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EXHIBIT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES PLAN BTJ Ventures is proud to operate in Santa Ana and is committed to making a positive impact on the city and community. Brandon Sisco, our Managing Director, is a longtime resident of Santa Ana whose commitment to participating in and improving the community led him to run for City Council in 2019 where he was exposed to the needs and opportunities for the city's residents. COMMUNITY BENEFIT STRONG FOCUS ON LOCAL HIRING BTJ prioritizes hiring and training Santa Ana residents to work in our manufacturing operation. In addition to Santa Ana's own Brandon Sisco, a founding members and Managing Director of BTJ Ventures, one of our initial hires is a lifetime resident of the city. Our job listings (Indeed, etc.) note that Santa Ana residents receive priority consideration. Our goal is to have our workforce comprised of 50%-100% local residents. We will achieve this, in part, by working with the City and local businesses to develop and implement a plan to develop a qualified cannabis job pool (see below.) DEVELOP QUALIFIED CANNABIS JOB POOL BTJ will partner with the city and our fellow Santa Ana cannabis industry companies to create a pool of badged candidates with preliminary training in the cannabis industry to benefit all parties; • Local residents by providing a leg up in obtaining local jobs; • Santa Ana -based cannabis businesses by having a pool of ready -to -go, pre -qualified employees; and • Santa Ana by reducing unemployment and developing a more highly skilled work force. A monthly two- to three-hour training session will provide an overview of the cannabis industry, the types of jobs available, and emphasize the responsibility to comply with all local and state regulations. Participants will be provided required forms and direction to complete a Live Scan and apply for a City Cannabis Worker's badge and provide the direction needed for interested parties to complete that essential part of the hiring process. PRIORITIZE LOCAL BUSINESSES BTJ Ventures will continue to seek out and choose local businesses as partners for goods and services where practicable. For example, our largest vendor to date, 1st Choice Development, the construction firm that built out our lab, is based in Santa Ana. We will contact Santa Ana cultivators first for source input material. We will first look to distribute our products through Santa Ana dispensaries before expanding to other regions.