A new lawsuit claims that the city of Fresno’s scoring system for retail cannabis applicants was flawed and unfair. The plaintiffs are asking a judge to put a halt to the system.
Pietro De Santis and Kerry Burrough were among 113 applicants hoping to strike it rich in the “green rush.” But, they said, because of the vague nature of how the applications were scored, they may have lost out on millions of dollars.
“We just want the scoring redone. We want it to be a fair scoring and we want to be given an opportunity to be able to be re-scored or appeal our (current) scoring,” Burrough said.
The lawsuit, filed last month in Fresno County Superior Court, alleges the city’s process was not transparent nor was it carried out according to the laws passed by the Fresno City Council.
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