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"content": "\u003cp>In the dusty, wind-swept city of \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.adelanto.ca.us/\" target=\"_blank\">Adelanto\u003c/a>, officials are predicting big changes on the horizon. City Councilman Johnny \"Bug\" Woodard Jr. is standing in front of a chain-link fence surrounding a vacant lot in the city’s Green Zone, the industrial area where Adelanto allows medical marijuana cultivation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you’re looking at here is the first property to actually break ground to build a new building,\" Woodard says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/290067613\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t look like much, but Woodard says this business and others like it will lead to a new future for Adelanto, a worn-down city of about 32,000 in the high desert of San Bernardino County. 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"content": "\u003cp>Should rich Californians pay higher state income taxes to fund schools, health care for the poor and other programs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that question sounds familiar, it’s because voters faced the same choice four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said yes in 2012, during the state's budget crisis. Now, with the budget much healthier, the question is whether to extend taxes that supporters, including Gov. Jerry Brown, vowed would be \"temporary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289953796\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor said that May: “I’m linking the serious budget reductions -- real, increased austerity -- with a plea to the voters: Please increase taxes temporarily on the most affluent and everyone else with a quarter of a cent sales tax.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">He made that statement at a time when the state faced a $16 billion budget deficit. Brown promised Proposition 30 would balance the state budget and avoid even deeper cuts to schools. It passed with 55 percent of the vote. And it did balance the budget -- for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">But with schools and other programs crippled from years of cuts, the governor and legislative Democrats increased spending every year since. The state’s general fund is now more than $25 billion larger. And because of all that new spending, Proposition 30’s expiration could create a new deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[StateSpending]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This brings us to Proposition 55. The proposal allows the sales tax increase to sunset at the end of this year but would extend the income tax hikes through 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11145398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11145398\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/prop55-fig2-800x450.png\" alt=\"Source: California Legislative Analyst’s Office\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/prop55-fig2-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/prop55-fig2-160x90.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/prop55-fig2-960x540.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/prop55-fig2-240x135.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/prop55-fig2-375x211.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/prop55-fig2-520x292.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/prop55-fig2.png 984w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: California Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“We can’t afford to go back to the days of massive teacher layoffs, larger class sizes and cuts to programs like art and music,” Eric Heins, with the California Teachers Association, said as supporters launched their campaign earlier this year at a Sacramento middle school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“This initiative simply asks those that earn the most in our state -- the wealthiest 2 percent -- to continue paying a little bit more for a little while longer,” added Laphonza Butler with the Service Employees International Union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">That \"little while longer\" is actually 12 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“On a budgetary basis, this is terrible policy,” says Mike Genest, the top budget aide to former Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. That’s because income tax revenues from the wealthy soar in boom times but plummet in recessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“This up-and-down cycle of our California budget, where it's feast or famine, is unhealthy for the state; it’s bad for the programs that rely on the budget,” says Genest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In addition to the usual support from labor and progressive groups, the measure is also backed by doctors and hospitals because it steers some of the money to Medi-Cal, California’s health care program for the poor. Anthony Wright, with the advocacy group Health Access, says state programs aren’t even back to pre-recession funding levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"HpD0mJosEcsvwTcMlLCYXAbo0X8PZvNW\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the idea that then we would say, we’re going to give a tax cut to the top 1 percent and make additional cuts on top of that, seems to us disastrous,” says Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">There's another big difference between Propositions 30 and 55: The governor has stayed studiously neutral this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">The California Chamber of Commerce, which was neutral on Proposition 30, now opposes Proposition 55.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“There was clearly a deficit (in 2012), and there was a need,” chamber president Allan Zaremberg said earlier this year. “Now, the question is, is now the right time -- after we sold that to the voters with a temporary increase -- that we should go out there and virtually make it permanent?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Yet the chamber has done nothing to fight the measure, nor have other critics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Perhaps that's because while it’s debatable whether taxing the rich in California is good budget policy, there's little doubt it's good politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/cacounts/\">California Counts\u003c/a> is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what’s important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>There are so many questions about California’s November ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana that it’s easy to overlook the most basic question of all: What would the initiative actually do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, we’re here to help. So get out your sample or mail-in ballots and follow along as we go through that little \u003ca href=\"http://elections.kqed.org/measure/2027/info/proposition-64\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 64\u003c/a> summary together. It’s right next to where you vote “yes” or “no.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And just like in the voter guide, we'll throw in a few “pro” and “con” arguments, too. OK, let's get started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 legalizes marijuana under state law, for use by adults 21 or older\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting immediately, it would no longer be a crime in California to buy, possess or transport limited amounts of marijuana for personal use. You could cultivate up to six plants in the privacy of your own home -- either indoors or outdoors, as long as it's not visible to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They can’t sell it, but they can grow it for their own personal use,\" explains Richard Miadich, the lawyer who wrote the initiative and works for the Yes on 64 campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich says you can smoke or consume marijuana products -- including edibles -- only at a private home, or at a business that gets a license to allow on-site consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You cannot use marijuana, ingest marijuana in any way, in public,\" he says. \"You can’t use it or ingest it anywhere where smoking is prohibited.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 imposes state taxes on sales and cultivation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of taxes, in fact. There would be a state excise tax on cultivation of $9.25 per ounce of marijuana flowers and $2.75 per ounce of marijuana leaves; and a state excise tax on sales: 15 percent of the retail price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's on top of the regular sales tax that we pay on everything from cars to couches, though medical marijuana patients would be exempt from sales tax. And local governments can throw their own excise tax on top, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[PotTaxation]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumers wouldn’t pay the cultivation tax directly. But if you live in a city with a particularly high sales tax rate that chooses to also add a local excise tax, your total taxes might reach 30 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That, to me, is ridiculously high,” says Jamie Kerr, the founder of a storefront medical marijuana dispensary in the city of Shasta Lake and an opponent of Proposition 64. She wants to see California legalize marijuana but says this is the wrong way to do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That (combined tax rate) exceeds the threshold at which we start to promote the illicit market,” Kerr says, “and that’s a concern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want to strike the right balance,” counters initiative author Richard Miadich, “of not having a tax that's so high that you perpetuate the illegal market -- which is what of course we want to eliminate by enacting this initiative -- but not have a tax rate that's so low that it encourages overuse by adults, for example.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich says the tax rates set by Proposition 64 are just starting points. The Legislature can adjust any rates it decides need to be tweaked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 provides for industry licensing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although California voters legalized medical marijuana in 1996, it wasn’t until last year that the governor and Legislature finally created a regulatory framework. The regulations themselves are still being written.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The state will be in charge of licensing cultivators, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of nonmedical marijuana,” Miadich says, “just like it is for medical marijuana.