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California officials have awarded more than $1.7 million in grants help promote sustainable marijuana cultivation practices and assist growers with obtaining their annual licenses.<\/p>\n
This is the first round of Qualified Cultivator Grant Program funding that\u2019s being made available through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u2019s (CDFW) Cannabis Restoration Grant Program (CRGP). Grants are awarded to eligible non-profits, government entities and tribes, which can then distribute funds to individual grower applicants.<\/p>\n
A total of $6 million will be allotted through the program, which was first announced in August 2021<\/a> and will remain open for applications through April 2023.<\/p>\n CDFW Awards First Funds From Qualified Cultivator Grant Program<\/p>\n \u2014 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (@CaliforniaDFW) July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Beside assisting cultivators in processing and paying for annual licensing, the grants are meant to support environmental sustainability in the cannabis sector. For example, they can be used to enhance water conservation and fund restoration projects.<\/p>\n For this first round, the cultivation certification organization Sun+Earth received $395,643 for planning purposes and to expand their operations, with a focus on land restoration and conservation on marijuana farms across the state.<\/p>\n The Mendocino County Resource Conservation District was awarded $1,388,181 for water conservation projects in the South Fork Eel River Watershed. The money is being specifically allocated to install three rainwater collection systems, upgrade irrigation infrastructure, manage invasive species and bring in native, \u201cpollinator-friendly plants.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThese are well-conceived and timely planning projects that will result in lasting benefits to fish and wildlife resources and the habitats they depend upon for survival,\u201d Acting Cannabis Program Director Sarah Paulson said<\/a> in a press release. \u201cSupporting these entities will help preserve California\u2019s natural resources and pave the way for future cannabis farmers in the regulated market.\u201d<\/p>\n The qualified cultivator program involves three steps: consultation to develop licensing and conservation proposals, pre-application to determine eligibility and then the full application.<\/p>\n California has put significant resources into supporting the state\u2019s marijuana program, with certain initiatives being funded by tax revenue from cannabis sales.<\/p>\n For example, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)\u00a0signed a wide-ranging bill this month<\/a> to restructure the state\u2019s marijuana market, including by eliminating a cannabis cultivation tax, in an effort to provide industry relief and further curtail the illicit market. AB 195 builds upon an amended budget proposal that the governor unveiled in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014 The key provisions going into effect eliminate the marijuana cultivation tax and shift the point of collection and remittance for the separate 15 percent excise tax on cannabis sales from the distribution to retail level. Additionally, there will be no increase in the excise tax for at least three years under the proposal, which is expected to be signed by the governor and then take effect immediately.<\/p>\n Also, the new law includes a $20 million one-time grant program to support the development and implementation of local retail licensing efforts. That\u2019s an important component that\u2019s meant to help reduce the cannabis policy gap throughout California, where more than half of the state\u2019s cities and counties do not allow any type of cannabis licensees to operate in their area.<\/p>\n Relatedly, state officials launched a new resource in May, providing people with an interactive\u00a0map showing where marijuana businesses are permitted<\/a>\u2014and where they are blocked from opening\u2014throughout the state.<\/p>\n Last week, regulators also announced last week that they are soliciting input on proposed rules to standardize cannabis testing methods<\/a> in the state\u2014an effort that they hope will stop marijuana businesses from \u201claboratory shopping\u201d to find facilities that are more likely to show higher THC concentrations that they can then boast for their products.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, California officials are distributing\u00a0another round of community reinvestment grants<\/a>\u00a0totaling $35.5 million with tax revenue generated from recreational marijuana sales.<\/p>\n The Governor\u2019s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced last month that they\u2019ve awarded 78 grants to organizations throughout the state that will support economic and social development in communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs.<\/p>\n The amount of funding and number of recipients\u00a0increased from last year\u2019s levels<\/a>, when the state awarded about $29 million in grants to 58 nonprofit organizations through the CalCRG program.<\/p>\n California has\u00a0taken in nearly $4 billion in marijuana tax revenue<\/a>\u00a0since the state\u2019s adult-use market launched in 2018, the Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) reported late last month. And for the first quarter of 2022, the state saw about $294 million in cannabis revenue generated from the excise, cultivation and sales tax on marijuana.<\/p>\n The state collected about\u00a0$817 million in adult-use marijuana tax revenue<\/a>\u00a0during the last fiscal year. That represented 55 percent more cannabis earnings for state coffers than was generated in the 2020-2021 period.<\/p>\n California officials also announced in January that the state had awarded $100 million in funding to\u00a0help develop local marijuana markets<\/a>, in part by getting cannabis businesses fully licensed.<\/p>\n DEA May Find Itself In Federal Court Again Over Refusal To Provide Psilocybin Access To Terminally Ill Patients<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Chris Wallis \/\/ Side Pocket Images.<\/em><\/p>\n The post California Awards $1.7 Million In Grants To Support Sustainable Marijuana Cultivators<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
California officials have awarded more than $1.7 million in grants help promote sustainable marijuana cultivation practices and assist growers with obtaining their annual licenses. This is the first round of Qualified Cultivator Grant Program funding that\u2019s being made available through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u2019s (CDFW) Cannabis RestorationContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":55797,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55798,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55796\/revisions\/55798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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