Los Angeles County Launches Program to Permit At-Home Commercial Kitchens

The new program will start approving applications on Nov. 1.

Rigoberto Morales sells chicharrones (fried pork cracklings) in the Pinata District in Downtown Los Angeles on March 23, 2019. Morales came to the United States in 1980 from Michoacan, Mexico, now he is now a U.S. citizen. Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images

Cooks and bakers living in most of the cities in Los Angeles County can now apply for a permit to start their own home professional food preparation operations, the county’s public health department announced on Oct. 7.

The new program, called the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO), will launch on Nov. 1.