California’s weed market should be flourishing. But bureaucracy is blunting it.

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Bureaucratic headaches and red tape have made starting a weed business in California a long and risky process

Marijuana plants sit on a rack at the Berkeley Patients Group in Berkeley, California. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES — California’s legal cannabis industry is running into the same problem many other sectors know all too well: bureaucratic headaches.

Such hassles threaten to undermine efforts by states across the country to stand up legal weed markets that can compete with unlicensed businesses. The dysfunction is acute in California, which requires its hundreds of cities to develop their own marijuana ordinances — if they want to open the door to the industry at all. Other states, such as Massachusetts and Michigan, also require local approval for new cannabis businesses.bureaucratic snags more than Los Angeles.

He sees the finish line, years later, but knows that not all applicants can hold out as long. “There are people who were selected to get a license and have told me they can't deal with the emotional stress,” Shockley said. “And so they've decided to walk away from this.” Sharmi Shah, an attorney who works with a statewide network of cannabis companies on licensing and compliance, said she’s experienced similar snags while trying to help her clients open their doors, including messy licensing processes and overworked city departments that take months to complete basic tasks.

Cannabis company MedMen filed a new lawsuit to block the city’s licensing process in October after its application was disqualified, which threatens to extend Pasadena’s delay even further.

 

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