WSLCB - Board Caucus
(October 27, 2020)

Tuesday October 27, 2020 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Observed
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The three-member board of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) meets weekly in caucus to discuss current issues and receive invited briefings from agency staff.

https://lcb.wa.gov/boardmeetings/2020oct_schedule

Observations

The Board prepared to receive proposed rules for the Location Compliance Certificates rulemaking project, briefly discussed the Task Force on Social Equity in Cannabis, and remained uncertain if the agency would host a meeting of the Cannabis Advisory Council (CAC) in 2020.

  • Staff presented rulemaking updates:
  • The first meeting of the Washington State Legislative Task Force on Social Equity in Cannabis had been held the day before on October 26th, but Garrett had few specifics ready to share at Chair Jane Rushford’s prompting. She noted the Task Force elected two co-chairs, Representative Melanie Morgan and Washington State Commission on African American Affairs (CAAA) Commissioner Paula Sardinas. The group reviewed themes from the WSLCB social equity engagements and heard new remarks from community voices throughout the call, leading Garrett to believe the engaged “community is more at ease on the task force and what will come out of it” (audio - 4m).
  • The WSLCB may host a meeting of the Cannabis Advisory Council (CAC) before year’s end, although Board Member Ollie Garrett stressed that no date had been set. She and Executive Assistant Dustin Dickson intended to review “what that’s going to look like,” including the potential for revised CAC membership (audio - 1m).
  • Board Member Russ Hauge noted that agency staff were vetting a potential cannabis compact between the state and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. WSLCB staff were deciding “how to best involve the tribes on a continuous basis, including leadership changes among the tribes we’re working with,” he said, and was still a “ways away” from “establishing how we’re going to regularly meet with one another” (audio - 1m).
  • WSLCB’s IT division was planning to transition the agency’s virtual meetings to Microsoft Teams in January 2021 after using multiple platforms throughout 2020 (audio - 1m).

Engagement Options

Phone

Number: 1.415.655.0001
Pin: 133 244 4259

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