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Voters in Upland will decide next year whether to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in their city.
The city council voted 3-2 to include the ballot measure – which would allow three dispensaries to operate in the northwest part of the city – on next year’s general election ballot, according to a report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
Council members Debbie Stone and Gino Filippi opposed the measure.
The council opted for the general election rather than a special election because it feared a special election could face legal challenges.
Officials with the California Cannabis Coalition said that, while gathering signatures of registered voters, they followed all the procedures necessary to qualify the measure for a special election.
Coalition members plan to seek a court order that would require Upland to hold a special election this year, the report stated.
If approved, each dispensary would have to pay $75,000 a year in licensing and inspection fees, according to the report.
