In a call for pot entrepreneurs, Oakland, Ca. test drives new medical marijuana permit program

Oakland has rolled out its new pot equity program designed to bring more people of color into the cannabis industry.

Oakland — When the city in May rolled out a new permit program for cannabis businesses that gave priority to individuals who’d been convicted of a marijuana charge in Oakland, or who were longtime residents of neighborhoods with the highest numbers of weed-related arrests, no one could predict how many people would apply.

Oakland, a pioneer in the national cannabis movement, was once again testing uncharted waters with a pot reparations program that required half of all medical marijuana licenses go to “equity” applicants.

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