The California Division of Hashish Management (DCC) is rising eligibility for its Native Jurisdiction Retail Entry Grant (LJRAG) together with the award quantities for municipalities which might be given grants below this system.
The LJRAG program is a part of the state’s efforts to broaden authorized hashish entry in jurisdictions the place adult-use hashish operations don’t presently exist. The Part II funding is tied to the native jurisdiction’s issuance of native permits or licenses authorizing hashish retail. Beneath the revised Part II pointers, eligible native jurisdictions might apply for funding no matter whether or not they participated in Part I. The DCC stated the brand new pointers will permit greater than 300 cities and counties to pursue funding in Part II.
The state will award $15 million in grants below the Part II program. Part I awarded $4.1 million in grants to 18 cities and counties all through the state.
In an announcement, DCC Director Nicole Elliott stated “There are nonetheless many places all through the state the place hashish utilization is notable, however present customers don’t have handy entry to authorized retail hashish.”
“We all know that hashish customers typically make buying selections primarily based on comfort, so adequate entry to authorized retail reinforces extraordinarily essential client safeguards.” — Elliot in a press release
Part II eligible candidates embody jurisdictions that previous to July 1, 2022, didn’t have a hashish retail licensing program in existence; have a plan to develop and implement a hashish retail licensing program; and have issued a number of hashish retail licenses to hashish companies throughout the jurisdiction of town or county pursuant to that program.
The Part II funding quantities for the issuance of a retailer license and fairness retailer license have been doubled. Jurisdictions might now obtain $150,000 per eligible retailer license and $300,000 per eligible fairness retailer license issued. The earlier quantities have been $75,000 and $150,000, respectively.
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