City of Jurupa Valley

Measure L - Majority Approval Required

Unlike the previous City of Jurupa Valley marijuana business ballot measure, this Measure would impose a local sin tax on all marijuana businesses operating within our City. The annual sin tax would allow our City to collect $25 per square foot of space utilized for retail marijuana sales, and $3 per square foot of space utilized for any other type of commercial marijuana activity, such as distribution, laboratory testing, and product manufacturing.

In spite of our City's prohibition on state-licensed marijuana businesses, it remains infested with illegal marijuana dispensaries. City Hall authorized—at taxpayer expense—a private law firm to litigate over 50 lawsuits against local marijuana business operators, and yet illegal marijuana dispensaries continue to operate openly and notoriously across our City.

The local revenue generated by the sin tax would provide a source of revenue that could be used to finally crack down on illegal marijuana dispensaries and keep them out of our City for good. Any additional revenue generated by the sin tax could be used to make our City a cleaner and safer place.

In addition to generating revenue for our City, here are just a few ways this Measure would be an improvement over the existing failed prohibition:

·         Requires all local marijuana businesses to be fully licensed, heavily regulated, and accountable to multiple State and local regulatory agencies;

·         Restricts the total number of state-licensed dispensaries operating within the City to 1 per 15,000 City residents;

·      Prevents marketing or sales to children, requiring purchasers to be over 21; and

·         Keeps state-licensed marijuana businesses away from schools and out of neighborhoods.

Vote YES, it's a commonsense solution.

/s/ Katelyn Garcia, Longtime City Resident

Vote No on Measure “L”

57% of Jurupa Valley voters voted against Measure A to legalize commercial marijuana/cannabis businesses in the City, including dispensaries, in one commercial zone in the June 2018 election.

57% of Jurupa Valley voters also voted in favor of Measure B prohibiting all commercial marijuana/cannabis businesses in the City in the June 2018 election with limited exceptions.

Measure L would now exempt commercial marijuana/cannabis businesses from this voter-approved prohibition on commercial marijuana/cannabis businesses in commercial areas and force the City to have:

• Seven marijuana dispensaries in the General Commercial and Rubidoux Village Commercial zones
• Other marijuana businesses such as indoor cultivation, manufacturing, distribution or testing in these zones as well as in the Manufacturing Service Commercial and Business Park zones.

Measure L would impose a new Jurupa Valley tax on these businesses that can only be increased by voter approval.

Marijuana businesses will create devastating problems for the City:

• Marijuana businesses have been known to attract crime and would divert law enforcement resources from other areas of the City;
• Measure L would prohibit the City from imposing conditions on the operation of marijuana businesses in order to protect the health and safety of the community including day care or youth centers;
• Measure L would likely require the City to hire additional staff and law enforcement at an estimated cost of $345,000 per year; and
• Commercial marijuana businesses are illegal under federal law. 

/s/ Michael Goodland, Mayor
/s/ Brian Berkson, Mayor Pro Tem
/s/ Anthony Kelly, Jr., Council Member
/s/ Verne Lauritzen, Council Member
/s/ Laura Roughton, Council Member

Vote no on Measure “L”!

57% of Jurupa Valley voters approved Measure B in June 2018 in order to prohibit all marijuana dispensaries and marijuana businesses in the City. Measure L would overturn this voter approved prohibition and allow commercial marijuana businesses including seven marijuana dispensaries in the City.

No reason exists to overturn this decision of the voters and no reason exists to force the City to accept marijuana dispensaries and marijuana businesses.

Good reasons exist to continue the prohibition on marijuana businesses and prevent devastating problems for the City:

l    Marijuana businesses have been known to attract crime and would divert law enforcement resources from other areas of the City;

l    Measure L would prohibit the City from imposing conditions on the operation of marijuana businesses in order to protect the health and safety of the community including day care and youth centers;

l    Measure L would require the City to hire additional staff and law enforcement at an estimated cost of $345,000 per year; and

l    Commercial marijuana businesses are illegal under federal law.

Cities that have legalized marijuana dispensaries continue to struggle with closing illegal dispensaries. Illegal dispensaries will not collect the 15% State tax and additional local taxes from customers and sell marijuana at substantially lower prices.

Jurupa Valley continues to successfully close and shutter illegal dispensaries. Measure L will do nothing to stop illegal dispensaries and will create many additional problems for the City.

/s/ Michael Goodland, Mayor
/s/ Brian Berkson, Mayor Pro Tem
/s/ Anthony Kelly, Jr., Council Member
/s/ Verne Lauritzen, Council Member
/s/ Laura Roughton, Council Member

Measure L's sin tax is capable of generating millions of dollars for our City over time. Under our existing failed prohibition on state licensed marijuana businesses illegal dispensaries operate with impunity all across our City, and our community gets nothing from it.

Stop the insanity! Let's use the revenue generated from Measure L to shutdown the

dangerous and illegal dispensaries, which will be replaced with a few highly regulated and accountable businesses.

Measure L is capable of solving our City's longstanding problem with illegal dispensaries.

Vote YES on Measure L

/s/ Katelyn Garcia, Longtime City of Jurupa Valley Resident