On Nov. 2, Oakland voters will be asked to decide whether medicinal cannabis businesses in the city should pay $50 in tax for every $1,000 in gross receipts.

That is nearly three times the supplemental sales tax rate they already pay and could contribute more than $1 million to Oakland's general fund.

The measure would also create a new "Non-Medical Cannabis Business Tax" of $100 per $1,000 of gross receipts if voters approve the California-wide Proposition 19, which would legalize recreational marijuana use.

contracostatimes.com

Efforts to legalize pot in the Golden State are so familiar as to seem both quaint and ripe for action at the same time. Come Nov. 2, voters will cast their ballots again on a proposal to legalize marijuana for recreational use in California. Despite recent polling, which generally shows an uphill battle for legalization, the discussion surrounding Proposition 19, also called the “Legalize, Control and Tax Cannabis Act,” is different than fringe legalization debates in years past, and this campaign is possibly more realistic because of it. This time around, it’s not about hemp or personal freedom or medical use; it’s about money. California lawmakers and voters could be more willing to expand their minds if it means shrinking the state’s massive $20 billion budget gap.

santacruz.com

Swap the Dungeness crab cakes and peasant skirts for lobster rolls and L.L. Bean khakis, and this snug seaside hamlet a few hours north of San Francisco could be a dead ringer for a New England village. (It was a stand-in for Cabot Cove, Maine, in the long-running TV series Murder She Wrote.)

But if California voters approve a controversial ballot proposition in November to tax and legalize marijuana for recreational use — and it's ahead in several polls — some local growers say Mendocino, pop. 900, might become better known as the tourist capital of a "Napa Valley of cannabis."

usatoday.com

«Medi-Cone» - ein Gewächshaus und ein Werk für die Produktion von Cannabis in Marin County. Die Mitarbeiter der Firma «United Food & Commercial Workers Union» produzieren Marihuana-Zigaretten, die Nachfrage nach medizinischem Marihuana in Kalifornien zu erfüllen.

ziza.qip.ru

The Hydroponic and Growing Expo in Los Angeles is the largest indoor gardening event in North America. A hydroponic growing system allows gardeners to grow plants indoors all year round, without the need for soil or natural sunlight.

Even though a lot of very talented people from different industries converge for the Hydroponic Expo, the attendees are divided into two clear groups: those who genuinely care about the sustainability of indoor gardening, and those who just want to grow some sticky icky.

takepart.com

A Northern California town named, WEED, has long used it’s name to poke fun of itself. Weed, California, is indeed located just above the famed, “emerald triangle” of California, an area long known for growing some of the States best marijuana. You can buy a t-shirt at a local store of this sleepy little town in the Northern-most part of the state that say “I Love Weed”, and a local brewery has a tongue in cheek motto on their bottle caps that say, “Try Legal Weed”.

cannabisfantastic.com

In the debate on legalizing marijuana, which Californians will vote on in November in the form of Proposition 19, the health risks of marijuana are often overlooked.

Legalizing marijuana will almost certainly lead to a decrease in its price and an increase in its use, according to a recent Rand Corp. study. And because no drug or medicine is without side effects, increased marijuana use will mean increased health risks.

latimes.com