(INITIATIVE) Shall County adopt the ordinance proposed by initiative petition and known as Kem Regulation and Taxation of Cannabis Act of 2018 to allow and regulate commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis retailing, testing, cultivation, processing, packaging, and distribution in the unincorporated area, subject to State licensing requirements; impose permit fees on cannabis businesses; allow no more than 35 dispensary permits; and levy a perpetual 5% annual tax on the gross receipts of dispensaries [fiscal impact unknown]?
1, Kern County • 2018 • M
Failed
Result: 47.6% yes, 52.4% no (194,511 votes cast)
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The measure would have allowed and regulated commercial cannabis businesses in unincorporated Kern County, including retail dispensaries (capped at 35 permits), cultivation, processing, and distribution operations, while imposing permit fees and a 5% tax on dispensary gross receipts.