Medical Marijuana Advocates Seek Signatures for Ballot Initiative To Legalize Dispensaries in Costa Mesa
The Orange County chapter of Americans for Safe Access is circulating a petition to allow eight medical marijuana dispensaries to legally open in Costa Mesa. The petition, which needs 4,896 signatures to qualify for the November ballot, would restrict areas the dispensaries could operate, require stores to have security guards, require workers to receive background checks and allow the city to collect a 6% sales tax.
- "Medical Pot Activists Seek To Legalize Dispensaries in Costa Mesa" (Martindale, Orange County Register, 5/7).