Faced with three choices about how to deal with legal medical marijuana, voters in Los Angeles chose to increase taxes and tighten control. Only Measure D, raising taxes by 1 percent to 6 percent and tightly restricting the number of retail dispensaries, won a majority — 63 to 37. http://graphics.latimes.com/la-runoff-results-may-2013/
| Measure D: “Shall an ordinance regulating businesses where marijuana is cultivated, processed, distributed, delivered or given away to qualified patients or primary caregivers (MMBs) by: (1) prohibiting MMBs but providing limited immunity for MMBs that operated since September 2007, timely registered with the City, generally have not ceased operations, pay City taxes, pass annual background checks, are separated from residential zones, maintain certain distances from schools, parks, child care facilities, other designated places and other MMBs, and meet other requirements and operational standards; (2) exempting dwelling units used by three or fewer patients/caregivers to cultivate medical marijuana on-site for their patients or themselves, and other exemptions; and (3) increasing the MMB tax to $60 per each $1,000 of gross receipts; be adopted?” |
- Yes: 63 percent
- No: 37 percent
Measure E: “Shall an ordinance regulating associations of six or more qualified patients and/or primary caregivers who gather to cultivate, distribute or engage in other activities related to marijuana for medical purposes (MMCs) by: (1) prohibiting MMCs but providing limited immunity for MMCs that operated since September 2007, timely registered with the City, generally have not ceased operations for 90 days, pass annual background checks, are separated from residential zones, maintain certain distances from schools, parks, child care facilities and other designated places, and satisfy other requirements; (2) establishing operational standards enforceable as infractions; and (3) exempting associations of five or fewer patients/caregivers who process or cultivate medical marijuana on-site for MMCs, their patients or themselves, and other exemptions; be adopted?”
- Yes: 36 percent
- No: 64 percent
Measure F
“Shall an ordinance regulating associations of qualified patients and/or primary caregivers who cultivate, provide or engage in other activities related to marijuana for medical purposes (MMCs) by: (1) prohibiting MMCs but providing limited immunity for MMCs that register with the City (without limiting the number that can register but giving registration priority to those possessing City tax certificates by October 2012), generally have not ceased operations for more than 90 days, pass annual background checks, are separated from residential uses, maintain certain distances from schools, parks, child care facilities, other designated places and other MMCs, and meet other requirements and operational standards; (2) exempting dwellings zoned residential, and other exemptions; and (3) increasing the MMC tax to $60 per each $1,000 of gross receipts; be adopted?”
- Yes: 42 percent
- No: 58 percent
Descriptions from http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/City_of_Los_Angeles_Medical_Marijuana_Dispensaries,_Measures_D,_E_and_F_(May_2013)
Vote percentages from http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-Election-Medical-Marijuana-Weed-Pot-Dispensaries-Results-208442971.html
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