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 ...
February 20, 2024
Greetings!2024 promises to be a productive year as the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) ramps up its efforts to transition cannabis licensees from Temporary Approval to the Annual License process.In 2018, the Temporary Approval process was ...
February 1, 2024
February 2024 "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." –Harriet TubmanThe Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) and the ...