// // // Today marks the close of mail-in voting for Oakland's Measure F, a…
One of the authors of the proposed legislation is Oakland’s very own Larry Reid who says the legislation is more related to money than to legalizing the herb, of course, although he and the rest of the council has unanimously supported legalization.
“The city is facing a $42 million budget shortfall. The tax voters approved last summer on the four medical marijuana clubs allowed under Oakland law is expected to contribute $1 million to its coffers in the first year,” Reid said, “a tax on growers’ sales to the clubs could bring in substantially more.”
Now there’s going to be a mad scramble to secure one of those three permits! So far Stuff Stoners Like have heard of a few cat’s getting ready to apply for that coveted prize . One is of course, weed-entrepreneur Richard Lee, who’s funding the famous Tax and Regulate campaign and owns a handful of weed-related businesses, including a medical marijuana dispensary and college, here in Oakland. He says “We need to legalize and tax and regulate the production side as well as the retail side. It’s a natural step.”
Today, the local San Jose branch of the United Food and Commercial Workers union announced they already signed-up about 100 medical marijuana workers here in Oakland, effectively creating hundreds of well-paying jobs with benefits and pension plans. The union expects to unionize the upcoming grow shops as well says Dan Rush, special operations director of UFCW Local 5.
“I think Oakland’s intention is to make Oakland the leader and the trendsetter in how this industry can be effective in all of California,” said Rush.
Who knows if the city will issue more industrial-sized permits or how these large-scale operations, which can efficiently crank out high-quality weed all year long…just like a factory, will impact the li’l growers all over California or those already pissed-off cats up in the Emerald Triangle. Factory fresh, farmed herb from Oakland, California coming to a store near you!
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