An MMLG client has advanced in Culver City’s competitive application for retail cannabis licensing! We’re not too self-reflective of a blog, we’re usually content to talk about the SAFE bill’s surprising advancement, or to take a look at what an evolving vice market means for Big Beer. However, with competitive applications becoming a bigger and bigger “thing” in cannabis, well, we get a little excited when our clients succeed with these. So it’s with a great deal of pleasure that we announce one of our clients in Culver City’s current competitive application window has advanced to the next stage: the interview.
Culver City Means Business With Competitive Applications
Culver City has been downright clinical in their competitive cannabis application process, and the city’s retail processis no different. 23 businesses applied for up to three licenses, and after this round eight were accepted, three were denied, with 12 applicants being put on hold pending the permitting process outcome.
“We’re extremely happy at the MMLG office today for our Culver City client,” CEO Aaron Lachant explained. “Just as with our competitive application clients in places such as West Hollywood, Commerce, and elsewhere, we have worked hand in hand with these guys and know exactly how capable they are, and how hard they’ve worked to get to this point.”
The interviews for Culver City’s competitive application are set to take place in late April according to the city’s website. “We’ve taken the client as far as we can. The interview process is between Culver City and the applicants they’ve determined are worth further consideration and hopefully a retail license,” Lachant added.
Culver City’s competitive application is part of a growing trend, where companies vying against one another a la college applicants are de rigueur now for many municipalities in California and beyond (including Missouri’s medical marijuana applications). Cities have every right to be choosy about who they award licenses to, and many municipalities are recognizing that just because a company is big that doesn’t necessarily translate to being a good neighbor. Enter competitive applications, which tend to level the playing field by demanding that would-be license holders are demonstrably responsible corporate neighbors by going through the rigors of a competitive application and interview process.
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