California officials want to extend the period for pot sellers and growers to use provisional licenses by five years, another sign the industry is struggling.
So far, only 208 growers have obtained regular, annual licenses, while another 1,532 are still operating on provisional permits as they go through the cumbersome paperwork that requires detailed environmental reviews. Among cannabis retailers, only 39 have received regular licenses while 2,751 are still operating on provisional or temporary permits.
As a result, some cannabis firms were having to wait 10 months to a year to get approval of regular licenses, long after temporary permits were set to expire. The five-year extension was proposed in part because the agencies responsible for administering the licensing program “say they are overwhelmed with the workload that has poured in,” said Cathy Mudge, a spokeswoman for Assemblyman Jim Wood , a co-author of the bill.
Still, the California Department of Food and Agriculture denies that staffing has been an issue in processing permit applications.
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