(Novemeber 2nd 2010 California Statewide Ballot as an intnitiated State Statute)for it had been approved , woukld have leagalized various mariujauana-related activites in california ( although not as a matter of federal law) , allowing local goverments to regulate these activites , permitting local gopverments to impose and collect maruijuana-related fees, taxes and authorizing various criminal and civil penalties.
election results
N0 ( 3,826,487) %53.8
YES ( 3,297,590) %46.2
Total Votes-7,124,077
current legal status
Gov.Arnold Schwarnagger signed SB 1449 on octorber 1, 2010. Effective Janurary 1, 2011 sb 1449 turns the possession of less than an ounce of marujiuana from a criminal misdemeanor into a civil infraction.
Medical Mariujauna is already Legal in california, although not as a matter of federal law due to the entactment of prop.215 in 1996.
http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_19,_the_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_(2010)
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