on March 6, 2017
Since CALIFORNIA Voted for Prop 64 NOW it is time for local governments the responsibility of regulating how marijuana is grown and sold.
On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, a special election will be held for the people of the City of Los Angeles, allowing residents to vote on the replacement of LA’s chronically flawed Proposition D, which voters passed May 21, 2013 which the 420Nurses were proudly part of the campaign to help lead people to VOTE!
Prop D, the city restricted the number of legal medical marijuana dispensaries to 135 compliant shops, raised taxes on dispensaries from $50 to $60 for every $1,000 of gross earnings, and neglected to mandate the testing of marijuana for pesticides sold at dispensaries.
So we need to Replace Proposition D with Measure M
according the LA Times Measure M would give L.A.'s legal marijuana industry the comprehensive oversight it needs. Vote yes
Measure M is actually pretty sparse on the details, and that’s a good thing. It would give the City Council and mayor permission to repeal Proposition D — adopted by voters in 2013 to curb the spread of medical marijuana dispensaries — and to replace it with a new set of rules covering all aspects of the industry, from where marijuana businesses can locate and the hours they may operate to how they market their products.
Those initial regulations would be developed and adopted later this year after a series of public hearings. Of course, nobody can predict all the issues that will arise in the new marijuana marketplace. That’s why the best part of Measure M is that it gives city leaders the flexibility to tweak, repeal or add new regulations as needed, rather than having to go back to the voters.
The proposal would also impose a local gross receipts tax of 5% for medical cannabis sales (down from the current 6%), 10% for recreational cannabis, and 1%-2% for companies involved in transportation, research and cultivation, which are not currently regulated or taxed by the city. Finally, it would establish criminal and civil penalties for businesses that violate the new marijuana regulations, and authorize the Department of Water and Power to shut off utilities in illegal pot shops.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-measure-m-20170207-story.html
Measure M Highlights:
New Green for LA City Services: Measure M cultivates an equitable tax structure that pledges new revenue for the benefit of LA’s municipal services. The Measure would also reduce the local gross receipts tax from 6% to 5% for all medical marijuana sales. Additionally, M would create a new 10% tax on all recreational marijuana sales and a new 1% to 2% tax for all companies involved in the delivery/transportation, testing/research, and cultivation.
Safe Access to Trustworthy Meds: Measure M safeguards convenient and dependable access to medical marijuana for MMJ patients in the city of Los Angeles. Providing higher-quality meds for LA’s 700,000+ patients suffering from HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and epilepsy.
Benefits Communities and Minorities: Measure M creates greater opportunity for both financially strapped communities and their minorities. Reversing decades of bad marijuana policy that has predominantly affected people of color, who are targeted and incarnated at a vastly disproportionate rate than their white peers.
Potent Penalties: Measure M would establish hard-hitting consequences for all criminal activities. Establishing strict civil penalties for any businesses that violate the new marijuana regulations, the Measure would authorize the DWP (Department of Water and Power) to turn off utilities in noncompliant marijuana shops.
Inhibits Illegal Marketplace: By effectively licensing and regulating California’s adult use marijuana market, M greatly restricts the majority of black-market activity while supporting local law enforcement and addressing public safety concerns.
Inclusive Licensing System: Measure M creates an inclusive licensing system and eliminates unnecessarily lengthy, costly, or overly burdensome delays for those seeking legal licenses.
Youth Educational Programs: Measure M dedicates funds to better educate Angeleno youth about the risks associated with early brain development and marijuana.
As California’s many cash-strapped municipalities scramble to plant their hybrid regulations and harvest their fair share of the projected $1 billion in new tax revenue, the passage of Measure M will help LA’s new recreational marijuana industry establish their own set of strong regulatory guidelines – thereby establishing useful parameters that will produce prosperity, equality, and safety for all Angelenos in the new era of legalized marijuana.
http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2017/02/proposition-m-and-las-growing-marijuana-industry/
PLEASE VOTE Tuesday, March 7, 2017
On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, a special election will be held for the people of the City of Los Angeles, allowing residents to vote on the replacement of LA’s chronically flawed Proposition D, which voters passed May 21, 2013 which the 420Nurses were proudly part of the campaign to help lead people to VOTE!
