California: This November, there will be a rush of local votes on marijuana rules, taxes
Deep into the looong November ballot, many voters will be sorting through a typical mix of school bond measures, sales tax hikes and the like. But this year, in dozens of cities and counties in California, communities will also face pivotal questions about the future of marijuana.
A campaign to legalize recreational cannabis statewide has dominated the political debate over weed this year. Less noticed, and in some respects more significant, is a proliferation of local ballot measures that will help determine whether, where and at what cost cannabis products will be available – regardless of the outcome of the state vote.
California’s cities and counties are the ultimate arbiters of whether pot businesses get to operate in their boundaries and how much to tax them. And that won’t change if the statewide recreational pot measure, Proposition 64, is approved in November, as some recent polls suggest is likely.
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