A worker checks on flowering cannabis plants in one of the grow rooms at Canndescent's cannabis cultivation facility in Desert Hot Springs, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. he state is in the process of creating its second stop-gap licensing program for the cannabis industry to avoid what would otherwise likely be a major disruption in the supply chain for California’s newly legal marijuana market. The provisional licensing scheme should buy regulators more time, as temporary marijuana business permits get ready to start expiring before a single full annual license has been issued.(Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)