California: Santa Cruz Bans Growing Recreational Marijuana Temporarily
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a temporary ban on growing recreational marijuana commercially Tuesday afternoon in response to Prop 64.
Supervisors approved an emergency 45-day moratorium that makes growing marijuana commercially to be sold for recreational uses, as well as growing outdoors, illegal.
Medical marijuana, and growing weed indoors for personal recreational use, are still legal.
California voters passed Prop 64 last week.
The purpose of Santa Cruz's emergency moratorium is to give county supervisors time to study, develop, and create regulations over farming and selling.
San Jose already passed a similar moratorium.
While Prop 64 legalized recreational marijuana, the proposition gives counties and cities some power over regulations. These regulations include where cannabis can be grown, and how many dispensaries are allowed to set up shop.
Under Prop 64, local governments are not allowed to prohibit people aged 21 and older from having up to...
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