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Los Gatos Town Council to discuss legalizing marijuana dispensaries

The Mercury News · Hannah Kanik · last updated
Los Gatos Town Council is scheduled to discuss making marijuana dispensaries legal at its next meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 18. After marijuana was legalized in California in 2016, town council passed ordinances to ban the selling and growing of cannabis in Los Gatos out of fear that it might “bring in more crime and nefarious characters to town,” Los Gatos Mayor Rob Rennie said. Now, the town is looking for ways to boost local tax revenue to help offset rising costs like pension payments. Los Gatos residents who purchase marijuana products have to travel outside of town to get them, so the town loses that tax revenue. Milpitas passed ordinances similar to Los Gatos’ to keep marijuana sales out of the town.
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