The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) is pleased to announce the release of the fiscal year 2022-23 Grant Solicitation for the Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions.
Donor Name: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000,000
Details:
The purpose of the Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions is to advance economic justice for populations and communities harmed by cannabis prohibition and the War on Drugs (WoD) by providing support to local jurisdictions as they promote equity and eliminate barriers to enter the newly regulated cannabis industry for equity program applicants and licensees. By issuing these grants to local jurisdictions, GO-Biz aims to advance the wellbeing of populations and communities that have been negatively or disproportionately impacted by cannabis prohibition and the WoD.
Funding Categories
Eligible local jurisdictions may submit only one type of application:
- Funding Request Type 1: Assistance for Cannabis Equity Assessment/Program Development
- Assistance for the creation of a cannabis equity assessment and/or assistance for the development of a local equity program.
- Funding Request Type 2: Assistance for Cannabis Equity Program Applicants and Licensees
- Assistance for cannabis equity program applicants and licensees to gain entry to, and to successfully operate in, the state’s regulated cannabis marketplace. An eligible local jurisdiction may not apply for Funding Request Type 2 unless:
- The jurisdiction has already conducted a cannabis equity assessment by the application due date; and
- The jurisdiction has adopted or operates a local equity program by the application due date.
- Assistance for cannabis equity program applicants and licensees to gain entry to, and to successfully operate in, the state’s regulated cannabis marketplace. An eligible local jurisdiction may not apply for Funding Request Type 2 unless:
Funding Information
- A total of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is available for fiscal year 2022-2023. There are two application types which are defined below. Applications for Funding Request Type 1 are subject to a maximum request of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) and the total amount available for this application type is two million dollars ($2,000,000). In the event the total amount of funding requested in approved applications for Funding Request Type 1 exceeds the amount available for this application type, the grant amount allocated for each approved
- Funding Request Type 1 application shall be prorated. Applications for Funding Request Type 2 are subject to a maximum request of five million dollars ($5,000,000) and will be allocated grant funds using a point-based scoring system and funding formula.
Eligibility Criteria
Only eligible local jurisdictions may apply for grant funds. “Eligible local jurisdiction” means a local jurisdiction (a city, county, or city and county) that demonstrates an intent to develop a cannabis equity program or that has adopted or operates a cannabis equity program. Local jurisdictions that have been previously awarded a Cannabis Equity Grant from GO-Biz are eligible to apply for a subsequent grant only if they have expended at least 50 percent of any grant funds awarded more than 12 months ago (calculated from the date the grant agreement was fully executed to the application due date), and at least 80 percent of any grant funds awarded more than 18 months ago (calculated from the date the grant agreement was fully executed to the application due date), as evidenced by expenditures reported in the most recent progress report submitted to GO-Biz by the application due date.
For more information, visit GOBED.
