Your Path from Applicant to Ownership

Social Equity Enterprise

Through partnerships with local community colleges, Business Development Centers, Industry Leaders, and Los Angeles Bar Association; prospective Social Equity Entrepreneurs will be provided practical cannabis start-up business/compliance training and hands-on assistance with their licensing application process.

Retail Storefront & Delivery Ownership Training

  • -FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
    -ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
    -PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
    -OPERATING AGREEMENTS
    -VALID SELLER’S PERMIT

  • -LEGAL OCCUPANCY AND USE DEED OR LEASE
    -LANDOWNER ATTESTATION
    -RADIUS MAP/SENSITIVE USES
    -PREMISES DIAGRAM
    -PROOF OF BOND/INSURANCE
    -PRE-LICENSING INSPECTIONS
    -CANNABIS DEPARTMENT
    -DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY
    -DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING
    -POLICE COMMISSION
    -FIRE DEPARTMENT/CUPA

  • -OPERATING PLAN
    -STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP)
    -TRACK AND TRACE PLAN
    -SECURITY PLAN
    -LIMITED AREA ACCESS PLAN
    -ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
    -WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
    -CEQA
    -ODOR MITIGATION / AIR QUALITY

  • -HIRING PLAN
    -STAFFING PLAN
    -ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
    -LABOR PEACE AGREEMENT
    -DIVERSITY PLAN
    -COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT
    -NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON
    -LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESENTATION DOCUMENTATION

  • -SOCIAL EQUITY REQUIREMENTS
    -STATE OF CALIFORNIA LICENSING
    -VENDORS
    -CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Retail Licensing Support

Social Equity Entrepreneurs developed a comprehensive model of early-stage wrap-around support services that are vital to our success in the cannabis industry. The pilot project was launched in collaboration with the Social Equity Owners and Workers Association (SEOWA), in the traverse waters of the Los Angeles Social Equity Program, through an immersive learning-by-doing process.

LDG has teamed up with community partners to offer Social Equity Applicants counseling, mentorship, financial and legal services, for six months of intense, focused training. Providing equity founders an opportunity to learn at an accelerated pace.

As new talent is developed through our programs, “graduating” students will have the opportunity for access to capital to pursue licensing opportunities or obtain prevailing wage employment with the accelerator’s supporting operators and businesses.