Tucson is preparing special zoning guidelines for recreational dispensaries as the 26 statewide recipients of social equity licenses are set to be announced April 8.
Nicole Ludden Tucson is preparing specific zoning regulations for adult-use marijuana facilities receiving social equity licenses as the state’s health department is set to announce which entities will receive them in the coming weeks.
The Arizona Department of Health Services is revealing the winners of those licenses in a lottery-style drawing on Friday, April 8. And while the rules prohibit a pre-existing agreement with large multi-state cannabis companies, after being issued, the licenses can be transferred to the cash-heavy marijuana establishments that wouldn’t have qualified for the license in the first place. The Arizona chapter of NORML, which advocates for reforming marijuana laws, estimates the licenses are worth $10 million to $20 million.
'It’s not going to solve everything'In April 2021, City Council adopted a temporary moratorium on social equity licenses within the city to participate in the state’s rule-making process for issuing them, specifically “to advocate for rules that will ensure that Social Equity licenses are ultimately issued to applicants who represent the minority communities that were disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of earlier marijuana laws,” the motion said.
“A special exception process would allow us to provide feedback and other concerns. It's a very similar process that we use for liquor licenses that all of them come to us,” Romero said.” It allows for the public to give input and feedback as well as mayor and council be able to provide that additional direction to be able to get the results that we want as a community.”
“ can't be about their bank account. It can't be about personal characteristics. And that, unfortunately, is what the state has missed. The pot industry is absolutely heavily driven by cash,” Kozachik said. “That means by definition that the only people who are really taking advantage of these things are people who’ve got a lot of cash backing. And that's not going to be the guy who got busted for an ounce back in '75.
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