San Jose Cannabis Tax Heading to Voters

City Council approves ballot measure
By JESSICA GREENE
NBC Bay Area
Aug. 04, 2010

I love the idea we should legalize marijuana "and tax it." How about legalize it and have the government pay restitution to all the millions of people they've jailed and abused for almost a century for a non-crime? How about we jail all the criminals in government who trampled on people's rights and liberties simply due to some criminal government's criminal edict? Can we put that to a vote? - ChrisSan Jose voters will get a chance in November decide whether to impose a tax of up to 10 percent on medical cannabis businesses in the city.

The San Jose City Council on Tuesday, with a 7-4 vote, approved a measure that will place the tax on the ballot. If it's approved, it will be the highest medical cannabis tax in the state.

Proponents of the tax see it as a revenue source for the cash-strapped city. But medical marijuana patients and activists fear a 10 percent tax is too high and will drive those in need of the medication to neighboring cities where the prices will be lower.

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