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City Council approves Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to open most of downtown Chicago to pot shops

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But the chair of the Black Caucus, Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, said the sky isn’t falling, “it’s raining hundred-dollar bills.” Black business people need a chance to partake in the marijuana gold rush, Ervin said, and the mayor’s plan is a step to help that happen.

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