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[MedPotReg]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 64 generally piggybacks on the system created by California’s medical marijuana laws – but not entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerr, the dispensary founder, says the initiative eliminates existing protections that prevent large companies from controlling too many links in the supply chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those protections exist, she says, to allow the current medical marijuana industry “fair and equitable market access, without having to immediately right out of the gate compete with some well-capitalized corporate interests that are wanting to get into this space.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich says state regulators would have the ability to deny license requests if they would lead to anti-competitive behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 establishes standards for marijuana products\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative sets at least one very specific standard: \"For example, there's a limit on the level of THC that can be in a serving size of edible marijuana products,” says Drew Soderborg with the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11138463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11138463\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A staff member at a dispensary in San Francisco holds a cannabis-infused macaroon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A staff member at a dispensary in San Francisco holds a cannabis-infused macaroon. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it leaves some other limits up to state regulators. Such as, how big is a serving size? What are the testing requirements? And, the hot-button question of what exactly constitutes drugged driving?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich says there's not enough research to set a legal standard for marijuana intoxication, so Proposition 64 gives the state money to do its own research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are using marijuana today and they are driving today,” he says. “So this initiative accepts that that problem exists today and offers solutions for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerr calls that irresponsible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To roll out the adult use market -- which literally banks on increased usage to generate the revenue that is expected and that is projected -- I think that it’s putting the cart in front of the horse,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 allows local regulation and taxation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 64 passes, local governments would have some powers -- but not others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You cannot ban indoor cultivation for personal use,” says Tim Cromartie with the League of California Cities, “although you can regulate it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QHDI4Ys2yphlIGIvowhGGnEEvjoAcmou\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, Cromartie says, cities and counties could require residents to obtain permits, pay fees, and let their homes be inspected to prevent fire risk, excess water use or mold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And local governments can choose to ban recreational marijuana businesses entirely -- just like they can choose to ban medical marijuana businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you decide to allow them,” Cromartie says, “you can decide under what circumstances -- what’s the local licensing fee gonna be, what kind of inspections or audits are they gonna have to comply with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a local government chooses not to set regulations, the state can unilaterally issue a license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fiscal impact: additional tax revenues ranging from high hundreds of millions of dollars to over $1 billion annually, mostly dedicated to specific purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember all those taxes we talked about earlier? That money would be split several ways, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>reimbursing state agencies for their regulatory costs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>drugged driving research\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>after-school programs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>environmental restoration\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There’s more, but it’s a long list. The official Voter Information Guide analysis, written by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, \u003ca href=\"http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/64/analysis.htm\">has the details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fiscal Impact: Reduced criminal justice costs of tens of millions of dollars annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This gets to the other major result of legalizing recreational marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 64 would reduce penalties for many marijuana-related crimes. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There are so many questions about California’s November ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana that it’s easy to overlook the most basic question of all: What would the initiative actually do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, we’re here to help. So get out your sample or mail-in ballots and follow along as we go through that little \u003ca href=\"http://elections.kqed.org/measure/2027/info/proposition-64\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 64\u003c/a> summary together. It’s right next to where you vote “yes” or “no.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And just like in the voter guide, we'll throw in a few “pro” and “con” arguments, too. OK, let's get started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 legalizes marijuana under state law, for use by adults 21 or older\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting immediately, it would no longer be a crime in California to buy, possess or transport limited amounts of marijuana for personal use. You could cultivate up to six plants in the privacy of your own home -- either indoors or outdoors, as long as it's not visible to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They can’t sell it, but they can grow it for their own personal use,\" explains Richard Miadich, the lawyer who wrote the initiative and works for the Yes on 64 campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich says you can smoke or consume marijuana products -- including edibles -- only at a private home, or at a business that gets a license to allow on-site consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You cannot use marijuana, ingest marijuana in any way, in public,\" he says. \"You can’t use it or ingest it anywhere where smoking is prohibited.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 imposes state taxes on sales and cultivation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of taxes, in fact. There would be a state excise tax on cultivation of $9.25 per ounce of marijuana flowers and $2.75 per ounce of marijuana leaves; and a state excise tax on sales: 15 percent of the retail price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's on top of the regular sales tax that we pay on everything from cars to couches, though medical marijuana patients would be exempt from sales tax. And local governments can throw their own excise tax on top, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[PotTaxation]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumers wouldn’t pay the cultivation tax directly. But if you live in a city with a particularly high sales tax rate that chooses to also add a local excise tax, your total taxes might reach 30 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That, to me, is ridiculously high,” says Jamie Kerr, the founder of a storefront medical marijuana dispensary in the city of Shasta Lake and an opponent of Proposition 64. She wants to see California legalize marijuana but says this is the wrong way to do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That (combined tax rate) exceeds the threshold at which we start to promote the illicit market,” Kerr says, “and that’s a concern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want to strike the right balance,” counters initiative author Richard Miadich, “of not having a tax that's so high that you perpetuate the illegal market -- which is what of course we want to eliminate by enacting this initiative -- but not have a tax rate that's so low that it encourages overuse by adults, for example.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich says the tax rates set by Proposition 64 are just starting points. The Legislature can adjust any rates it decides need to be tweaked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 provides for industry licensing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although California voters legalized medical marijuana in 1996, it wasn’t until last year that the governor and Legislature finally created a regulatory framework. The regulations themselves are still being written.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The state will be in charge of licensing cultivators, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of nonmedical marijuana,” Miadich says, “just like it is for medical marijuana.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[MedPotReg]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 64 generally piggybacks on the system created by California’s medical marijuana laws – but not entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerr, the dispensary founder, says the initiative eliminates existing protections that prevent large companies from controlling too many links in the supply chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those protections exist, she says, to allow the current medical marijuana industry “fair and equitable market access, without having to immediately right out of the gate compete with some well-capitalized corporate interests that are wanting to get into this space.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich says state regulators would have the ability to deny license requests if they would lead to anti-competitive behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 establishes standards for marijuana products\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative sets at least one very specific standard: \"For example, there's a limit on the level of THC that can be in a serving size of edible marijuana products,” says Drew Soderborg with the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11138463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11138463\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A staff member at a dispensary in San Francisco holds a cannabis-infused macaroon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/PotMacaroon-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A staff member at a dispensary in San Francisco holds a cannabis-infused macaroon. