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Los Angeles voters decided Tuesday to back a City Council plan to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries and cap their number at 135, while rejecting two competing proposals from outside groups.
Proposition D would also increase the tax on medical marijuana sales to 6 percent. It was developed by the City Council after an initiative measure qualified for the ballot that would have overturned the city's plan to ban all dispensaries.
Ordinance F, written by dispensaries that would be shut out of the 135 cap, would have allowed a virtually unlimited number of dispensaries as long as they maintained a distance from schools, parks and churches and followed other restriction.
A third measure, Ordinance E, caps the number at 135, but does not have a tax increase or other restrictions. Its main supporters decided to shift their backing to Prop. D.
Both E and F were being rejected by voters, while D was garnering strong support. If all three had passed the 50 percent support mark, only the one with the most votes would take effect. As of 5 a.m. Wednesday, D had 63 percent yes to 37 percent against; E had 65 percent against to 35 percent yes; F tallied 59 percent against to 41 percent yes.
The vote on the marijuana measures was seen as a key test by the medical cannabis community in California, coming after the recent state Supreme Court decision upholding the power of local government to place an outright ban on the dispensaries.
Proposition D supporters, which included most of the City Council, argued their measure offers the most protection and stands a more solid chance of being upheld because it changes the City Charter and would require another public vote to make any changes in the future.
Ordinance F backers said their proposal contains more restrictions on testing of the marijuana, employee background checks and auditing of records to make sure only qualified patients are receiving the marijuana.
They say it also would allow a more realistic number of dispensaries around the city to meet the need of medical marijuana patients.
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Proposition D would also increase the tax on medical marijuana sales to 6 percent. It was developed by the City Council after an initiative measure qualified for the ballot that would have overturned the city's plan to ban all dispensaries.
Ordinance F, written by dispensaries that would be shut out of the 135 cap, would have allowed a virtually unlimited number of dispensaries as long as they maintained a distance from schools, parks and churches and followed other restriction.
A third measure, Ordinance E, caps the number at 135, but does not have a tax increase or other restrictions. Its main supporters decided to shift their backing to Prop. D.
Both E and F were being rejected by voters, while D was garnering strong support. If all three had passed the 50 percent support mark, only the one with the most votes would take effect. As of 5 a.m. Wednesday, D had 63 percent yes to 37 percent against; E had 65 percent against to 35 percent yes; F tallied 59 percent against to 41 percent yes.
The vote on the marijuana measures was seen as a key test by the medical cannabis community in California, coming after the recent state Supreme Court decision upholding the power of local government to place an outright ban on the dispensaries.
Proposition D supporters, which included most of the City Council, argued their measure offers the most protection and stands a more solid chance of being upheld because it changes the City Charter and would require another public vote to make any changes in the future.
Ordinance F backers said their proposal contains more restrictions on testing of the marijuana, employee background checks and auditing of records to make sure only qualified patients are receiving the marijuana.
They say it also would allow a more realistic number of dispensaries around the city to meet the need of medical marijuana patients.
News Hawk- Truth Seeker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: dailybulletin.com
Author: Rick Orlov
Contact: Contact Us - DailyBulletin.com
Website: Medical marijuana measures: L.A. voters backing council on plan to regulate dispensaries - DailyBulletin.com
