Licensing Specialist
Current• Currently project managing 12 active clients’ California licensing projects, totaling over 30 state annual applications and 25 local annual applications in progress. In the first year of legalization, (Jan. 2018- Jan. 2019), filed 11 state annual applications and in the late 2018 rush, filed over 30 temporary applications and as a team, filed over 60. • Maintain knowledge of California state and local cannabis regulations and regulatory guidance, including previous proposed rulemaking versions; prepare client summaries of changes to regulations and impact on operations• Draft client regulatory responses for attorney review, including packaging/labeling, compliance, delivery, zoning, setbacks, etc.• Desires to participate in policy projects; involvement in past policy projects include recommendations to the City of LA regarding their social equity program, analogous social equity research in cities outside LA, tax matrices and policy commentary, and preparing model cannabis ordinances• Assisted in the preparation of two rounds of Vicente Sederberg’s public comments to state agencies in the rulemaking’s formal public comment processes• Developing merit licensing skills by assisting on California base merit licensing projects, including San Luis Obispo, Chula Vista, South Lake Tahoe, and Pasadena• Tracked and maintained list of California’s localities and details regarding the locality’s licensing opportunities and relevant details affecting the prospect of licensing