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it leaves some other limits up to state regulators. Such as, how big is a serving size? What are the testing requirements? And, the hot-button question of what exactly constitutes drugged driving?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich says there's not enough research to set a legal standard for marijuana intoxication, so Proposition 64 gives the state money to do its own research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are using marijuana today and they are driving today,” he says. “So this initiative accepts that that problem exists today and offers solutions for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerr calls that irresponsible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To roll out the adult use market -- which literally banks on increased usage to generate the revenue that is expected and that is projected -- I think that it’s putting the cart in front of the horse,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 64 allows local regulation and taxation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 64 passes, local governments would have some powers -- but not others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You cannot ban indoor cultivation for personal use,” says Tim Cromartie with the League of California Cities, “although you can regulate it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, Cromartie says, cities and counties could require residents to obtain permits, pay fees, and let their homes be inspected to prevent fire risk, excess water use or mold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And local governments can choose to ban recreational marijuana businesses entirely -- just like they can choose to ban medical marijuana businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you decide to allow them,” Cromartie says, “you can decide under what circumstances -- what’s the local licensing fee gonna be, what kind of inspections or audits are they gonna have to comply with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a local government chooses not to set regulations, the state can unilaterally issue a license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fiscal impact: additional tax revenues ranging from high hundreds of millions of dollars to over $1 billion annually, mostly dedicated to specific purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember all those taxes we talked about earlier? That money would be split several ways, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>reimbursing state agencies for their regulatory costs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>drugged driving research\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>after-school programs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>environmental restoration\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There’s more, but it’s a long list. The official Voter Information Guide analysis, written by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, \u003ca href=\"http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/64/analysis.htm\">has the details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fiscal Impact: Reduced criminal justice costs of tens of millions of dollars annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This gets to the other major result of legalizing recreational marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 64 would reduce penalties for many marijuana-related crimes. And it would allow people with crimes on their records to ask a court to reduce their sentences or expunge their records -- with one caveat:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The court would have to decide whether or not the individual represents a public safety threat,” says the LAO’s Drew Soderborg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oh, one last thing:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 64 passes, the state and local governments would need to set their standards and regulations by Jan. 1, 2018 -- because that's when they'll need to start issuing licenses. The rest of the initiative would take effect the day after the election -- as long as it's not too close to call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For those with a financial stake in water, drought can mean boom or bust, depending on the investment. And even without a specific market to trade water, there are numerous ways to invest in it – from buying land with water rights to stocks in water-dependent companies to municipal bonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Michael Burry, for instance, the hedge fund manager featured in the book and movie “The Big Short” who outsmarted the subprime housing market crash. The end of the movie includes the line: “Michael Burry is focusing all of his trading on one commodity: Water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How exactly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”QQEvhYxWPaQJExQOYmxnMpvONRpPx1L9″]“I believe that agricultural land, productive agricultural land with water on site, will be very valuable in the future,” he told \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sWhvOaavTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg\u003c/a> in 2010. “And I’ve put a good amount of money into that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burry further elaborated in a 2015 interview with \u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/big-short-genius-says-another-crisis-is-coming.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York magazine\u003c/a> when he said, “What became clear to me is that food is the way to invest in water. That is, grow food in water-rich areas and transport it for sale in water-poor areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This idea has driven a lot of investments in California over the years, but is coming under greater scrutiny as drought lingers into a sixth year and climate change is expected to make the state’s water budget even tighter in coming decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the hottest investments in California in recent years is the almond business. In the late 1990s, the industry was shipping less than 600 million pounds (270m kg) a year. Since 2012 (and despite California’s drought), it’s shipping more than \u003cspan class=\"caps\">1.8\u003c/span> million pounds a year – most of that to overseas buyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California has many family farmers growing almonds, it’s caught the eye of big investors, too. One of them is the retirement and investment firm\u003cspan class=\"caps\">TIAA\u003c/span> (formerly \u003cspan class=\"caps\">TIAA\u003c/span>–\u003cspan class=\"caps\">CREF\u003c/span>), which owns 37,000 acres (150 sq km) of farmland in the state, and claims to be one of the top five biggest almond producers in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see agriculture, and farmland in particular, as more than a diversification opportunity and a hedge against rising prices,” the firm\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiaa.org/public/assetmanagement/insights/commentary-perspectives/perspectives/almonds-harvesting-value\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> on its website in 2013. “In 2011, we produced more than 18 million pounds of almonds, enough to circle the world more than nine times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have water rights, almonds aren’t the only cash crop. At the beginning of 2016, the Saudi company Almarai \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/08/saudi-arabia-alfalfa-california-drought-almarai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bought\u003c/a> nearly 2,000 acres near Blythe, California, in Riverside County to grow alfalfa that will be shipped back to Saudi Arabia to feed dairy cows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And of course, in California there are always grapes. Harvard Management Group, which invests Harvard University’s $36 billion endowment, made land purchases made in 2012 to 2014 on California’s Central Coast. Some\u003ca href=\"http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/51442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speculated\u003c/a> it was after the wine market, but others believed it was only investing in the water rights themselves, which could be worth more in the future if water continues to become scarcer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From a business perspective it may seem like a win to grab agricultural land with water rights in California with a current shortage and more predicted in the future. But companies cashing in on water scarcity aren’t always viewed favorably among the public – and that extends beyond the water rights issue to other business investments in water. Remember when Nestle was slammed for \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/05/09/behind-the-lawsuit-to-turn-off-spigot-to-nestle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bottling water\u003c/a> piped from public land (with an expired permit) during California’s drought?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water is not just an economic resources; it’s also a natural resource and a necessity for life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of water risk is really related to the social license to operate and the reputational risk,” said Monika Freyman, director of the water program at\u003ca href=\"http://www.ceres.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceres\u003c/a>, which advocates for sustainability leadership. “Investment in water isn’t necessarily a good thing – you may be either investing in a poor water solution or you may be actually investing in a region where there is high competition for water. If that water is not necessarily stewarded well, you’re walking into a hornet’s nest of taking water away from other users.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why \u003cspan class=\"caps\">E.J.\u003c/span> Reinoso, \u003cspan class=\"caps\">CEO\u003c/span> of the investment firm Castleton Partners, advocates for investing in municipal bonds, which are sold to finance myriad public projects, such as highways, libraries, schools, power and water projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are investing in a security that, by definition, is already achieving funding the public good,” said Reinoso. A growing interest in the investment world is “impact investing” where money is invested with the hope of increasing environmental or social good, and Reinoso said that municipal bonds for water projects should be considered in this category, although there is not yet an official way to verify them as such.