Jerry Brown Selects Lori Ajax As California’s First Medical Marijuana Chief

Governor Jerry Brown announced the appointment of Lori Ajax, the chief deputy director of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to a newly created post overseeing the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation. The bureau was conceived last year, nearly two decades after state voters legalized medical marijuana, to develop comprehensive rules for the industry, from licensing pot growers to crafting environmental protections. Ajax, 50, of Fair Oaks, has worked in various positions at the ABC, which enforces liquor laws and manages the licensing process, since 1995. After studying criminal justice at Sacramento State and working in private industry for . . .