Measure on the ballot in the 2020 California General Election in San Buenaventura (Ventura).
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Get StartedA "YES" vote on Measure I is a vote for taxation on cannabis and hemp businesses not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation, 8% of reciepts for retail cannabis, and 4% for all others, in order to fund city services (public safety, roads, parks, etc.).
A "NO" vote on Measure I is a vote against taxation on cannabis and hemp businesses not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation, 8% of reciepts for retail cannabis, and 4% for all others, in order to fund city services (public safety, roads, parks, etc.).
"I don’t see any reason why we don’t put this on the ballot,” Mayor Matt LaVere said. “We see where society is going. There’s going to be a council in the very near future, if it’s not this council, that votes to allow some part of the cannabis industry, and I want to give that council a head start and make sure there’s a tax in place.”, in support of Measure I (Learn more)
"[Councilwoman] Heitman said she’d like the city to continue to take a wait-and-see approach while other cities allow retail sales. [Councilwoman] Weir cited the glut of legal cannabis growers in Santa Barbara County as a warning to not embrace the industry as fully as policymakers in that county have. And both said they were concerned that retail pot shops would result in more teenagers and young adults using marijuana., in opposition to Measure I (Learn more)
To fund city services (public safety, roads, parks, etc.), shall the City tax cannabis (marijuana) and hemp businesses at annual rates not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation), 8% of gross receipts for retail cannabis businesses, and 4% for all other cannabis businesses, should the city council legalize them at a future date; which will generate an unknown amount of revenue and will be levied until repealed?
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