California officials have awarded $12 million in marijuana tax-funded grants to cities across the state to support equity programs for people disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs.
This is the latest round of funds that the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) is providing under its Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions.
The purpose of the program is “to advance economic justice for populations and communities impacted by cannabis prohibition and the War on Drugs by providing support to local jurisdictions as they promote equity in California and eliminate barriers to enter the newly regulated cannabis industry for equity program applicants and licensees,” a description says.
Localities with plans to develop or maintain cannabis equity programs were eligible to apply for the grants. GO-Biz announced last week that it is distributing $12 million across 10 cities and counties for the 2023-2024 period.
Money from the program funds local programs offering technical support, regulatory compliance and assistance with securing startup capital to equity applicants and licensees.
Here’s where the cannabis equity grants were awarded:
City of Oakland: $3,000,000.00 City and County of San Francisco: $2,041,520.62 County of Trinity: $1,812,729.52 County of Mendocino: $1,803,929.86 City of Sacramento:
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