Good Faith Hiring Requirements Report

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The City of Los Angeles has good faith hiring requirements (“GFHR”) for all licensed commercial cannabis businesses.

Under LAMC section 104.011, Licensees must submit an annual report on or before the final day of February every year that provides evidence of the following factors. The City has created this report to assist licensees in submitting the required report. Please visit DCR to learn more about the Good-Faith Hiring Requirements.

The following definitions apply to all requirements:

"Transitional Worker" means a person who, at the time of starting employment at the Business Premises, resides in an Economically Disadvantaged Area or Extremely Economically Disadvantaged Area, as those terms are defined in Section 11.5.6 of this Code, and faces at least two of the following barriers to employment: (1) being homeless; (2) being a custodial single parent; (3) receiving public assistance; (4) lacking a GED or high school diploma; (5) having a criminal record or other involvement with the criminal justice system; (6) suffering from chronic unemployment; (7) emancipated from the foster care system; (8) being a veteran; or (9) over the age of 65 and financially compromised.

"Social Equity Worker" means an individual who meets the criteria in Los Angeles Muncipal Code (LAMC) Section 104.20(a), except for Tier 3 Applicants, or who meet the criteria in Section 104.20(b).

1. All General Applicants [LAMC section 104.11]

Requirement: 30% Local and 10% Transitional

"A Licensee shall make a good-faith effort to have no less than 30% of the weekly hours of the Licensee's workforce performed by Employees whose primary place of residence is within a three (3) mile radius of the Business Premises. A Licensee shall make a good-faith effort to have no less than 10% of the weekly hours of the Licensee's workforce performed by Employees who are Transitional Workers."

"A Licensee shall make a good-faith effort to have no less than 10% of the weekly hours of the Licensee's workforce performed by employees who are Transitional Workers."

2. Social Equity Licensees [LAMC section 104.20(c)(2)(ii)]

Requirement: 50% Local, 20% Social Equity and 10% Transitional Workers (one worker can count multiple times)

"A Social Equity Individual Applicant shall make a good faith effort to have no less than 50 percent of the weekly hours of the Licensee's workforce performed by Employees whose primary place of residence is within a three (3) mile radius of the Business Premises location. Of those Employees, 20 percent shall be Social Equity Workers and 10 percent shall be Transitional Workers."

3. Tier 3 Licensees [LAMC section 104.20(c)(2)(iii)]

Requirement: 50% Local, 30% Social Equity and 10% Transitional Workers

"A Tier 3 Applicant shall make a good faith effort to have no less than 50 percent of the weekly hours of the Licensee's workforce performed by Employees whose primary place of residence is within a three (3) mile radius of the Business Premises. Of those employees, 30 percent shall be Social Equity Workers and 10 percent Transitional Workers."
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Name* This field is required.
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Last Name
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Email* This field is required.
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Business Information* This field is required.For definitions of terms, please refer to the FAQ Sheet.
Business Entity Name
Application/License No.
Business Premises Location
Name of Person Responding on behalf of Business Entity
Best Daytime Contact
Storefront Retail
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Business Type
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Are you a verified Social Equity Individual Applicant (SEIA)?* This field is required.
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How many total full and part-time employees are currently working for this commercial cannabis business?* This field is required.
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How many total employees are local?* This field is required.*For Social Equity Licensees, an employee is local if they live within 3 miles of the Business Premises. For all other Licensees, an employee is local if they live within 3 miles of the Business Premises. To measure the distance between the employee address and the business, use a Radius Mapping tool. You can also use Google maps to measure distance by selecting a starting point, right-clicking, and choosing Measure Distance.
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How many total employees qualify as Transitional Workers?* This field is required.*A transitional worker means an individual who, at the time of starting employment at the Business Premises, resides in an Economically Disadvantaged Area or Extremely Economically Disadvantaged Area, as defined in Section 11.5.6 of the City of Los Angeles Municipal Code, and faces at least two of the following barriers to employment: 1. Being homeless; 2. Being a single custodial parent; 3. Receiving public assistance; 4. Lacking a GED or high school diploma; 5. Having a criminal record or other involvement with the criminal justice system; 6. Suffering from chronic unemployment; 7. Emancipated from the foster care system; 8. Being a veteran; 9. Over the age of 65 and financially compromised.
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How many total employees are Social Equity Workers?* This field is required.*An equity worker is someone who would qualify as a Social Equity Individual Applicant according to the City of Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 104.20.
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At a minimum, a Licensee is required to contact local community-based organizations, City of Los Angeles WorkSource Centers, and other similar organizations to facilitate job outreach, development, and placement services. Is the commercial cannabis business making a good faith effort to comply with this requirement?* This field is required.Please describe your efforts.
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In the past 6 months, how many applicants have you interviewed?* This field is required.
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How many of the applicants were Local?* This field is required.
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How many of the applicants were Social Equity?* This field is required.
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How many of the applicants were Transitional?* This field is required.
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What challenges has the commercial cannabis business experienced trying to hire qualifying workers?* This field is required.
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Acknowledgement* This field is required.As with all other licensing information or records, information submitted to DCR in this form may be publicly disclosed on DCR's website, in response to a California Public Records Act request (Government Code section 6250 et seq.), as permitted by the Information Practices Act (Civil Code section 1798 et seq.), to another government agency as required by state or federal law, in response to a court or administrative order, a subpoena, or a search warrant.
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