Rented to someone in the medical marihuana business?

[Maria G.]

I have an applicant who would move in with his 13-year-old son and whose other son (a UC Davis graduate) is going to move to a different region (two hours away). He mentioned that if things don't go well for his adult son, he may come join him later on. I know at that point he would need to fill an application, but there was one thing that concerned me (perhaps a prejudice?) and that is, that his son is in the marihuana business. The applicant seems really nice and he didn't need to share his son's business with me, so perhaps he doesn't think there is a problem with it, but I want to get advice from others.

I found posts on growing marihuana in rental's premises, but not just having someone in the business. Any experience?

Thank you!

[Carson T.]

I may have a Humboldt County slant on my opinion, but a legal marijuana job should be treated like any other job. It wouldn't be profitable to turn a bedroom into a grow nowadays. Not in California anyways. I'm not in the industry myself but most of the bigger investors in this new business wear three piece suits and don't smoke. I'm not saying your new tennents son isn't a black market street dealer, but the application would weed that out.(pun intended)

This is 2018. You are in California. A marijuana job is just the same as a farmer or beer distributor.