LONG BEACH CANNABIS EQUITY INITIATIVE
CANNABIS RECONCILIATION
OUR MISSION
Our Mission is to ensure the tax revenue derived from Cannabis is revinested back in the communities that have been torn part from the War on Drugs and and that those communities can equitably take part in the Economic opportunities that come from the Cannabis industry.
Our Mission is to ensure the tax revenue derived from Cannabis is revinested back in the communities that have been torn part from the War on Drugs and and that those communities can equitably take part in the Economic opportunities that come from the Cannabis industry.
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CANNABIS ARRESTS!
46% of Arrests African American
13% of the population
No Black Owned Despenseries in Long Beach
LONG BEACH POLICE WAR ON DRUGS
Long Beach’s arrests exceeded San Jose, which has nearly twice the population, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, whose primary service area contains six times as many residents.
Among police departments for the state’s 15 largest cities, the average was 15 marijuana arrests per 1,000 residents over the decade. Long Beach more than doubled that rate at 38 arrests per 1,000.
Recreational Ordinance and Cannabis Equity today in the City of Long Beach
- Recreational Marijuana ordinance was Passed in the City of Long Beach, In July of 2017 and included a section for Cannabis Social Equity. As it stands today it is next to impossible for social equity applicants to take part in the ownership of the high cost to because entry.
- No Black Owned Dispenseries Long Beach
- No Tax dollars invested in communities affen drugs.cted by the war o
- There were 32 Licenses, most of which were spoken for by Medical Marijuniana Dispensaries that reverted to Recreational.
- Licenses remaining are cultivation, manufacturing, and testing which have a high barrier to entry. The cost to open a cultivation or a manicuring business can reach 2 million.
- The current Applicants get some fees waived off licenses
- The Cannabis Social equity part of the ordinance makes it next to impossible for social equity applicants to own a Cannabis Business.
- The Cannabis Social equity part of the ordinance makes it next to impossible for social equity applicants to own a Cannabis Business.
How The City of Long Beach Defines
A Social Equity Applicant
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To qualify as an Equity Applicant, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:
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What the City of Long Beach Defines As a Social Equity Applicant
Apply as a person, not a company In the last year, your annual family income was at or below 80% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale (LA County) Area Median Income (AMI).
Your annual family income is adjusted for family size. See information on income limits. Have a net worth below $250,000 Satisfy at least 1 of the following 3 criteria:
Have lived in a Long Beach census tract for a minimum of 3 years where at least 51% of current residents have a household income at or below 80% of the Los Angeles Area Median Income. Check map.
Was arrested or convicted for a crime relating to the sale, possession, use, or cultivation of cannabis in the City of Long Beach prior to November 8, 2016 that could have been prosecuted as a misdemeanor or citation under California law.
Is a Long Beach resident currently receiving unemployment benefits.
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To qualify as an Equity Applicant, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:
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What the City of Long Beach Defines As a Social Equity Applicant
Apply as a person, not a company In the last year, your annual family income was at or below 80% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale (LA County) Area Median Income (AMI).
Your annual family income is adjusted for family size. See information on income limits. Have a net worth below $250,000 Satisfy at least 1 of the following 3 criteria:
Have lived in a Long Beach census tract for a minimum of 3 years where at least 51% of current residents have a household income at or below 80% of the Los Angeles Area Median Income. Check map.
Was arrested or convicted for a crime relating to the sale, possession, use, or cultivation of cannabis in the City of Long Beach prior to November 8, 2016 that could have been prosecuted as a misdemeanor or citation under California law.
Is a Long Beach resident currently receiving unemployment benefits.
- 50% of Tax Dollars To Investment Reentry programming and housing, youth programs
- Add Dispensary Licenses and ensure that 20% go to the African American Community
- Pass the S License : This license allows existing manufacturers and cultivators to sublease their space to a social equity applicant to allow for a lower barrier to entry.
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Create incentives
- Create Transparency
How Can you Help?
Sign This Letter to City Council and the Mayor
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