As someone from SoCal, and from as a PoC from a rough neighborhood affected by the war on drugs. I remember when legalization began, the law said they would have a place for for those affected by the war on drugs to get into the cannabis market. It has been the exact opposite it's still inaccessible!
In order to get the license which is like a liquor license, you have to front over $10K then if you qualify for the waiver the state will reimburse you. No one from these hoods has $10K+ lying around yo do this. Hence why the cannabis market is so white and bourgeois.
And then to read this, it just angers me.
To be real in California it's not set up for anyone to make money. It's setup to squeeze out small farms. The ordinances, the taxes, they act like these ppl are making prelegalization money. But they're just farmers now. The state let the alcohol industry set up the rules. It's rigged and I don't see it being very profitable for the foreseeable future.