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City Staff estimate that legalizing such shops could bring in between $1.3 to $3.1 million at a time when the pandemic has cost Costa Mesa millions in sales tax revenue.
Costa Mesa voters could legalize recreational marijuana dispensaries and deliveries by adopting a ballot measure that would enable the city to tax and regulate retail weed shops in November.
In California’s new era of legal recreational pot, Santa Ana is at the forefront within the region.
Santa Ana is the only known jurisdiction, out of Orange County’s 34 cities, to authorize the sale of recreational marijuana when that option opens up to California communities starting January 1.