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Municipal bonds, however, may not be wholly without controversy either. “A critical piece of any bond deal we look at is the essentiality of the project,” said Kevin Lehman of Breckinridge Capital Advisors. “If it is a contentious thing that maybe half the community is opposed to, all else being equal, that’s not something we like to see in a bond deal. We look at local news stories and voting results, and layer that qualitative on top of quantitative metrics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehman said he has seen a number of utilities with really good bond deals to fund large infrastructure projects that have helped diversify their water supply or make them more drought resilient. “We view that as a positive,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Municipal bonds are popular with high net worth individuals because the bonds are exempt from federal and state taxes. And they tend to be safe investments, according to Reinoso. But Lehman cautioned that things like California’s drought can change the landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has seen water utilities taking on significantly greater debt burdens because of the drought to fund needed infrastructure at the same time that revenue is decreasing because of conservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The number one metric that we look at for a water utility is debt service coverage – how much revenue after they pay all their operating expenses are left over to pay for debt service,” he said. In the past, most California water utilities had good debt service coverage, but it is “deteriorating because of the drought and so they are becoming less self supportive of operations and have to issue more and more debt,” he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s drought could be taking its toll on stocks in water companies as well. The investment site the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/10/10/water-stocks-how-do-the-12-water-utility-stocks-st.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motley Fool\u003c/a> explained, “Water utility stocks are particularly attractive because their core businesses are monopolies and they pay modest dividends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California’s drought has impacted water companies who operate in the state, and the Motley Fool warned readers in October against American States Water and California Water Service, blaming mandatory water conservation requirements for reducing revenue and “drought challenges and the uncertainties surrounding rates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While drought may be on the radar of investors, the impact of climate change on water resources is still something most don’t think enough about. Concern from investors on that front “is still not there yet,” said Freyman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">And as water gets more expensive, which is the current trend, Lehman said that people profiting from it will become more controversial, and we will see more of a debate over the merits of privatization of water resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article originally appeared on \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://mail.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=9e4bb0e1a7d74f24ba4684ef2533053d&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newsdeeply.com%2fwater\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water Deeply\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and you can find it \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/10/20/the-big-shortage-how-drought-is-impacting-water-investment-markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">here\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For important news about the California drought, you can \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"http://waterdeeply.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8b78e9a34ff7443ec1e8c62c6&id=2947becb78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sign up\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the Water Deeply email list.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For those with a financial stake in water, drought can mean boom or bust, depending on the investment. And even without a specific market to trade water, there are numerous ways to invest in it – from buying land with water rights to stocks in water-dependent companies to municipal bonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Michael Burry, for instance, the hedge fund manager featured in the book and movie “The Big Short” who outsmarted the subprime housing market crash. The end of the movie includes the line: “Michael Burry is focusing all of his trading on one commodity: Water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How exactly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>“I believe that agricultural land, productive agricultural land with water on site, will be very valuable in the future,” he told \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sWhvOaavTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg\u003c/a> in 2010. “And I’ve put a good amount of money into that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burry further elaborated in a 2015 interview with \u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/big-short-genius-says-another-crisis-is-coming.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York magazine\u003c/a> when he said, “What became clear to me is that food is the way to invest in water. That is, grow food in water-rich areas and transport it for sale in water-poor areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This idea has driven a lot of investments in California over the years, but is coming under greater scrutiny as drought lingers into a sixth year and climate change is expected to make the state’s water budget even tighter in coming decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the hottest investments in California in recent years is the almond business. In the late 1990s, the industry was shipping less than 600 million pounds (270m kg) a year. Since 2012 (and despite California’s drought), it’s shipping more than \u003cspan class=\"caps\">1.8\u003c/span> million pounds a year – most of that to overseas buyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California has many family farmers growing almonds, it’s caught the eye of big investors, too. One of them is the retirement and investment firm\u003cspan class=\"caps\">TIAA\u003c/span> (formerly \u003cspan class=\"caps\">TIAA\u003c/span>–\u003cspan class=\"caps\">CREF\u003c/span>), which owns 37,000 acres (150 sq km) of farmland in the state, and claims to be one of the top five biggest almond producers in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see agriculture, and farmland in particular, as more than a diversification opportunity and a hedge against rising prices,” the firm\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiaa.org/public/assetmanagement/insights/commentary-perspectives/perspectives/almonds-harvesting-value\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> on its website in 2013. “In 2011, we produced more than 18 million pounds of almonds, enough to circle the world more than nine times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have water rights, almonds aren’t the only cash crop. At the beginning of 2016, the Saudi company Almarai \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/08/saudi-arabia-alfalfa-california-drought-almarai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bought\u003c/a> nearly 2,000 acres near Blythe, California, in Riverside County to grow alfalfa that will be shipped back to Saudi Arabia to feed dairy cows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And of course, in California there are always grapes. Harvard Management Group, which invests Harvard University’s $36 billion endowment, made land purchases made in 2012 to 2014 on California’s Central Coast. Some\u003ca href=\"http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/51442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speculated\u003c/a> it was after the wine market, but others believed it was only investing in the water rights themselves, which could be worth more in the future if water continues to become scarcer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From a business perspective it may seem like a win to grab agricultural land with water rights in California with a current shortage and more predicted in the future. But companies cashing in on water scarcity aren’t always viewed favorably among the public – and that extends beyond the water rights issue to other business investments in water. Remember when Nestle was slammed for \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/05/09/behind-the-lawsuit-to-turn-off-spigot-to-nestle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bottling water\u003c/a> piped from public land (with an expired permit) during California’s drought?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water is not just an economic resources; it’s also a natural resource and a necessity for life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of water risk is really related to the social license to operate and the reputational risk,” said Monika Freyman, director of the water program at\u003ca href=\"http://www.ceres.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceres\u003c/a>, which advocates for sustainability leadership. “Investment in water isn’t necessarily a good thing – you may be either investing in a poor water solution or you may be actually investing in a region where there is high competition for water. If that water is not necessarily stewarded well, you’re walking into a hornet’s nest of taking water away from other users.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why \u003cspan class=\"caps\">E.J.\u003c/span> Reinoso, \u003cspan class=\"caps\">CEO\u003c/span> of the investment firm Castleton Partners, advocates for investing in municipal bonds, which are sold to finance myriad public projects, such as highways, libraries, schools, power and water projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are investing in a security that, by definition, is already achieving funding the public good,” said Reinoso. A growing interest in the investment world is “impact investing” where money is invested with the hope of increasing environmental or social good, and Reinoso said that municipal bonds for water projects should be considered in this category, although there is not yet an official way to verify them as such.