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1.1 Past Experience and Commitment to Local Hiring and Sourcing Practices: <br />WCW recognizes that economic development is a prime driver of Santa Ana's <br />Adult Use Cannabis Licensing legislation. This economic stimulus should reach <br />beyond the tax revenue generated by Adult Use Cannabis retail businesses. <br />Therefore, WCW is committed to a strong local hiring policy that provides jobs, <br />at a living wage, to local residents. Local employees spend wages locally, helping <br />local businesses, and further increasing Sant Ana's tax revenue and economic <br />development. <br />1.1.1 Past Experience in Local Hiring and Sourcing: <br />The WCW Team has past experience in "Local Hiring and Sourcing <br />Practices" in their Long Beach cultivation and distribution projects. They <br />have retained the local firm PacDesign to design their Long Beach <br />facilities and are presently negotiating equipment purchases from the <br />local supplier Green Coast Hydro, Long Beach. <br />To accomplish "Local Hiring" objectives in Santa Ana, the WCW Team has <br />a policy based on local referrals and searches local recruitment resources <br />to offer employment to local workers. It may also utilize staffing agencies <br />and reputable recruiters such as Vangst Talent and/or Viridian Staffing to <br />source local employees. <br />1.1.2 Commitment to Local Hiring and Sourcing Practices: <br />The WCW Team has already commenced local hiring in Santa Ana by <br />retaining local counsel Christopher Glew as our Director of Legal Affairs. <br />WCW will further this commitment by following the template established <br />in Long Beach: We will hire local architects, local contractors, and source <br />materials/equipment from local vendors for site design and construction. <br />(See section 3.2 regarding 'Sustainable Business or Building Practices" for <br />further detail). Moreover, the WCW Team will continue these practices <br />to achieve the highest possible local hire result. <br />In addition to these commitments, Mr. Vandatpour has demonstrated <br />experience and a commitment to fair labor and employment practices by <br />signing a labor peace agreement with the UFCW for his Long Beach and <br />Santa Ana projects. While many operators have resisted the Union <br />contract, Mr. Vandatpour's experience as a member of the Teamsters <br />compel him to embrace a union hire policy. In fact, he has met with <br />UFCW's Executive Vice President Matt Bell and the UFCW's cannabis <br />10 <br />