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This measure, if approved, would impose on medical marijuana businesses a tax of up to ten percent (10%) of gross receipts for medical marijuana sales, with an initial tax rate of six percent (6%) and a tax of up to fifty ($50.00) dollars per square foot on all improvements used by the medical marijuana business as a cultivation facility or grow site, with an initial tax rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00). Medical marijuana businesses that qualify under state law as exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations would pay ten dollars ($10.00) per square foot on all business improvements, instead of paying a tax based on the gross receipts of the business. The square footage tax rates would be adjusted annually for inflation as measured by the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County Area Consumer Price Index.

A "yes" vote on this proposition is a vote to approve the medical marijuana business license tax in the event the City Council rescinds the ban on medical marijuana sales and adopts a regulatory ordinance. A "no" vote is a vote to reject this tax.