Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is shaking up leadership at several city agencies, including an expected management overhaul at L.A.’s cannabis regulatory agency – which oversees a roughly $1 billion marijuana market.
A listing for an executive director for the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) has been posted on the city’s employment website for several weeks, increasing speculation that interim director Michelle Garakian is on the way out.
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The deadline for candidates to submit their applications is 4 p.m. PT Aug. 18.
The annual salary for the position is $155,681 to $276,075, according to the posting.
The DCR executive director oversees a staff of 55 employees and an adult-use marijuana market that generates about $1 billion in annual sales – on par with entire states that have established recreational programs.
Los Angeles’ program recorded first-quarter total taxable cannabis sales were $236,871,994, according to the California Department
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