p>Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at
what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Yet again,COVID-19 dominated the news, in the marijuana industry
and in every other aspect of life. The lack of funding for
marijuana businesses in the stimulus packages, the halt to state
legalization efforts, the issues surrounding Massachusetts (yes,
those continue), even Mexico’s decision to legalize cannabis
– all are caused or colored by the coronavirus. But
let’s start with an issue that got a lot of attention without
being directly related to the pandemic – social equity in the
cannabis industry, specifically in California.
LOS ANGELES LICENSING ISSUES
Last September, the city launched a new round of cannabis
licensing to provide 100 retail licenses to social equity
applicants. Some applicants may have been able to access the system
early, which is a problem in a first-come, first-served process.
Now, The Social Equity Owners and Workers
