The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Wednesday to take an early step toward placing a marijuana business tax proposal on the November ballot.
The board approved a draft resolution calling for a 75-word ballot question, and arguments for and against the measure, along with a fiscal impact.If passed by voters, the measure would affect marijuana businesses only in the county's unincorporated areas.
"We'll have some tough decisions to make," said Fletcher, who also suggested a workshop to review options. Explaining his vote Wednesday, Desmond said he has no quarrel with adults using legal marijuana for medical or recreational purposes, but also has"to look at how society has been going lately," given the higher number of overdose cases and drug-related suicides.
Anderson said his proposal"will ensure that our unincorporated communities will flourish alongside the legal cannabis industry." Virginia Casey of Blue Water Government Affairs, representing five pot shops, said she supports further research and community engagement.She suggested that the board should make sure a wide variety of stakeholders — including Black and Latino community representatives, drug prevention advocates and the Farm Bureau — are involved in crafting policies that protect vulnerable residents.
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