Oh, you mean there are some legal ones here in CA? 
Our system makes me so sick sometimes!
Anyway, I'm just a for fun baker, but I did look into the legal thing once a few months ago. You need a legal kitchen to start -- and that can't be in your home. You can use a legal kitchen in a church for example and then run the rest of the business out of your home.
There's a link somewhere on here that goes to the CA business bureau or someplace like that, but it's a confusing place to muck around in. I got the runaround between the chamber of commerce and 3 or 4 other places. The left hand definitely didn't know nor care what the right was doing. They just read their code and slammed the door (er phone) in my face.
Good luck - hope you're able to make it work.
S.
CA is totally ridiculous! It makes it impossible to be part time or hobby 
I'm hoping to buy the house next door to convert to a kitchen that hobby bakers can rent out....... but that is assuming I can get the zoning (and some way to come up with the money) and both seem pie in the sky.
I have a legal kitchen built in an outbuilding that I had existing on my property. We added on another 200 sq. feet and now I have a total of 400 sq feet. I was able to get it passed throught the city because my neighbor had a real estate office on his property. My house was built in 1889 and the town was built up around mine and my neighbors houses.
It is a unique situation. Even though we are not zoned commercial, I was able to get a home occupation permit as long as I called it a catering kitchen and promised to deliver all my cakes. I do strictly weddings, it would be too hard to deliver more than that.
The health department was no problem, as long as the kitchen was not connected to the house. It was a long year getting all the permits and going through all the regulations. I did alot of the work myself( it helps when your contractor is your boyfriend!) I bought all used equipment at the restaurant auction ( many visits!) Total cost was about $25,000.
It was all worth it. I absolutely love it. Looking forward to the future.
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