In 2017, the LA City Council established the Social Equity Program to address the disproportionate impacts of the War on Drugs on communities of color.
Four years later, the Social Equity Program has failed to come close to meeting its expectations and hundreds of Social Equity Applicants have been prevented from opening their cannabis businesses because DCR constantly places bureaucratic barriers in their way.
Councilmembers Marquece Harris-Dawson and Curren Price have introduced a motion to fix the problems at DCR (Read it here). Their motion will:
Set deadlines of between 30 and 60 days for DCR to review and respond to applications and modification requests
Establish clear rules and procedures that DCR cannot modify without City Council approval
Eliminate DCR’s pointless bureaucratic requirements that do nothing but hinder applicants
Rescind arbitrary deadlines set by DCR that are preventing applicants from relocating or making ownership changes
Your support will help get this motion passed!
