SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing Division is announcing a series of 10 workshops in late November and December for training on completing applications for state licensing.

CDFA anticipates issuing cannabis cultivation licenses on or about January 1, 2018. In addition to state licensure, applicants are required to comply with any local cannabis cultivation requirements. Applicants should check with their local jurisdiction regarding local ordinance requirements.

Space is limited to about 150 participants per workshop. Additionally, as of November 30, a recorded training session will be available on the CalCannabis Web site at www.calcannabis.cdfa.ca.gov.

All training sessions are from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

The dates and locations are as follows:

Tuesday, Nov. 28 – Orange County
Courtyard by Marriott
8 MacArthur Pl., Santa Ana

Tuesday, Nov. 28 – Yolo County
Ziggurat Building
707 3rd St., West Sacramento

Thursday, Nov. 30 – San Bernardino County
DoubleTree by Hilton
285 E. Hospitality Ln., San Bernardino

Thursday, Nov. 30 – Monterey County
CSU Monterey Bay – National Steinbeck Center
1 Main St., Salinas

Tuesday, Dec. 5 – Fresno County
Hugh M. Burns State Building
2550 Mariposa Mall, Room 1036, Fresno

Tuesday, Dec. 5 – Mendocino County
Ukiah Valley Conference Center

200 S. School St., Ukiah

Thursday, Dec. 7 – Riverside County
UC Riverside – Palm Desert Center
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Building B114-B117, Palm Desert

Thursday, Dec. 7 – Alameda County
Elihu M. Harris State Office Building, Room One
1515 Clay St., Oakland

Tuesday, Dec. 12 – Butte County
Butte College – Black Box Theater
3636 Butte Campus Dr., Oroville

Thursday, Dec. 14 – Humboldt County
Sequoia Conference Center
901 Myrtle Ave, Eureka

To register, go to www.eventbrite.com and search for “CDFA cannabis cultivation” for a list of events.