Shall the measure imposing a cannabis special tax of up to 15% of cannabis businesses gross receipts and up to $30 per square foot of cultivation space to raise approximately $100,000 a year until voters decide otherwise, with fifty percent of the proceeds used for law enforcement and fifty percent for other city services, be adopted, with voter approval also approving commercial cannabis businesses as a regulated land use in the City of Barstow?
2, San Bernardino County • 2020 • Measure
Failed
Result: 55.6% yes, 44.4% no (3,179 votes cast)
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The measure would have imposed a cannabis tax of up to 15% of gross receipts and up to $30 per square foot of cultivation space to generate approximately $100,000 annually, with half the revenue going to law enforcement and half to other city services. It would have also authorized commercial cannabis businesses as a regulated land use in the City of Barstow.