{"id":289263,"date":"2011-03-03T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/pay-up-the-city-wants-its-cut\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T17:57:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T17:57:06","slug":"pay-up-the-city-wants-its-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/pay-up-the-city-wants-its-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay up! The city wants its cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"43\">The medical marijuana business is alive and well in California, where dispensaries pay state &#8212; but not city &#8212; business taxes. Now, the Los Angeles City Council wants to change that.<\/p>\n<p>The council is proposing medical marijuana collectives pay a 5% tax as a way to fund the local police service, parks and &#8220;general improvements throughout the city.&#8221; Local smokers, er, voters, will get their say in a city election scheduled for March 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/money_topstories\/~3\/ePwkzSS_MWQ\/index.html\" title=\"Pay up! The city wants its cut\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pay up! The city wants its cut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The medical marijuana business is alive and well in California, where dispensaries pay state &#8212; but not city &#8212; business taxes. 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