Yesterday, January 13, 2023, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) released an interactive mapping tool for determining whether people meet have lived in Disproportionately Impacted Areas (“DIA”)–one of three eligibility criteria for the forthcoming Social Equity in Cannabis (“SEIC”) program licensing. The map can be found by a link on the LCB’s website, or here.
Washington Social Equity in Cannabis Program
As we wrote about here, the SEIC program, slated to be rolled out sometime this year, will re-purpose around 40 retail cannabis dispensary licenses that have been revoked or abandoned and reissue them to qualifying applicants. To qualify, a WA resident must hold at least 51% of each social equity retail license applicant and the person or persons making up the applicant must meet at least two of the following qualifications:
the applicant has lived in a Disproportionately Impact Area (“DIA”) in WA for a minimum of 5 years between 1980 and 2010; the applicant or a family member of the applicant has been arrested or convicted of a cannabis offense; or the applicant’s household income in the year prior to submitting the application was less than the median household income within the state of Washington.
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