LA market’s road to recovery

Plant-touching Angelenos often refer to the city as the world’s biggest weed market. But no one says governing it would be easy. LA’s booming illegal markets and big city politics all but ensured a difficult time for Cat Packer, the first head of the city’s Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR), who stepped down last month.

• Packer’s five year tenure is best remembered for a contested first-come, first-served application submission system for equity retail licenses . . .
  

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