If you are a pot smoker in Upland, there is reason to hope that a dispensary will be coming your way real soon.
Upland has ratified a contract with the Brea-based firm of Hinderliter, De Lamas and Associates, also know as HdL for consulting work.
According to Hinderliter, De Lamas and Associates, it specializes in “guiding cities through the application process to identify the best potential cannabis-related businesses for your jurisdiction. Services include cost recovery fee analysis, application process development, application review, interview facilitation and background checks. HdL can help your jurisdiction regulate licensed cannabis businesses to ensure compliance with state and local law. Services include compliance inspections, financial audits and badge printing. HdL’s team has conducted over 11,000 cannabis compliance inspections and investigations in the states of California, Colorado and Nevada. HdL will help you develop cannabis regulations that maximize agency economic benefits while providing a framework for cannabis businesses to operate successfully. Services include fiscal analysis, land-use regulation development, regulatory and tax ordinance drafting, and ballot resolution preparation.”
According to HdL, half of the battle is getting city administrators on board to go along with transforming a city onto a marijuana-based economy. That is best done when the city manager and assistant city manager are potheads, themselves. Right now, Assistant City Manager Steven Parker is hamstrung by the consderation that, at home at least, he would rather not be seen by his not yet fully grown children taking drags off of a marijuana cigarette, referred to by guys who blow grass as a joint, or smoking weed out of a water pipe, called a bong.
City manager Michale Blay has no problem paying the principal with HdL $250 an hour, the company’s senior advisor $180 an hour and its analyst $100 an hour. They know where to get some of the best Pakalolo around. No stems, no seeds that you don’t need, Highland Grass is some bad ass weed!