California lawmakers in the new year will weigh whether to streamline the process of obtaining permits to grow and sell cannabis in the state, in an effort to bolster small businesses.
Their consideration comes at a critical juncture, as California’s prevailing system of softer “provisional licenses” for cannabis cultivation and retail will expire in favor of stricter annual licenses in 2026. And for many, the wait for permits has already stretched on for years.
“A lot of these farmers, they probably entered the system to try to get permitting as early as 2018,” Sarah Dukett, cannabis policy lead for the Rural County Representatives of California group, told The Hill.
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