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COSTA MESA – Voters will decide in November whether medical marijuana dispensaries should be allowed in the city. The City Council voted 4-0 Tuesday night to place two measures proposed by two advocates that would allow several dispensaries in the city on the ballot. One initiative would allow up to eight shops and the other four. The ballot measures prompted the city last month to propose one of its own to regulate the shops. That

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PLACENTIA – Following a huge public turnout Tuesday night, the City Council reversed course and dropped plans to allow medical marijuana businesses in the city. Placentia would have been the first Orange County community to allow the cultivation of medical marijuana. Two weeks ago, the council had approved 3-2 giving permits for one dispensary, one cultivation site, one manufacturing site, one testing lab, one service for transportation and one delivery service, with further development possible

SACRAMENTO – The California Senate is backing a 15 percent sales tax for medical marijuana. State officials estimate the bill approved Wednesday would raise about $250 million per year, much of it for state parks, drug treatment programs and the state general fund. Democratic Sen. Mike McGuire of Healdsburg says his bill will also generate money to help local governments manage marijuana-related problems. Senators approved SB987 on a 27-9 vote, sending it to the state