Social Equity Applicants Favored for Massachusetts Cannabis Delivery Licenses
Tue / Dec 1st
Under new adult-use cannabis regulations in Massachusetts, social equity applicants will be given the first crack at delivery licenses for three years.
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 1st
Under new adult-use cannabis regulations in Massachusetts, social equity applicants will be given the first crack at delivery licenses for three years.
Mon / Nov 30th
Following the governor’s announcement in support of legalizing cannabis, activists and local politicians in Virginia are already pushing for social equity considerations in the state’s legalization plan.
Thu / Nov 19th INTERVIEW
Candace Clark is the co-founder of LinkUp and the Chief Compliance and Regulations Officer for the Social Equity Empowerment Network.
Mon / Nov 9th
Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis has walked back its claim in a disputed press release last month that the shop is Seattle’s first Black-owned cannabis dispensary after it was revealed that Kemp holds just a minor stake in the company.
Thu / Oct 29th PODCAST
Teddy Scott is the CEO and co-founder of Ethos Cannabis, a Mid-Atlantic and East Coast-focused multi-state cannabis operator.
Tue / Oct 20th
Los Angeles is being sued over plans to issue cannabis delivery licenses exclusively to social equity applicants until 2025.
Fri / Oct 16th
Washington state is one of the latest to address social equity in the cannabis industry, but business owners and potential social equity applicants say they have concerns about the state’s plan.
Wed / Oct 7th PODCAST
Jen Jackson is the founder and CEO of Be Jubie, a Baltimore-based CBD brand with a focus on wellness, restoration, education, and social justice.
Fri / Sep 25th
Playboy Enterprises is joining cannabis advocates in a social equity and social justice awareness campaign to push for the “legalization, decriminalization and destigmatization of cannabis.”
Wed / Sep 16th
A publicly-funded social equity incubator for cannabis edibles businesses has launched in Oakland, California.
Thu / Sep 3rd
Eaze has expanded its Social Equity Partners Program to feature Los Angeles-based brands. The program allows customers to selectively view, purchase from, and support disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
Thu / Jul 30th OPINION
With the legalization and regulation of cannabis, numerous states have attempted to address the lasting harms of the drug war by creating social equity grants for entrepreneurs from impacted communities. In Massachusetts, a bill is being considered that would offer loans instead.
Fri / Jul 24th
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commissioner Shaleen Title says she is starting to feel “embarrassed” by inequities in the state’s cannabis industry.
Thu / Jul 9th
Social equity advocates who were suing the city of Los Angeles have dropped their suit after officials agreed to process additional applications.
Thu / Jul 2nd
The Los Angeles city council has unanimously approved new regulations that will tighten up the cannabis social equity program and create rules for licensing new dispensaries in city neighborhoods that have already reached their cap.
Wed / Jul 1st
Colorado’s governor has signed legislation addressing social equity concerns in the cannabis industry — the new law allows for additional low-level cannabis possession pardons and sets aside business licenses for social equity applicants.
Thu / Jun 25th
Advocates have published a rebuke to a recent article released by MG Retailer, calling it an “irresponsible” representation of social equity efforts in the cannabis space.
Tue / Jun 23rd
New cannabis licensing and social equity recommendations from the Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulations are under consideration today by the City Council.
Wed / Jun 17th
Colorado lawmakers have approved legislation for social equity cannabis licensing and which gives the governor power to expunge low-level cannabis convictions from before the state legalized in 2012.
Tue / Jun 16th
Illinois officials say the state is almost ready to begin awarding social equity cannabis licenses after Gov. J.B. Pritzker suspended the process in late April due to the pandemic-prompted shutdown.
Mon / Jun 15th
Method Man is launching a cannabis business venture that will prioritize elevating entrepreneurs of color in the space.
Mon / May 11th
Cannabis activists in Massachusetts are spreading a petition that calls for repealing a recent change to the state’s cannabis laws that set the ownership threshold for social equity applicants at just 10 percent.
Thu / Apr 30th
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Illinois Gov. Pritzker has indefinitely pushed back the date for awarding the state’s social equity cannabis licenses.
Wed / Apr 22nd
California officials from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development are disbursing some $30 million in grant funding for local governments to fund low and no-interest loans for social equity cannabis operators.
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