When Washington became a state in 1889, the state constitution codified the Washington State Office of the Attorney General (WA OAG) as part of the executive branch. The Attorney General's Office is now the state’s largest law firm, encompassing 28 divisions with over 600 attorneys and 650 professional staff charged with representing over 230 state agencies, boards, and commissions.
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Observations
WSLCB - Board Caucus (July 12, 2022) - Summary
A new timeline for social equity rules was hypothesized by staff who looked ahead to a plant canopy rule project while responding to an “unprecedented” influx of rulemaking petitions.
WSLCB - Deliberative Dialogue - Cannabis Impairment (June 21, 2022) - Summary
Panelists with experience in drug prevention and behavioral science couldn’t reach consensus on the question of what makes cannabinoids impairing during a final dialogue on the topic.
WSLCB - Executive Management Team (May 11, 2022) - Cannabis Retail Safety and Enforcement
A comprehensive Enforcement and Education briefing delved into that division’s work in 2022 before staff updated on federal banking legislation and media engagements at the agency.
WSLCB - Listen and Learn Forum - Social Equity (March 23, 2022) - Summary
Staff gathered input on draft conceptual rules for the agency social equity program which included many criticisms of the proposal - and heard opposition to the underlying equity project.
WA SECTF - Public Meeting (January 24, 2022) - Summary
New task force members were welcomed, followed by a review of recommendations already made and those still needed, then a vote to continue one work group and start up three others.
WSLCB - Board Caucus (November 30, 2021) - Summary
The board considered the future of advisory councils, how to proceed with social equity task force recommendations, and a recent cannabis law book edited in part by an agency AAG.
WA House COG - Committee Meeting (November 18, 2021) - WA SECTF Update
Cannabis social equity task force staff described adopted recommendations and those still in progress before responding to questions about data and goals of the group.
WA SECTF - Public Meeting (September 14, 2021) - Legislative Proposals - Disproportionately Impacted Communities
Members adopted an algorithm for determining disproportionately impacted areas (DIAs) but postponed consideration of two social equity application process recommendations.
WA SECTF - Public Meeting (September 14, 2021) - Legislative Proposals - TA and Mentorship
The task force adopted work group recommendations to significantly increase spending on grants, establish loans for equity applicants, and open grants to qualified existing licensees.
WSLCB - Webinar - Legislative Proposal - Regulation of Cannabinoids (September 27, 2021) - Summary
Director of Policy and External Affairs Justin Nordhorn discussed the background, intent, and changes requested in draft legislation on “psychotropic” and “impairing” cannabis compounds.