California Initiative to Legalize and Regulate Marijuana is Headed for the November Ballot

[eridani]

https://blog.mpp.org/tax-and-regulate/9783/

he campaign in support of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act announced today that it has collected more than enough signatures to place the initiative on the November ballot.13051785_1561302290867287_3261976781645789533_n
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The Los Angeles Times reports:

A measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use in California appears headed for the Nov. 8 ballot.

A coalition that includes former Facebook President Sean Parker on Tuesday said it has collected 600,000 signatures, more than enough to qualify the initiative. …

The coalition, which includes some law enforcement and civil rights leaders, needed to collect 365,880 signatures of registered voters to qualify the initiative, which would also place a 15% tax on retail sales of the drug.

[scscholar]

1. Hopefully they get real legalization unlike what we have...

here in Washington state.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Kick and Rec.

And Lt. Gov. Newsom, who deserves props for being out front on this one.





http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/gavin-newsom-marijuana-legalization-california-ballot-initiative

[byronius]

6. That man's going places, I think.

He's got a solid moral compass.

[raven mad]

3. And Fairbanks, Alaska (the Borough) just authorized four more "pot markets".

In regular buildings, malls, etc.

Rock ON, California!

[Dragonfli]

4. K&R

[pnwmom]

5. Well, this won't hurt with Democratic turnout. What will they counter this with?

A bathroom bill?'

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Depends. Can our party get its actual shit together on this issue?

Seems to me the jury is still out.

[waddirum]

8. here are the key provisions

Adult Use Provisions:

- Allows adults age 21+ to possess, transport, purchase, consume and share up to one ounce of nonmedical marijuana and eight grams of nonmedical marijuana concentrates.

- Adults can also grow up to six plants at their household for nonmedical use, but plants must be out of public view and secure from children. Local governments may ban outdoor home cultivation.

- Using marijuana in public remains illegal.

- Driving while impaired by marijuana remains illegal.

- Manufacturing concentrated cannabis using volatile solvents such as butane remains illegal without a license.

- Employers are given broad latitude to ban nonmedical marijuana use by employees.

more here: http://www.letsgetitrightca.org/news/executive-summary