Prop D, the city restricted the number of legal medical marijuana dispensaries to 135 compliant shops, raised taxes on dispensaries from $50 to $60 for every $1,000 of gross earnings, and neglected to mandate the testing of marijuana for pesticides sold at dispensaries.
So we need to Replace Proposition D with Measure M
according the LA Times Measure M would give L.A.'s legal marijuana industry the comprehensive oversight it needs. Vote yes
Measure M is actually pretty sparse on the details, and that’s a good thing. It would give the City Council and mayor permission to repeal Proposition D — adopted by voters in 2013 to curb the spread of medical marijuana dispensaries — and to replace it with a new set of rules covering all aspects of the industry, from where marijuana businesses can locate and the hours they may operate to how they market their products.
Those initial regulations would be developed and adopted later this year after a series of public hearings. Of course, nobody can predict all the issues that will arise in the new marijuana marketplace. That’s why the best part of Measure M is that it gives city leaders the flexibility to tweak, repeal or add new regulations as needed, rather than having to go back to the voters.
The proposal would also impose a local gross receipts tax of 5% for medical cannabis sales (down from the current 6%), 10% for recreational cannabis, and 1%-2% for companies involved in transportation, research and cultivation, which are not currently regulated or taxed by the city. Finally, it would establish criminal and civil penalties for businesses that violate the new marijuana regulations, and authorize the Department of Water and Power to shut off utilities in illegal pot shops.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-measure-m-20170207-story.html
Measure M Highlights:
New Green for LA City Services: Measure M cultivates an equitable tax structure that pledges new revenue for the benefit of LA’s municipal services. The Measure would also reduce the local gross receipts tax from 6% to 5% for all medical marijuana sales. Additionally, M would create a new 10% tax on all recreational marijuana sales and a new 1% to 2% tax for all companies involved in the delivery/transportation, testing/research, and cultivation.
Safe Access to Trustworthy Meds: Measure M safeguards convenient and dependable access to medical marijuana for MMJ patients in the city of Los Angeles. Providing higher-quality meds for LA’s 700,000+ patients suffering from HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and epilepsy.
Benefits Communities and Minorities: Measure M creates greater opportunity for both financially strapped communities and their minorities. Reversing decades of bad marijuana policy that has predominantly affected people of color, who are targeted and incarnated at a vastly disproportionate rate than their white peers.
Potent Penalties: Measure M would establish hard-hitting consequences for all criminal activities. Establishing strict civil penalties for any businesses that violate the new marijuana regulations, the Measure would authorize the DWP (Department of Water and Power) to turn off utilities in noncompliant marijuana shops.
Inhibits Illegal Marketplace: By effectively licensing and regulating California’s adult use marijuana market, M greatly restricts the majority of black-market activity while supporting local law enforcement and addressing public safety concerns.
Inclusive Licensing System: Measure M creates an inclusive licensing system and eliminates unnecessarily lengthy, costly, or overly burdensome delays for those seeking legal licenses.
Youth Educational Programs: Measure M dedicates funds to better educate Angeleno youth about the risks associated with early brain development and marijuana.
As California’s many cash-strapped municipalities scramble to plant their hybrid regulations and harvest their fair share of the projected $1 billion in new tax revenue, the passage of Measure M will help LA’s new recreational marijuana industry establish their own set of strong regulatory guidelines – thereby establishing useful parameters that will produce prosperity, equality, and safety for all Angelenos in the new era of legalized marijuana.
http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2017/02/proposition-m-and-las-growing-marijuana-industry/
PLEASE VOTE Tuesday, March 7, 2017
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