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SANTA ANA VENTURES, INC. 1 1821 E. NEWPORT CIR. SANTA ANA, CA 92705 Exhibit A, the Community Benefit and Sustainable Business Practices Plan Local Hiring and Sourcing Santa Ana Ventures, Inc. is committed to the community requirements listed above. We are committed to local hiring efforts with a focus on bringing jobs to veterans and disadvantaged community members. Additionally, Santa Ana Ventures, Inc. plans to engage the community through assistance to youth outreach programs, community engagement, and educational opportunities. Further details are provided herein. As Santa Ana Ventures, Inc.'s presence in the city depends upon local and state approval, we will work to demonstrate the fundamental benefits we can offer the local community and city government immediately. We commit to hiring at least 75% or more, of our workforce locally and we commit to hiring people who have a prior conviction for non-violent marijuana related offenses. Less than a decade ago, Santa Ana saw unemployment rates of almost 15% - a rate that undoubtedly placed a heavy burden on the city's economic growth, service offerings and tax revenue. While this rate alone is extremely high, it also important to compare it to the remainder of Orange County. Indeed, Santa Ana's unemployment rate has historically been substantially higher than Orange County's, and in some instances by a factor of two. These figures are incredibly important in understanding the need for us to keep hiring as localized as possible. In a precedent that has been set by many American business pioneers and proven by academic research, living wage job offerings to local residents boast a number of benefits, both for people and for profits. Not only would the City of Santa benefit by way of increased economic development, the community by way of more and better City services, and the residents by way of a plethora of solid career offerings, but Santa Ana Ventures, Inc. would build a reputation of commitment to the city that attracts customers, see increased civic engagement among local employees on issues that affect their careers, and we would Santa Ana's economic growth keep pace with the rest of the County. Veterans Santa Ana Ventures, Inc. will partner with organizations, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Transition and Employment Services division allowing us to efficiently find and recruit local veterans to hire. A recent survey found that half of the post-9111 veterans in Orange County do not have full-time employment. Santa Ana Ventures, Inc. is committed to devoting our resources to recruit and train qualified 1