Factor in social equity, and the face of California under-licensing and overall license delay devastation gets a fairly dark brown. Of the poor souls whose light at end of the legality tunnel is seeming more train-like by the moment, those who were fish in a barrel for Drug War cops deserve special empathy.
“How do you get to come and make millions of dollars off of our misery?” asked stalled entrepreneur Lanaisha Edwards.
The Guardian
- Reportedly, just 20 of the 100 businesses set to receive a license through L.A.’s social equity program appear to be black-owned.
- Where L.A. is having its well-publicized social equity struggles, notable strides are being made with the city of Oakland and the company Nug and in the City of Sacramento.
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