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Municipal bonds, however, may not be wholly without controversy either. “A critical piece of any bond deal we look at is the essentiality of the project,” said Kevin Lehman of Breckinridge Capital Advisors. “If it is a contentious thing that maybe half the community is opposed to, all else being equal, that’s not something we like to see in a bond deal. We look at local news stories and voting results, and layer that qualitative on top of quantitative metrics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehman said he has seen a number of utilities with really good bond deals to fund large infrastructure projects that have helped diversify their water supply or make them more drought resilient. “We view that as a positive,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Municipal bonds are popular with high net worth individuals because the bonds are exempt from federal and state taxes. And they tend to be safe investments, according to Reinoso. But Lehman cautioned that things like California’s drought can change the landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has seen water utilities taking on significantly greater debt burdens because of the drought to fund needed infrastructure at the same time that revenue is decreasing because of conservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The number one metric that we look at for a water utility is debt service coverage – how much revenue after they pay all their operating expenses are left over to pay for debt service,” he said. In the past, most California water utilities had good debt service coverage, but it is “deteriorating because of the drought and so they are becoming less self supportive of operations and have to issue more and more debt,” he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s drought could be taking its toll on stocks in water companies as well. The investment site the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/10/10/water-stocks-how-do-the-12-water-utility-stocks-st.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motley Fool\u003c/a> explained, “Water utility stocks are particularly attractive because their core businesses are monopolies and they pay modest dividends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California’s drought has impacted water companies who operate in the state, and the Motley Fool warned readers in October against American States Water and California Water Service, blaming mandatory water conservation requirements for reducing revenue and “drought challenges and the uncertainties surrounding rates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While drought may be on the radar of investors, the impact of climate change on water resources is still something most don’t think enough about. 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"disqusTitle": "A Tale of Two Farm Towns: How the Central Valley Is Torn Over Marijuana",
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"content": "\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289146776\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Part I: Huron\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Loud music and the smell of roasted corn on the cob fill the air at the Friday night street festival in the small Fresno County town of Huron. Kids play on a bounce house slide, while adults sell everything from used bikes and shoes to melons and tomatoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jazmin Vargas, 22, is selling an idea: that Huron residents should bank on a newly regulated industry in California -- medical marijuana. She asks a young man to sign a petition in support of a city ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're in need of people’s support for this to happen, for the council members to let it pass,” she says. “So if you’d like to support us, feel more than welcome to give your signature.” The young man agrees to sign it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under new \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243\">state regulations\u003c/a>, medical marijuana dispensaries must have a local permit from the city or county in which they wish to operate before applying for a state license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This permitting process is something cities in the Central Valley are grappling with in advance of November’s election, when voters will decide whether to pass \u003ca href=\"http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/64/\">Proposition 64\u003c/a> to legalize recreational marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vargas grew up in this farming town an hour southwest of Fresno. She started picking watermelons at 15. In fact, most people in this town of 7,000 work in the fields or at a local tomato cannery. But there’s also high unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11136594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11136594\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Huron is a small farming town on the west side of the Central Valley in Fresno County. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huron is a small farming town on the west side of the Central Valley in Fresno County. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vargas thinks medical pot is the ticket for Huron. So do Andrew Chavez and Luis Valencia, two young entrepreneurs who recently started a medical marijuana company, Purple Hearts Holistic Alternative Therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Vargas met Chavez and Valencia, she was thrilled they wanted to start a business in Huron. She became their volunteer champion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s helped us get embedded in the community,” says Chavez. “She’s been the angel on our shoulder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez says they focused on Huron because it needs new businesses that offer more than seasonal work. “You have a population that is hoping for something to hang onto. And it’s tough when you don’t see anything beyond the mountains around you. It’s hard to get over that, to realize there’s a world out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they also wanted to build on the momentum of Huron’s sister city, Coalinga, Chavez says. In July, Coalinga sold its unused prison for about $4 million to a company that makes cannabis extracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11137022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11137022\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-800x589.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Chavez and Luis Valencia came to the Huron farmers market to try and get locals on board with medical cannabis. \" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-800x589.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-1020x751.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-1180x868.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-960x707.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-240x177.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-375x276.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Purplehearts-520x383.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Chavez and Luis Valencia came to the Huron farmers market to try and get locals on board with medical cannabis. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chavez, who has a master’s degree in public administration, and Valencia, a driver for a medical marijuana collective, have also done their part to attract community support. Last month, they handed out 120 school backpacks to show their commitment to Huron. They’ve also spoken before the City Council. Valencia, who served in the U.S. Navy for several years, believes medical cannabis has helped veterans suffering from PTSD and other health problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grass-roots effort appears to have paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Wednesday, the City Council was expected to pass the ordinance Jazmin Vargas was petitioning for, allowing Purple Hearts and one other company to grow medical marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Roberto Pimentel says that could mean 50 new jobs and tax revenue. “The ag industry is losing a lot because of the drought, and because of technology, honestly,” says Pimentel. “A lot of the tomato harvesting machines use a lot less people than when I was working on them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Pimentel, an eighth-grade math teacher, says there’s another reason for this ordinance. While it does OK medical pot, it allows the city to forbid dispensaries and to set limits on recreational marijuana ahead of the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Part II: Hanford\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Huron's decision to license medical marijuana companies isn't typical here in the Central Valley, at least not yet. The region is pretty conservative and many cities don't want anything to do with marijuana, recreational or medical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That you would use a valuable resource like water to grow marijuana -- that is madness!” exclaimed resident Michael Lamb at a recent City Council meeting in Hanford, just 30 miles northeast of Huron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It also brings the bad elements into our community,\" added resident Maria Galante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not too far from my house they had a shooting -- some guy trying to steal the other guy’s pot grow, trying to steal his plant. I don’t need that!\" says Lamb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11136861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11136861\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-800x507.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland dispensary owner Keith Stephenson is hoping to turn this 1-million-square-foot former tire plant in Hanford into one of the biggest medical marijuana operations in the state.\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-800x507.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-1020x646.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-1180x747.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-960x608.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-240x152.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-375x238.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-520x329.