Jerry Brown signed a trio of bills that mandated the first set of comprehensive regulations on medical marijuana in California by the start of 2018. Then in fall 2016, voters passed Proposition 64, legalizing recreational marijuana. Cannabis businesses in California can’t be within 600 feet of schools.

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Cannabis businesses in California can’t be within 600 feet of schools. Shops have to close by 10 p.m., and they need 24-hour video surveillance.

Those regulations are in the new rule book for California’s cannabis industry, which state regulators released Thursday.

“I feel a big sigh of relief. It’s a big milestone for us to release these regulations,” said Lori Ajax, chief of the state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control. “But there’s still a lot of work to be done. No rest for the weary.”

The rulebook gives aspiring and established marijuana businesses their first look at 276 pages of regulations they must abide by come Jan....

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