Okay, did that, and yeah, you guys are a little tougher, but not that bad, depending on what the training takes, how much it costs, and how long the approval process takes. Knowing California, all of it is probably "a lot." Kinda sucks. California is the poster child for Democratic over-regulation.

However, the food handler training is pretty easy, mostly common sense. Teenagers get it to work at McDs, so you'll be fine. Getting the permit and registration is probably just a matter of paperwork and a fee, and a wait. Nothing said anything about a kitchen inspection, unless you need that for the permit. But they're expecting to go into everybody's normal kitchen, so just give it deep clean, put EVERYTHING away, polish the counters, appliances, and floors, and make sure there is soap, hot water, and paper towels next the sink (it's a thing), and you'll probably be fine.

In my Red state, the laws are pretty simple, no refrigeration, direct-to-consumer (and they allow Internet and mail order now), specific label language, and you can't make over $250K (we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, right?). Like I said, I could literally bake a pan of brownies right now, and sell them at my driveway lemonade stand as soon as they're ready.

Not that I'm extolling the virtues of this state, the government absolutely sucks, but their cottage food laws are working right now, so at least they got that going for them. Wait until they figure out that it give undocumented people the opportunity to make money in their own kitchens, they'll abolish them immediately.