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland dispensary owner Keith Stephenson is hoping to turn this 1-million-square-foot former tire plant in Hanford into one of the biggest medical marijuana operations in the state. \u003ccite>(Christian Parley/Courtesy Fresno Bee)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, that doesn't mean outsiders aren't eyeing the cheap real estate and ready labor force. “There are no other opportunities that exist around the state like they exist here,” says dispensary owner Keith Stephenson of Purple Heart Patient Center in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he found a vacant 1-million-square-foot facility in Hanford, he jumped on it. “I’m a small business,” Stephenson says, “so in the grand scheme of things I’m attempting to scale my business and survive in the emerging paradigm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephenson’s plan is to use 200,000 square feet to grow marijuana inside the former tire plant. He says he’d lease the rest to other growers and manufacturers. It would be one of the biggest operations in the state, and he says this is the perfect place for it. “This facility offered a great opportunity. It’s in an agricultural community, it has a citizenry who understands agriculture, and this is just another form of agriculture. It’s indoor agriculture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s already heard from some locals, he says -- people looking for work, building contractors, soil manufacturers and power companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while Stephenson sat in the audience at Hanford’s last City Council meeting, the council unanimously passed a resolution opposing Proposition 64 -- and took steps to ban recreational pot in case it passes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephenson estimated his facility would create over a thousand jobs and $14 million a year in tax revenue. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This permitting process is something cities in the Central Valley are grappling with in advance of November’s election, when voters will decide whether to pass \u003ca href=\"http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/64/\">Proposition 64\u003c/a> to legalize recreational marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vargas grew up in this farming town an hour southwest of Fresno. She started picking watermelons at 15. In fact, most people in this town of 7,000 work in the fields or at a local tomato cannery. But there’s also high unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11136594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11136594\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Huron is a small farming town on the west side of the Central Valley in Fresno County. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/IMG_6452-2-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huron is a small farming town on the west side of the Central Valley in Fresno County. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vargas thinks medical pot is the ticket for Huron. So do Andrew Chavez and Luis Valencia, two young entrepreneurs who recently started a medical marijuana company, Purple Hearts Holistic Alternative Therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Vargas met Chavez and Valencia, she was thrilled they wanted to start a business in Huron. She became their volunteer champion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s helped us get embedded in the community,” says Chavez. “She’s been the angel on our shoulder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez says they focused on Huron because it needs new businesses that offer more than seasonal work. “You have a population that is hoping for something to hang onto. And it’s tough when you don’t see anything beyond the mountains around you. It’s hard to get over that, to realize there’s a world out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they also wanted to build on the momentum of Huron’s sister city, Coalinga, Chavez says. 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Last month, they handed out 120 school backpacks to show their commitment to Huron. They’ve also spoken before the City Council. Valencia, who served in the U.S. Navy for several years, believes medical cannabis has helped veterans suffering from PTSD and other health problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grass-roots effort appears to have paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Wednesday, the City Council was expected to pass the ordinance Jazmin Vargas was petitioning for, allowing Purple Hearts and one other company to grow medical marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Roberto Pimentel says that could mean 50 new jobs and tax revenue. “The ag industry is losing a lot because of the drought, and because of technology, honestly,” says Pimentel. “A lot of the tomato harvesting machines use a lot less people than when I was working on them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Pimentel, an eighth-grade math teacher, says there’s another reason for this ordinance. While it does OK medical pot, it allows the city to forbid dispensaries and to set limits on recreational marijuana ahead of the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Part II: Hanford\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Huron's decision to license medical marijuana companies isn't typical here in the Central Valley, at least not yet. The region is pretty conservative and many cities don't want anything to do with marijuana, recreational or medical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That you would use a valuable resource like water to grow marijuana -- that is madness!” exclaimed resident Michael Lamb at a recent City Council meeting in Hanford, just 30 miles northeast of Huron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It also brings the bad elements into our community,\" added resident Maria Galante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not too far from my house they had a shooting -- some guy trying to steal the other guy’s pot grow, trying to steal his plant. I don’t need that!\" says Lamb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11136861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11136861\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-800x507.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland dispensary owner Keith Stephenson is hoping to turn this 1-million-square-foot former tire plant in Hanford into one of the biggest medical marijuana operations in the state.\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-800x507.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-1020x646.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-1180x747.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-960x608.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-240x152.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-375x238.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HanfordPlant-520x329.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland dispensary owner Keith Stephenson is hoping to turn this 1-million-square-foot former tire plant in Hanford into one of the biggest medical marijuana operations in the state. \u003ccite>(Christian Parley/Courtesy Fresno Bee)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, that doesn't mean outsiders aren't eyeing the cheap real estate and ready labor force. “There are no other opportunities that exist around the state like they exist here,” says dispensary owner Keith Stephenson of Purple Heart Patient Center in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he found a vacant 1-million-square-foot facility in Hanford, he jumped on it. “I’m a small business,” Stephenson says, “so in the grand scheme of things I’m attempting to scale my business and survive in the emerging paradigm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephenson’s plan is to use 200,000 square feet to grow marijuana inside the former tire plant. He says he’d lease the rest to other growers and manufacturers. It would be one of the biggest operations in the state, and he says this is the perfect place for it. “This facility offered a great opportunity. It’s in an agricultural community, it has a citizenry who understands agriculture, and this is just another form of agriculture. It’s indoor agriculture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s already heard from some locals, he says -- people looking for work, building contractors, soil manufacturers and power companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while Stephenson sat in the audience at Hanford’s last City Council meeting, the council unanimously passed a resolution opposing Proposition 64 -- and took steps to ban recreational pot in case it passes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephenson estimated his facility would create over a thousand jobs and $14 million a year in tax revenue. 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Even though the lunch rush ended hours ago, workers were frantically running around filling orders, chopping onions and searing hundreds of pieces of chicken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three of those workers rushing behind the counter were trans, including Delaney Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I feel like it's a supportive atmosphere,\" she says. Small gestures like being called what she wishes, instead of what may currently be on official documents, meant the world to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm able to have my name tag as I wish, and I just feel more comfortable,\" says Martinez. \"With being comfortable, I can give better service.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This restaurant is the first El Pollo Loco owned by Michaela Mendelsohn. She opened it in 1988, and it's one of six locations she currently owns in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085597\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela Mendelsohn is a transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman. Mendelsohn stands inside an El Pollo Loco franchise she owns on July 14, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michaela Mendelsohn is a transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman. Mendelsohn stands inside an El Pollo Loco franchise she owns on July 14, 2016. \u003ccite>(Maya Sugarman/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn says she fosters an atmosphere in which she backs her trans employees despite what customers might say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know you always hear the thing, 'The customer’s always right,' \" she says. \"In my restaurants, the customer’s always right unless they attack you personally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'The word’s just gotten out that I’m a trans owner supporting trans people.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn transitioned in 2005, taking a year away from work and without saying a word to her employees or other franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They thought I was dying of cancer because they just assumed, ‘Well, he just disappeared. He’s sick,' \" she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she reintroduced herself to her staff and colleagues, she braced for the worst. All she got was love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The franchisees basically lined up for hours to give me a hug and wish me well,\" Mendelsohn remembers of the first conference as Michaela with other El Pollo Loco franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a holiday party for her own staff, she didn't hear a nasty remark, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m the boss, so no one’s saying it to my face,\" she smirks.