California top state pot regulator Lori Ajax addresses an industry group meeting in Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. California's emerging marijuana industry is being rattled by an array of unknowns, as the state races to issue its first licenses to grow and sell legal recreational pot on Jan. 1. Ajax says she doesn't know how many operators will come forward to seek licenses. Proposition 64, which legalized recreational pot use for adults, takes effect next year. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)