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Rancho Cordova's Measure O might as well be Measure Oh No! for local residents who grow their own pot at home.
City voters Tuesday night passed the measure to impose taxes of $600 to $900 per square foot on personal marijuana cultivation. The tax means that a medical marijuana user who grows weed in a five-foot by five-foot indoor space would be required to pay an annual local levy of $15,000.
Already marijuana advocates are threatening suit.
"Nobody is going to pay that tax," said Dale Gieringer, California director of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws. "And if they try to collect the tax, they're going to end up with a court suit on their hands and I think they'll lose."
He said his organization and medical marijuana groups believe Measure O isn't allowed under Proposition 215, the medical marijuana law passed by voters in 1996.
Rancho Cordova Mayor Ken Cooley said before the election that the city was protecting its interests should California voters approve Proposition 19, which would allowed any Californian over 21 to grow marijuana for personal recreational use.
Cooley said the city was already seeing "problems caused in neighborhoods by growing marijuana" under the existing medical pot law.
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Source:sacbee.com
Author: Peter Hecht
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Copyright: The Sacramento Bee
Website:Weed Wars: Suddenly it's very expensive to grow weed in Rancho Cordova - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
City voters Tuesday night passed the measure to impose taxes of $600 to $900 per square foot on personal marijuana cultivation. The tax means that a medical marijuana user who grows weed in a five-foot by five-foot indoor space would be required to pay an annual local levy of $15,000.
Already marijuana advocates are threatening suit.
"Nobody is going to pay that tax," said Dale Gieringer, California director of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws. "And if they try to collect the tax, they're going to end up with a court suit on their hands and I think they'll lose."
He said his organization and medical marijuana groups believe Measure O isn't allowed under Proposition 215, the medical marijuana law passed by voters in 1996.
Rancho Cordova Mayor Ken Cooley said before the election that the city was protecting its interests should California voters approve Proposition 19, which would allowed any Californian over 21 to grow marijuana for personal recreational use.
Cooley said the city was already seeing "problems caused in neighborhoods by growing marijuana" under the existing medical pot law.
NewsHawk: MedicalNeed:420 MAGAZINE
Source:sacbee.com
Author: Peter Hecht
Contact: Contact Us - sacbee.com
Copyright: The Sacramento Bee
Website:Weed Wars: Suddenly it's very expensive to grow weed in Rancho Cordova - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