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I considered myself as somebody who had my head in the sand when it comes to what they’re really going through. ... This is a civil rights issue.'\u003ccite>Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Association\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>She was the only trans person in her restaurants for years, however, until 2012 when she hired her first trans employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That person told Mendelsohn of the troubles she had securing entry-level jobs at many places. She was mysteriously told during interviews that there were no open positions, and recalled how hiring managers would laugh or scoff when she entered the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn was profoundly affected, and began collaborating with the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the TransLatin@ Coalition to find other out-of-work trans people and to offer them jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The word’s just gotten out that I’m a trans owner supporting trans people,\" she says, estimating about 8 to 10 percent of her 150 employees are trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085600\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"A month ago, Delaney Martinez started working at this El Pollo Loco owned by transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman Michaela Mendelsohn. Martinez met Mendelsohn at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-800x514.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-400x257.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-1180x758.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-960x617.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A month ago, Delaney Martinez started working at this El Pollo Loco owned by transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman Michaela Mendelsohn. Martinez met Mendelsohn at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. \u003ccite>(Maya Sugarman/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Caitlyn Jenner and North Carolina's Bathroom Bill Helped the Cause\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn batted around the idea for years of how to expand the success of her work into something bigger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She got that chance this year when the public awareness of trans issues grew to an all-time high, both with the transition of Caitlyn Jenner and the acrimonious fight over \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/09/477316001/deadline-approaches-for-north-carolinas-response-on-lgbt-law\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina's law\u003c/a> that restricted which bathrooms trans people could use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So several months ago, Mendelsohn met up with her colleagues at the California Restaurant Association, one of the biggest state industry groups for restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a hotel bar, she chatted up her longtime friend and head of the association, Jot Condie, about the difficulties that trans people face in the work world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also invited him to meet with trans people at the Los Angeles LGBT Center who were desperate for a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I considered myself as somebody who had my head in the sand when it comes to what they’re really going through,\" says Condie. \"This is a civil rights issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mendelsohn floated her ambitious idea to Condie: Help her back a jobs program that would secure jobs for trans people at restaurants. The benefit to owners and managers would be a new worker, which are in desperate need right now because of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.franchisetimes.com/February-2015/Where-have-all-the-workers-gone-Restaurants-see-shortage/\">nationwide labor shortage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's tougher than in the past 12 years to find employees,\" says Mendelsohn. \"We can’t afford, as restaurateurs, to exclude qualified employees.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also collaborated with the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the TransLatin@ Coalition and more organizations to be a part of this program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she just needed to sell other restaurants on the idea, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restaurants' First Taste of the New Program\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo is one of the biggest trade shows in the country for restaurants, with more than 10,000 attendees at this year's event in late August at the L.A. Convention Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085603\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees sample the offerings at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-400x275.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-1180x810.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-960x659.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees sample the offerings at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on Aug. 30, 2016. \u003ccite>(Leo Duran/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Restaurant Association sponsors the expo, and it used the gathering as an opportunity to host the first of six seminars for its members interested in the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restaurant owners and managers would need to attend at least one of the sessions being held throughout the state in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They'll learn how to apply, the issues that trans people face in the workplace and how to support their trans staff – call it \"Trans 101.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Trans people are vulnerable when we come into the workplace,\" Drian Juarez, from the Los Angeles LGBT Center, told the room. \"If somebody makes fun of us, we may not have the wherewithal to stand up for ourselves because we don't want to jeopardize our jobs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone believes it's the right thing to do right now, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expo attendee Grant Theim said he believes everyone should have a right to a job no matter who they are, but that other Americans might not be ready for this idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I still think that there’s a majority of people out there that might have a problem with being served by somebody that’s transgender,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085605\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-800x494.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela Mendelsohn, a trans businesswoman, speaks before a seminar at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-800x494.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-400x247.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-1180x728.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-960x593.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michaela Mendelsohn, a trans businesswoman, speaks before a seminar at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. Convention Center on August 30, 2016. \u003ccite>(Leo Duran/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Mendelsohn told the seminar that her restaurants are a good example of how that's not necessarily true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The customer compliments on our transgender employees started coming in. Lots of compliments,\" she says, \"and our stores have consistently climbed in sales.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drian Juarez also says that a growing number of industries are welcoming trans people into their workforce, and are writing LGBT-friendly guidelines into their HR handbooks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You will always have people who don't like trans people for whatever reason,\" she says, \"but it's not about changing that person. It's about getting them to a place where they understand that when you're at home you can believe whatever you want. But when you're in the workplace, you will follow the law and treat everyone with respect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn and the association say they hope their effort will convince other industries around the country to follow their lead, and that it will be a great encouragement for trans people to head back into the job market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I promise a trans person a level playing field,\" says Mendelsohn. \"I don't promise them a bed of roses. They're going to need to work hard like everyone else.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'The customer’s always right ... unless they attack you personally.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The El Pollo Loco at South Western Avenue and Venice Boulevard was all hands on deck one recent afternoon. Even though the lunch rush ended hours ago, workers were frantically running around filling orders, chopping onions and searing hundreds of pieces of chicken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three of those workers rushing behind the counter were trans, including Delaney Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I feel like it's a supportive atmosphere,\" she says. Small gestures like being called what she wishes, instead of what may currently be on official documents, meant the world to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm able to have my name tag as I wish, and I just feel more comfortable,\" says Martinez. \"With being comfortable, I can give better service.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This restaurant is the first El Pollo Loco owned by Michaela Mendelsohn. She opened it in 1988, and it's one of six locations she currently owns in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085597\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela Mendelsohn is a transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman. Mendelsohn stands inside an El Pollo Loco franchise she owns on July 14, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michaela Mendelsohn is a transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman. Mendelsohn stands inside an El Pollo Loco franchise she owns on July 14, 2016. \u003ccite>(Maya Sugarman/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn says she fosters an atmosphere in which she backs her trans employees despite what customers might say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know you always hear the thing, 'The customer’s always right,' \" she says. \"In my restaurants, the customer’s always right unless they attack you personally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'The word’s just gotten out that I’m a trans owner supporting trans people.'