City Council

(33) 24-0420-S8 CD 4 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a Finding of Public Convenience or Necessity (PCN) for a proposed retail commercial cannabis business submitted by Requestor, Green Qween LLC, at the proposed business premises address of 13711 Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 91423, in the Sherman Oaks – Studio City – Toluca Lake – Cahuenga Pass Community Plan Area. Recommendations for Council action: FIND that the potential issuance of a retail commercial cannabis license, subject to the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) application and licensing processes and compliance with Articles 4 and 5 of Chapter X of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, to Andres Francisco Rigal for Green Qween LLC (Requestor), at 13711 Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 91423, will serve the public convenience or necessity because of the following reason(s): The existing commercial cannabis businesses in the Requestor’s Community Plan Area are concentrated in one area, such that the Requestor's business, located in another area, would serve the public convenience or necessity. The proposed business premises would serve an area of increased density or consumer traffic, including but not limited to an entertainment or commercial corridor, such that the proposed location would serve the public convenience or necessity by satisfying a higher demand for retail locations. The Requestor's business would include clearly specified public safety related features, such that the operation of the Requestor's business would serve the public convenience or necessity by likely reducing crime or nuisance activity in the surrounding area. GRANT the Request for a Finding of PCN for the proposed retail commercial cannabis business submitted by Requestor, Green Qween LLC, at the proposed business premises address of 13711 Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 91423. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to transmit this finding to the DCR. Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by DCR. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.