eugene hillsman here. >> if you give me a second, i'll be pulling this up. >> supervisor fewer: this item has no b.l.a. report. >> good morning, chair fewer, supervisors, my name is eugene hillsman, director of the office of cannabis. for the local equity funding. i'm also available to answer any potential questions that you have about the process. unfortunately, director rodriguez is feeling under the weather and is unable to join us this morning. san francisco's equity program was developed to support individuals negatively impacted by the war on drugs by creating opportunities to own and be hired by cannabis businesses. senate bill 1294 approved by senator bradford allowed for san francisco to apply for funds from the state level bureau of cannabis control to assist applicants enter the cannabis market in the state. the bill requires an eligible local jurisdiction that received grant funds pursuant to the provisions to submit an annual report to the b.c.c. that contains specified information on the use of the grant funds and specified demographic data. the office of cannabis appli

eugene hillsman. one of the things i'm happy to talk to you about is the dual licensing structure in place for cannabis in california. you need both a state license and a local permit from our office or the department of public health. here you see the organizations that are responsible for permitting those businesses, depending on activity type. so for retailers, distribution, laboratories, and microbusinesses, they're currently regulated by the bureau of cannabis control. for cultivators, they're regulated by cal cannabis and the california department of agriculture. and for manufacturing, they're regulated by the california department of public health. earlier this week, governor newsom made an announcement in which in order to increase efficiency and communication, to consolidate those agencies into one department, the department of cannabis control. we expect that that will happen some time in july of 2021. it is coming, but right now there are three agencies, and eventually they will consolidate

eugene hillsman. one of the things i'm happy to talk to you about is the dual licensing structure in place for cannabis in california. you need both a state license and a local permit from our office or the department of public health. here you see the organizations that are responsible for permitting those businesses, depending on activity type. so for retailers, distribution, laboratories, and microbusinesses, they're currently regulated by the bureau of cannabis control. for cultivators, they're regulated by cal cannabis and the california department of agriculture. and for manufacturing, they're regulated by the california department of public health. earlier this week, governor newsom made an announcement in which in order to increase efficiency and communication, to consolidate those agencies into one department, the department of cannabis control. we expect that that will happen some time in july of 2021. it is coming, but right now there are three agencies, and eventually they will consolidate

us do the work that we do. >> good afternoon, commissioners, eugene hillsman. currently the state of california has a dual licensing permitting structure. in order to operate a cannabis business in the city of san francisco, you need both a state license and a local permit. these are the three agencies that are required based on the activity type, you interact or engage with a different agency. for laboratories and microbusinesses, it is the bureau of cannabis control and the department of agriculture. and for manufacturing, it's the department of public health. recently the governor announced that these three agencies will be consolidated in an attempt to increase efficiency, and we expect that will happen in the summer of 2021. that new department which would be considered the department of cannabis control will also include a dedicated enforcement unit. so here you see a list of our prior to processing categories. right now we're only processing equity applicants in addition to this expedited processing category, there are also recipients of fee waivers and