The Daily Californian, 08 Oct 2010 – In less than a month, Berkeley voters will decide whether to pass two measures that together would represent an unprecedented expansion of the city’s medical marijuana industry, allowing the city to license and tax six cultivation facilities. If passed during the Nov. 2 elections, Measure T would license and tax six 30,000-square-foot growing facilities, allow a fourth dispensary to operate in the city and reconstitute the city’s Medical Cannabis Commission. Measure S would place a 2.5 percent tax on medical cannabis and – if voters pass California state Proposition 19, legalizing marijuana for recreational use in the state – 10 percent on nonmedical cannabis.

The Daily Californian, 20 Sep 2010 – In light of the Berkeley City Council’s proposed ballot measure to create seven new "cannabusiness" facilities, the Medical Cannabis Commission – which will likely be reconstituted under the measure – met Thursday to develop a comprehensive rubric to evaluate applications for facility permits. In July, the council placed a measure on the November ballot that would allow for six 30,000-square-foot cannabis cultivation facilities and a fourth dispensary within the city. Anticipating a flood of applications, the council asked the commission to develop a set of standards by which it could evaluate applicants.