NEW YEAR, NEW MARKET
Check out the business trends for 2025 that can help improve and elevate your cannabis business HERE
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FROM THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM IN 2025?
January 2025
COACHING
DCR offers over 1,500 hours of free business, professional, and workforce development coaching with subject-matter experts from a wide range of expertise. First fill out and submit the Coaching Indemnification Form.
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)
DCR has added all the webinars from our Summer Webinar Series.
PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES
You are eligible to apply for 10 hours of free pro bono assistance and 30 hours of low bono assistance for $35 per hour.
HAVE MORE TIME?
CHECK OUT OUR TRAINING SUMMIT SERIES!
PITCH PERFECT
HOW TO PERFECT YOUR BUSINESS PITCH DECK AND SECURE INVESTORS
6 parts, 205 minutes
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THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) LETS YOU ACCESS POPULAR TRAINING TOPICS FOR FREE
SO YOU CAN START LEARNING TODAY!
If you are accessing the LMS system for the first time, please log in using the email address linked to your DCR Accela Account and use “Password1”. If you are having difficulty logging into the LMS, contact us at dcr.sep@lacity.org.
Business Coach Natalie Darves gives some sound advice on signing up for DCR’s One-on-One Business Coaching program. Click above to watch.
Renewal Deadline
The Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) deferred its license and application renewal deadline to Monday, December 31, 2024. All unrenewed 2024 records expired after 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2024. As such, all persons who have allowed their Temporary Approval(s) to expire and who continue to engage in Commercial Cannabis Activity are subject to an enforcement action and/or criminal penalties for unlicensed Commercial Cannabis Activity. You can find out more about what is needed to renew a license here.
Annual Licensing
To date, 276 retailers have received approval for Annual Licensure from the City of Los Angeles Cannabis Regulation Commission (CRC).
Community meetings are a requirement prior to scheduling a hearing in front of the Cannabis Regulation Commission, who is ultimately responsible for the approval or denial of an Annual License.
DCR continues to prioritize the review of all annual applications based on the following criteria: (1) upcoming State license expiration dates; (2) non-retail Social Equity businesses who do not have a state provisional license; (3) Social Equity retail businesses; and, (4) all other businesses.
To find out more about the Annual Licensing process, please visit our website. DCR will be releasing a guide with next steps this month for all recent recipients of an Annual License, stay tuned.
Is Your DBA On File With DCR?
Do you have a DBA (Doing Business As)? Is it registered in Accela?
If not, you will also need to submit a Modification Request with DCR (via Accela) to add your DBA.
To complete this process, please complete and submit form LIC-4001-MOD and include the FBN filing stamped by the LA County Registrar Recorder/Clerk. Modification requests are free of charge.
Please file this ASAP as it needs to be completed before you receive a Notice of Completed Application pertaining to the annual licensing process. If you have any questions about the DBA process, reach out to your assigned DCR licensing staff member.
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Thank you for reading our monthly CannaDispatch newsletter, designed to provide timely and useful information about DCR-SEP news, services, programming and resources for the Los Angeles Social Equity community, SEIAs, licensees and operators.
If you have suggestions for future newsletter topics, please email us at dcr.sep@lacity.org. The DCR public counter is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at 221 N. Figueroa St, Suite 1245, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Call (213) 978-0738 to speak with a DCR representative.
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