Yolo County, California, Measure K, Marijuana Tax (June 2018)

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Measure K: Yolo County Marijuana Tax

The basics
Election date:
June 5, 2018
Status:
a Approved
Topic:
Local marijuana tax
Related articles
Local marijuana tax on the ballot

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June 5, 2018 ballot measures in California

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Yolo County, California ballot measures

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County tax on the ballot
See also
Yolo County, California

A marijuana tax was on the ballot for voters in Yolo County, California, on June 5, 2018. It was approved.

| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing Yolo County to impose a tax on marijuana business in unincorporated areas of the county at a rate of between 1 percent and 15 percent of gross receipts, with initial rates of 4 percent for cultivation and 5 percent for other businesses and with the ability to increase or decrease the tax by up to 2 percentage points each year.

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| A no vote was a vote against authorizing Yolo County to impose a tax on marijuana business in unincorporated areas of the county at a rate of between 1 percent and 15 percent of gross receipts, with initial rates of 4 percent for cultivation and 5 percent for other businesses and with the ability to increase or decrease the tax by up to 2 percentage points each year.

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## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 2.1 Ballot question
* 2.2 Impartial analysis
* 2.3 Full text
* 3 Path to the ballot
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Election results[edit]

Yolo County Measure K

Result | Votes | Percentage

Yes

| 35,446 | 79.01%
No | 9,414 | 20.99%

Results are officially certified.
Source

## Text of measure[edit]

### Ballot question[edit]

The ballot question was as follows:[1]

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Shall a tax be imposed on marijuana businesses in unincorporated Yolo County, between 1-15% of gross receipts, with a 4% initial rate on cultivation and 5% for other marijuana businesses, subject to a citizen's oversight committee, which can be spent for criminal enforcement of illegal cultivation, early childhood intervention and prevention, youth development, rural infrastructure and for other unrestricted general revenue purposes, with potential annual revenue of $1,000,000 plus, for an indefinite duration?[2]

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### Impartial analysis[edit]

The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Yolo County Counsel:

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A "yes" vote on this measure is a vote to permit the County to impose a general business tax on marijuana businesses at a rate between 1-15% of gross receipts.

A "no" vote on this measure is a vote not to permit the County to impose a general business tax on marijuana businesses at a rate between 1-15% of gross receipts.

The County of Yolo proposes a general tax on marijuana businesses in the unincorporated area of Yolo County. The marijuana business tax ordinance establishes a variable tax rate between 1-15% of gross receipts per fiscal year, with an initial rate for cultivation of 4% of gross receipts per fiscal year with an automatic increase to five% as of July 1, 2020, and an initial tax rate for all other commercial cannabis businesses of 5%, with subsequent adjustments of no more than two percentage points (up or down) in any 12 month period.

The ordinance creates a citizen’s oversight committee to review expenditures of tax revenues.

The tax is for general governmental purposes and revenue generated from the tax can be spent for criminal enforcement of illegal cultivation, early childhood intervention and prevention, youth development, substance abuse education and treatment for children and adults, rural infrastructure and programs and cannabis research and unrestricted general revenue purposes.

The tax applies to all medical and nonmedical cannabis businesses. Personal cultivation and personal use, as delineated in the ordinance, are exempt from the tax.

The Board of Supervisors placed the measure on the ballot.

This measure does not legalize or otherwise permit marijuana businesses in Yolo County.

The tax will continue until repealed by the Board of Supervisors or County voters.[2]

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—Yolo County Counsel[3]

### Full text[edit]

The full text of the measure is available here.

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in California

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Yolo County, California.

## See also[edit]

Local measures

* Local measures in 2018
* Local marijuana tax on the ballot
* County tax on the ballot
* Yolo County measures

California

* June 5, 2018 measures in California
* Local ballot measures, California
* Yolo County, California

News and analysis

* State and local preemption conflicts
* Measures advancing national agendas

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## External links[edit]

| Suggest a link

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* Search Google News for this topic
* Yolo County Elections Office website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Yolo County Elections, "Sample Ballot for June 5, 2018 election," accessed April 25, 2018
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
3. ↑ Yolo County Elections, "County Counsel Impartial Analysis of Measure K," accessed April 25, 2018

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