The Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) will hold a webinar at noon on Thursday, January 30, 2025, to review the 2025 criteria and documents necessary for Social Equity Individual Applicant (“SEIA”) Eligibility Verification requests. DCR expects to hold a SEIA Verification window in the upcoming months. SEIA Verification is a process where an individual may request to be verified as a Social Equity Individual Applicant based on the criteria set forth in Los Angeles Municipal Code section 104.20 to participate in the Social Equity Program.
You can RSVP here and submit questions which will be answered during the webinar. You can join the webinar here.
The Social Equity Program focuses on the inclusion and support of individuals in the City’s legal cannabis marketplace who may have been negatively or disproportionately impacted by prior cannabis criminalization. As part of that effort, cannabis business licenses for retail, delivery and cultivation are exclusively available to verified Social Equity Individual Applicants until December 31, 2025. Verified SEIAs will also be able to participate in an upcoming retail application lottery in 2025.
Please visit the DCR Social Equity Program page to learn more about its mission.
We encourage all those who wish to become verified to join the Social Equity Individual Applicant Eligibility Verification webinar.
Next Steps: DCR will host a second webinar in late February that will cover the mechanics of how individuals who are interested in being verified as a SEIA will submit their documentation. The webinar will include a walk through of the process and step by step instructions for individuals to review after the meeting.