The MMJ laws and system in CA are such bullshit.
Essentially, Marijuana is legal in CA if you pay a yearly $75 "quack tax" to some dipshit doctor. When I got my mmj card, I walked in they looked at my drivers license, swiped my credit card and made me sign a form. The Dr saw me for a total of 25 seconds and asked me why I wanted it, I told him that I had nerve damage from playing high school football 10 years ago and he said perfect -just don't smoke and drive.
I was in and out in 10 minutes. It is the biggest scam ever.
TBH if you are in a big city in CA, don't even bother paying for your MMJ card, a very popular online classified ad website exists where you will find many mobile dispensaries that deliver anything you could get at a real dispensary and they could give two fucks if you have a mmj card. As long as you are not selling, smoking in public, driving while stoned nor under age; the cops and prosecutors simply do not care anymore.
Times have changed.