What makes Lynwood so weed-friendly? ☑ Among 1st CA cities to permit cultivation & manufacturing ☑ 1 of a few L.A. cities to allow any type of commercial pot businesses ☑ Some of the lowest local taxes on weed transactions ☑ Allows marijuana delivery
that the industry has a shady reputation, spurs crime and, in some cases, has resulted in bribery charges against local officials.
Castro was first elected in 2007 to the city council, a position with a $975 monthly salary. In the past she has worked in real estate, and in 2002 she opened a beauty salon. That conviction could help qualify her businesses for the city of Los Angeles’ social equity program, which grants priority marijuana commercial licensing to people with marijuana-related convictions.
While the two manufacturing businesses are located in Los Angeles, another partner in Relative Phenomena, Scott Kawasaki, has financial interests in Lynwood. Express Transportation Services employs Castro’s father-in-law as a shuttle driver and lists one of her marijuana consulting clients, Claudia Hernandez, as its director of administration and government affairs.
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