US CA:Feds Could Dash Cities’ Hopes of Taxing Retail Pot Sales Under Prop. 19

Sacramento Bee, 22 Oct 2010 – For months, proponents of California’s Proposition 19 marijuana initiative hyped the local tax benefits of legalizing pot for recreational use. Now, as voters in Sacramento and other cities consider companion ballot measures to impose taxes on the retail pot businesses that could open if Proposition 19 passes, the promised revenues may be in jeopardy.