Connecticut’s governor is halting the distribution of funds from the state’s marijuana social equity fund while the program is reviewed.
Gov. Ned Lamont called for a halt to the distribution of roughly $33.4 million in funding as well as the audit “in response to complaints from members of the state’s legislative Black and Puerto Rican Caucus and other stakeholders,” Fairfield-based public-radio station WSHU reported.
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The complaints were spurred by a concern that the Social Equity Council (SEC), which distributes the funds, “hasn’t been transparent,” WHSU reported.
The Black and Puerto Rican Caucus also is questioning the SEC’s “choices for the recipients of community grants,” according to the Hartford-based CT Mirror.
Lamont requested that the state comptroller conduct “a comprehensive review of the SEC,
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