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<br />This Plan is a public record. <br />Note: This is not a Regulatory Safety Permit (RSP) to legally operate a Commercial Cannabis Business. DO NOT <br />OPERATE unless a valid RSP is issued. <br />Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br />Commercial Cannabis Business <br />Community Benefit, Sustainable Business <br />Practices, and Social Equity Plan <br />Planning and Building Agency <br />Planning Division <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988 (M-20) <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />(714) 647-5804 <br />www.santa-ana.org <br /> <br />Item Frequency or <br />Timeframe <br />Equivalent <br />Monetary Value <br />Detailed Description of <br />Measure or Activity <br />Section 2: Social Equity Measures (Beginning January 1, 2025)** <br />SE-1. Employment <br />compensation for full- <br />time employees <br />above minimum <br />wage (Required)4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />SE-2. Measures to <br />hire part- and full- <br />time staff from <br />disadvantaged <br />communities <br />(Required)5 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />SE-3. Expenditures <br />on safety-related <br />equipment, training, <br />and services <br />(Required)6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />4 Employment compensation for the full-time employees of the qualified taxpayer. For purposes of this Plan, <br />“employment compensation” means wages paid to full-time employees who are paid no less than 115 percent <br />(beginning January 1, 2024) and no less than 120 percent (beginning January 1, 2026) of the applicable minimum <br />wage. The calculation of wages may include the monetary value to the full-time employee of employer-provided group <br />health insurance benefits, childcare benefits, employer contributions to employer-provided retirement benefits, or <br />employer contributions to pension benefits. <br /> <br />5 Includes measures that the business will take to recruit, hire, and retain employees who reside in low-income census <br />tracts in Santa Ana where at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the current residents have a household income at or below <br />eighty percent (80%) of the Orange County Area Median Income (AMI), or from Environmental Justice communities as <br />specified by the General Plan. <br /> <br />6 For purposes of this Plan, “safety-related equipment, training, and services” means equipment primarily used by <br />employees of cannabis licensees to ensure their personal and occupational safety or the safety of customers of the <br />cannabis licensees; training for non-management employees on workplace hazards, including, but not limited to, <br />training required pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 26051.5 of the California <br />Business and Professions Code as amended from time to time; and services, including, but not limited to, safety audits, <br />security guards, security cameras, and fire risk mitigation.