Los Angeles Selects 100 Applicants for Cannabis Social Equity Opportunity
Tue / Dec 13th
The Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation has selected 100 social equity applicants for an opportunity to apply for retail cannabis licenses.
The concept of social equity deals with justice and fairness within social policy. In the cannabis industry, social equity programs work to supply business aide to those who have been previously incarcerated for doing cannabis business. Learn about social equity in cannabis in the articles and stories below:
Tue / Dec 13th
The Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation has selected 100 social equity applicants for an opportunity to apply for retail cannabis licenses.
Thu / Nov 17th
Connecticut’s Social Equity Council reversed denials for six companies looking to establish social equity status in the state while simultaneously establishing a loan program for social equity applicants.
Wed / Nov 16th
The first two social equity cannabis retailers in Chicago have opened for business in the last week.
Fri / Nov 11th
Illinois plans to distribute $8.75 million in loans of up to $500,000 at zero interest for 18 months to cannabis social equity licensees.
Thu / Nov 10th
Sacramento’s first social equity cannabis retailer has opened for business under the city’s CORE program.
Thu / Nov 10th
The City of Oakland will hold its first cannabis social equity week this November with the goal of highlighting equity operators who have not had the same resources for marketing and exposure.
Thu / Nov 3rd
The mayor of St. Louis, Missouri has come out in opposition to adult-use cannabis legalization in the state, indicating that the amendment will create a “permanent exclusion” of minorities from the state’s cannabis industry.
Thu / Oct 13th
San Diego, California has approved a social-equity program that includes fee waivers, start-up loans, and other business assistance.
Fri / Sep 23rd
Las Vegas city officials this week voted 5-1 in favor of allowing cannabis consumption lounges within city limits.
Fri / Sep 23rd
Denver city officials are set to consider making cannabis delivery licenses permanently exclusive to social equity applicants.
Fri / Sep 2nd
Illinois has awarded 185 conditional adult-use cannabis retail licenses, closing out its first round of the social equity license lottery.
Thu / Sep 1st
A Missouri Democratic representative formed a coalition this week opposing the state’s cannabis legalization ballot measure over its lack of social equity measures, its proposed fines for smoking cannabis in public, and issues with its automatic expungement provisions.
Tue / Aug 30th OPINION
Cannabis equity funding has all but dried up — unfortunately, it’s the small to midsize cannabis companies who will be suffering for it.
Fri / Aug 26th
New York has opened the application process for conditional social equity retail licenses and nonprofit organizations that assist justice-involved individuals.
Tue / Aug 23rd
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) launched Cannabis NYC this week, which will provide services and licensing assistance to the city’s cannabis social equity applicants.
Tue / Aug 16th
Washington state officials are considering a points-based social equity licensing model that is preferential to individuals who were previously convicted of cannabis-related crimes.
Fri / Aug 12th
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed a package of cannabis industry reform bills which includes provisions for tax reforms, expungement, social equity, and changes to industry fees.
Wed / Aug 10th
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed legislation this week in partnership with city Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda seeking to establish city-level cannabis social equity licenses.
Tue / Jul 26th
Illinois issued 149 conditional adult-use cannabis licenses on Sunday to social equity applicants; the licensees were selected through a lottery.
Tue / Jul 26th
New York City’s Bronx Community Foundation and the Bronx Defenders have partnered to create the Bronx Cannabis Hub, a centralized effort to assist individuals most affected by cannabis prohibition.
Thu / Jul 14th
Connecticut has awarded 16 recipients the state’s first social equity commercial cannabis licenses; the licensees still have to pay a $3 million fee and pass a background check before receiving their final licenses.
Tue / Jul 12th
Colorado has announced the recipients of its first social equity grant funding generated from cannabis tax revenue.
Thu / Jun 23rd
NBA Hall of Famer Chris Webber’s Social Equity Impact Ventures, LLC has been selected to oversee New York’s $200 million Social Equity Investment Fund.
Wed / Jun 8th
Cannabis for Black Lives, a group of cannabis companies supporting Black-led and adjacent organizations, has raised $170,000 over the last two years to aid communities impacted by the War on Drugs.
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