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Cannabis Convictions Could Cut Portland, Ore., Marijuana Business Costs

City Council is to consider a cannabis Social Equity Program introduced by Commissioner Chloe Eudaly.

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The City Council will consider financial incentives to smaller marijuana businesses that employ people convicted of marijuana-related crimes on Wednesday.

The 2015 Oregon Legislature reduced sentences for marijuana-related crimes after state voters approved legalized recreational marijuana at the November 2014 election.

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The Social Equity Program introduced by Commissioner Chloe Eudaly would reduce license and permitting costs for businesses with 25 percent or greater ownership represented by people with a federal or state conviction for a criminal offense committed prior to July 1, 2015 in which possession, delivery or manufacture of marijuana or marijuana items was an element, whether a misdemeanor or felony.

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The same breaks would apply to businesses with 20 percent or greater staff hours represented by such people.

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