![]() Stateline Story JMarijuana Bills Increasingly Focus on Social Justice “We don’t have one successful social equity program yet,” said Bonita Money, founder and executive director of the National Diversity & Inclusion Cannabis Alliance, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that advises and advocates for social equity entrepreneurs. So far, though, efforts to help disadvantaged people launch legal marijuana businesses have floundered. ![]() Left-leaning state and city leaders nationwide have embraced social equity marijuana licensing programs, which aim to make amends for decades of aggressive policing of low-income, minority people and help them thrive in the multibillion-dollar legal pot industry. He’s frustrated by reports that some applicants who made it through were wealthy or lived in gentrifying ZIP codes such as East Hollywood. ![]() ![]() And he’s gone to prison for selling pot.īut Brown, 47, didn’t get past the first stage of applying for one of the city’s 100 first-come, first-served retail store licenses. Los Angeles has set aside effectively all its new marijuana dispensary licenses for people like Ryan Brown. ![]()
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