August 7, 2024
Greetings! Last month, DCR launched its first public information campaign aimed at driving consumers to legal retail stores and away from the illicit market. While the “Legal, Local Cannabis” campaign is still in its first weeks, I am happy to ...
July 31, 2024
August 2024 CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS REGULATIONBUSINESS, LICENSING, COMPLIANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COACHINGDCR offers over 1,500 hours of free business, professional, and workforce development coaching with subject-matter ...
July 11, 2024
July 2024 CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS REGULATIONBUSINESS, LICENSING, COMPLIANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COACHINGDCR offers over 1,500 hours of free business, professional, and workforce development coaching with subject-matter ...
July 10, 2024
Greetings! This month marks the 7th anniversary of the Department of Cannabis Regulation and, today, I am happy to announce the launch of a new public information campaign that promotes Legal, Local Cannabis. This campaign seeks to encourage ...
June 12, 2024
Greetings!On June 5, 2024, Mayor Karen Bass signed the City of Los Angeles budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Last month, the Budget and Finance Committee voted to include items DCR sought in the City’s Proposed Budget for FY 2024-25: (1) ...
May 30, 2024
June 2024 On June 19, 1865, more than 250,000 African Americans embraced freedom by executive decree in what became known as Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, more than 2 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. As much ...
May 9, 2024
Greetings!Last month, the cannabis community celebrated the 4/20 holiday. Sales on 4/20 are typically a boon for cannabis retail storefront and delivery businesses. This year, the holiday boosted sales in California with an increase in sales of 2.7 ...
May 1, 2024
May 2024 Mental Health Awareness Month was established in 1949 to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness in Americans’ lives and to celebrate recovery from mental illness. People from racial and ethnic minority groups ...
April 19, 2024
Greetings! This month, the cannabis community celebrates the 4/20 holiday - the biggest celebration of perseverance, entrepreneurship, and simple joy in cannabis culture. For cannabis businesses, it is one of the busiest times for product sales ...
April 2, 2024
April 2024 This April, DCR and the Social Equity Program Team acknowledge and highlight all the equity businesses in Los Angeles that have persevered to get where they are now. In an effort to raise awareness and contribute to the success of equity ...
March 11, 2024
Greetings!This month, the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) celebrates Women’s History Month. We honor and recognize the many trailblazers of the cannabis industry from women-owned dispensaries, delivery services, cultivators and manufacturers ...
March 4, 2024
March 2024 The Department of Cannabis Regulation’s (DCR) Social Equity Program (SEP) celebrates the contributions women have made to society and recognizes the achievements of women over the course of American history in a variety of fields. We ...