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RESOLUTION Establishing November 8, 2016, as the Date for an Election on a Proposed Ballot Measure Seeking Voter Approval of a Tax On Cannabis Businesses, Establishing Policies and Procedures in Connection with Such an Election, and Requesting that the Alameda County Registrar of Voters Conduct Such an Election, and Requesting that the City Attorney Prepare an Impartial Analysis of the Proposed Ballot Measure
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Leandro desires to impose a tax on cannabis businesses that may seek to operate within San Leandro in the amount of up to $100.00 for each $1000.00 of gross receipts for cannabis businesses; and
WHEREAS, California Constitution Article XIIIC, Section 2(b), provides that no local government may impose a general tax unless and until that tax is submitted to the electorate and approved by a majority vote; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Cannabis Business Tax is a general tax, the revenues of which would be used for general governmental purposes, and placed in the City's general fund for the usual expenses of the City; and
WHEREAS, California Constitution Article XIIIC, Section 2(b), requires that a measure proposing to impose a general tax must be consolidated with a city's general municipal election for members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, November 8, 2016 is the date of the City's regular municipal election; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized by California Elections Code Section 9222 to place measures before the voters; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to place the Cannabis Business Tax, attached hereto as Attachment 1, as a measure before the voters on the November 8, 2016 general election; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the proposed measure be consolidated with the November 8, 2016 regularly scheduled general election, be held on the same date, and that within the City, the polling places and election office...
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