<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1"&gt;San Francisco tried to atone for the war on drugs with a DEI program for recreational weed store owners. In the end, the real winners were rich white dudes like London Breed's old roommate, Conor Johnston.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Chris Roberts—America's top cannabis journalist and historian reporting from America's number-one cannabis producing region—returns. We go deep on his recent Chronicle piece detailing how it all went wrong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1"&gt;"San Francisco's first 'equity' weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions"&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a class="in-cell-link" href= "http://sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/marijuana-weed-legal-shop-haight-21063653.php" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/marijuana-weed-legal-shop-haight-21063653.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; "White Weed Entrepreneurs Are Gaming Programs Meant to Help People of Color" (Chris for Vice)&lt;br /&gt; vice.com/en/article/white-weed-entrepreneurs-are-gaming-programs-meant-to-help-people-of-color/&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Previous episode with Chris, on the radiation disaster at Hunter's Point&lt;br /&gt; patreon.com/posts/radiation-at-132819458&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sad Francisco is produced by Toshio Meronek and edited by Tyger Ligon. Support the show and get new episodes early on Patreon: &lt;a href= "https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco"&gt;https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-sheets-root="1"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Sad Francisco

Toshio Meronek

White Guys Gamed the Weed DEI Program with Chris Roberts

NOV 19, 202545 MIN
Sad Francisco

White Guys Gamed the Weed DEI Program with Chris Roberts

NOV 19, 202545 MIN

Description

San Francisco tried to atone for the war on drugs with a DEI program for recreational weed store owners. In the end, the real winners were rich white dudes like London Breed's old roommate, Conor Johnston. Chris Roberts—America's top cannabis journalist and historian reporting from America's number-one cannabis producing region—returns. We go deep on his recent Chronicle piece detailing how it all went wrong. - "San Francisco's first 'equity' weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions" sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/marijuana-weed-legal-shop-haight-21063653.php "White Weed Entrepreneurs Are Gaming Programs Meant to Help People of Color" (Chris for Vice) vice.com/en/article/white-weed-entrepreneurs-are-gaming-programs-meant-to-help-people-of-color/ Previous episode with Chris, on the radiation disaster at Hunter's Point patreon.com/posts/radiation-at-132819458 - Sad Francisco is produced by Toshio Meronek and edited by Tyger Ligon. Support the show and get new episodes early on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco