California Craft Cannabis Initiative (2016)
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The California Craft Cannabis Initiative (#15-0017) did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in California, as an initiated state statute.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title:
Official summary:
- "Retroactively legalizes, under state law, marijuana and hemp use, cultivation, possession, transportation, processing, distribution, and sale by persons 21 years and over. Creates commission to regulate and license marijuana industry. Bars commission from capping number of licensed businesses that grow less than 100 plants. Allows unlicensed cultivation for use, or sale at cost, of up to six plants per person. Applies general retail sales taxes to nonmedical marijuana sales. Permits additional taxes on nonmedical marijuana processing and sales totaling up to 30% of retail price. Allows certain local regulation, but not regulation inconsistent with measure’s policies."
Fiscal impact statement:
Note: The fiscal impact statement for a California ballot initiative authorized for circulation is jointly prepared by the state's legislative analyst and its director of finance.
- "Reduced costs ranging from tens of millions of dollars to potentially exceeding $100 million annually to state and local governments related to enforcing certain marijuana-related offenses, handling the related criminal cases in the court system, and incarcerating and supervising certain marijuana offenders. Net additional state and local tax revenues of potentially up to several hundred million dollars annually related to the production and sale of marijuana."
Path to the ballot
- See also: California signature requirements
- Heather Burke and Omar Figueroa submitted a letter requesting a title and summary on April 3, 2015.
- A title and summary were issued by California's attorney general's office on June 24, 2015.
- 365,880 valid signatures were required for qualification purposes.
- Supporters had until December 21, 2015, to collect the required signatures.
- The secretary of state's office reported the measure failed on January 5, 2016.[2]
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