Morgan Hill, California, Measure I, Marijuana Business Tax (November 2018)

* Text of measure
* Ballot question
* Path to the ballot
* See also
* External links
* Footnotes
* More
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Measure I: Morgan Hill Marijuana Business Tax

The basics
Election date:
November 6, 2018
Status:
a Approved
Topic:
Local marijuana tax
Related articles
Local marijuana tax on the ballot

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November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California

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Santa Clara County, California ballot measures

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Local business tax on the ballot
See also
Morgan Hill, California

A marijuana business tax was on the ballot for Morgan Hill voters in Santa Clara County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was approved.

| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the city to tax marijuana businesses at annual rates up to $15.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation and up to 10 percent of gross receipts for all other marijuana businesses.

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| A no vote was a vote against authorizing the city to tax marijuana businesses at annual rates up to $15.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation and up to 10 percent of gross receipts for all other marijuana businesses.

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## Contents

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

## Election results[edit]

Measure I: Morgan Hill Marijuana Business Tax

Result | Votes | Percentage

Yes

| 12,765 | 79.06%
No | 3,380 | 20.94%

Results are officially certified.
Source

## Text of measure[edit]

### Ballot question[edit]

The ballot question was as follows:[1]

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Shall the Morgan Hill ordinance, to fund general municipal expenses such as police, fire, roads, recreation, and drug abuse prevention, by taxing cannabis (marijuana) businesses at annual rates not to exceed $15.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation) and up to 10% of gross receipts for all other cannabis businesses, which is expected to generate an estimated $340,000 to $750,000 annually and will be levied until repealed by the voters, be adopted?[2]

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### 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 Morgan Hill City Council on July 18, 2018.

## See also[edit]

Local measures

* Local measures in 2018
* Local marijuana tax on the ballot
* City tax on the ballot
* Santa Clara County measures

California

* November 6, 2018 measures in California
* Local ballot measures, California
* Morgan Hill, 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
* Santa Clara County Elections Office website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Santa Clara County, "List of Local Measures," accessed August 27, 2018
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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