San Diego officials are proposing a cannabis equity program that would make it easier for people of color to break into the lucrative business with start-up loans, fee waivers, help finding business sites and other incentives.The program, which will be presented to the City Council next month, would also help people expunge cannabis criminal convictions from their records.
The dozen equity proposals come in response to recent studies showing people of color have suffered a disproportionate share of cannabis arrests in San Diego and Whites own an outsized share of local cannabis businesses.
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