Social Equity Applicants receive certains benefits related to application processing, which may include the following:
- Certain license types are reserved for only SEIAs until 2025
- Business, Licensing, Compliance (BLC) and Technical Assistance
- Pro bono / Low Bono legal services
- Fee deferrals
- Grant funding
Please see Table S1 for information about commercial cannabis activity license restrictions and application processing restrictions.
Table S1: Commercial Cannabis Activity and Application Restrictions
|
License Type |
Is there a maximum number of available licenses? |
Are Applications Currently Being Accepted? |
Are licenses restricted to only Social Equity Applicants? |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Testing |
No |
Yes |
No |
Submission of Pre-Applications May Be Unavailable Until October 1, 2021 |
|
Distribution |
No |
Yes |
No |
Submission of Pre-Applications May Be Unavailable Until October 1, 2021 |
|
Non-Volatile Manufacturing |
No |
Yes |
No |
Submission of Pre-Applications May Be Unavailable Until October 1, 2021 |
|
Volatile Manufacturing |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
|
Cultivation |
Yes |
No |
Yes. Limited to Social Equity Applicants until January 1, 2025 |
|
|
Cultivation - Processor |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Delivery |
No |
Yes |
Yes. Limited to Social Equity Applicants until January 1, 2025 (Phase 3) |
SEAs must be verified. SEAs may be verified under the original eligibility criteria or the expanded eligibility criteria. |
|
Retail |
Yes |
No |
Yes. Limited to Social Equity Applicants until January 1, 2025 (Phase 3 Round 2, PCN, and, if applicable, future lotteries) |
Licenses are limited per CPA. To apply in a CPA that has reached Undue Concentration, eligibility must be verified pursuant to LAMC Sections. 104.20(b) and 104.06.1(c)(3) before submitting a PCN Request. A lottery will be administered to determine which eligible SEAs are selected to apply for a License in a CPA that has not reached Undue Concentration. SEAs must be verified pursuant to LAMC Sections 104.20(b) and 104.06.1(c)(3) before being determined eligible to participate in the lottery. |
Phase 3 Retail Round 1 Application Processing
Pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 104.06.1(b), the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) was authorized to identify a total of 200 Social Equity Individual Applicants who are eligible for further processing in Phase 3 Retail Round 1 (P3RR1). P3RR1 was held on September 3, 2019.
In 2020, DCR concluded its review of all eligible P3RR1 Applications and identified 200 Social Equity Individual Applicants eligible for further processing. To view a list of the 200 P3RR1 Social Equity Individual Applicants eligible for further processing click here.
A list of all P3RR1 Applicants and their Application status can be found here.
Status Legend for P3RR1 Lists:
Eligible for Further Processing; LAMC Sec. 104.06.1(b)(6) - first set of 100 eligible Applications
Eligible for Further Processing; LAMC Sec. 104.06.1(b)(7) - second set of 100 eligible Applications
Ineligible; 700 ft from another P3RR1
Ineligible; 700 ft from a sensitive use
Ineligible; 700 ft from an EMMD
Ineligible; Zoning Non-Compliance
Ineligible; Documents Incomplete
Ineligible; Undue Concentration Reached
Ineligible for Further Processing; 200 Applications Already Identified
Abandoned; Non-Payment of Application Fees
DCR Test Application
Rejected; Duplicate Application