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn transitioned in 2005, taking a year away from work and without saying a word to her employees or other franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They thought I was dying of cancer because they just assumed, ‘Well, he just disappeared. He’s sick,' \" she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she reintroduced herself to her staff and colleagues, she braced for the worst. All she got was love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The franchisees basically lined up for hours to give me a hug and wish me well,\" Mendelsohn remembers of the first conference as Michaela with other El Pollo Loco franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a holiday party for her own staff, she didn't hear a nasty remark, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m the boss, so no one’s saying it to my face,\" she smirks.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I considered myself as somebody who had my head in the sand when it comes to what they’re really going through. ... This is a civil rights issue.'\u003ccite>Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Association\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>She was the only trans person in her restaurants for years, however, until 2012 when she hired her first trans employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That person told Mendelsohn of the troubles she had securing entry-level jobs at many places. She was mysteriously told during interviews that there were no open positions, and recalled how hiring managers would laugh or scoff when she entered the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn was profoundly affected, and began collaborating with the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the TransLatin@ Coalition to find other out-of-work trans people and to offer them jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The word’s just gotten out that I’m a trans owner supporting trans people,\" she says, estimating about 8 to 10 percent of her 150 employees are trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085600\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"A month ago, Delaney Martinez started working at this El Pollo Loco owned by transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman Michaela Mendelsohn. Martinez met Mendelsohn at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-800x514.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-400x257.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-1180x758.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Delaney-960x617.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A month ago, Delaney Martinez started working at this El Pollo Loco owned by transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman Michaela Mendelsohn. Martinez met Mendelsohn at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. \u003ccite>(Maya Sugarman/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Caitlyn Jenner and North Carolina's Bathroom Bill Helped the Cause\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelsohn batted around the idea for years of how to expand the success of her work into something bigger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She got that chance this year when the public awareness of trans issues grew to an all-time high, both with the transition of Caitlyn Jenner and the acrimonious fight over \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/09/477316001/deadline-approaches-for-north-carolinas-response-on-lgbt-law\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina's law\u003c/a> that restricted which bathrooms trans people could use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So several months ago, Mendelsohn met up with her colleagues at the California Restaurant Association, one of the biggest state industry groups for restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a hotel bar, she chatted up her longtime friend and head of the association, Jot Condie, about the difficulties that trans people face in the work world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also invited him to meet with trans people at the Los Angeles LGBT Center who were desperate for a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I considered myself as somebody who had my head in the sand when it comes to what they’re really going through,\" says Condie. \"This is a civil rights issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mendelsohn floated her ambitious idea to Condie: Help her back a jobs program that would secure jobs for trans people at restaurants. The benefit to owners and managers would be a new worker, which are in desperate need right now because of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.franchisetimes.com/February-2015/Where-have-all-the-workers-gone-Restaurants-see-shortage/\">nationwide labor shortage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's tougher than in the past 12 years to find employees,\" says Mendelsohn. \"We can’t afford, as restaurateurs, to exclude qualified employees.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also collaborated with the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the TransLatin@ Coalition and more organizations to be a part of this program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she just needed to sell other restaurants on the idea, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restaurants' First Taste of the New Program\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo is one of the biggest trade shows in the country for restaurants, with more than 10,000 attendees at this year's event in late August at the L.A. Convention Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085603\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/FoodExpo-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees sample the offerings at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. 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Convention Center on Aug. 30, 2016. \u003ccite>(Leo Duran/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Restaurant Association sponsors the expo, and it used the gathering as an opportunity to host the first of six seminars for its members interested in the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restaurant owners and managers would need to attend at least one of the sessions being held throughout the state in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They'll learn how to apply, the issues that trans people face in the workplace and how to support their trans staff – call it \"Trans 101.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Trans people are vulnerable when we come into the workplace,\" Drian Juarez, from the Los Angeles LGBT Center, told the room. \"If somebody makes fun of us, we may not have the wherewithal to stand up for ourselves because we don't want to jeopardize our jobs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone believes it's the right thing to do right now, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expo attendee Grant Theim said he believes everyone should have a right to a job no matter who they are, but that other Americans might not be ready for this idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I still think that there’s a majority of people out there that might have a problem with being served by somebody that’s transgender,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11085605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11085605\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/Michaela2-800x494.jpg\" alt=\"Michaela Mendelsohn, a trans businesswoman, speaks before a seminar at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo at the L.A. 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"content": "\u003cp>LAS VEGAS -- Marijuana cultivation is a family affair for Los Angeles native David Holmes. A couple of his uncles grew cannabis, as did his brother. But while they were off planting and harvesting, Holmes was busy studying mathematics in college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And at that point I wasn’t really a connoisseur,” says Holmes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 15 years ago, he says, a friend in graduate school turned him on to a particularly potent strain of weed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This insanely resinous cannabis he had grown,” says Holmes, laughing as he recalls the memory. “And he showed me his grow room and it blew my mind. It’s like a laboratory in your house. And I kind of got addicted to cultivation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11130316\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11130316\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoom2-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Marijuana cultivator David Holmes in the grow room at Pegasus Nevada in Las Vegas. \" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoom2-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoom2-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoom2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoom2-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoom2-960x639.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marijuana cultivator David Holmes in the grow room at Pegasus Nevada in Las Vegas. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Holmes is now one of the most sought-after cultivators in the business. He maintains a small grow near his home in L.A. for research. At another location he manufactures a plant nutrient called \u003ca href=\"http://clade9nutrients.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Clade9\u003c/a> that he sells to large medical pot growers in California, Arizona and Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holmes grows a lot of weed, but for other people as a facility designer and cultivation consultant. His latest client is \u003ca href=\"http://www.pegasusnevada.com/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pegasus Nevada\u003c/a>. The company just began growing medical marijuana inside a beige two-story warehouse at the edge of the Las Vegas airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The temperature and humidity, the light intensity, all the factors that contribute to plant growth, you can control,” explains Holmes. “Indoors, you can essentially play God.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once it’s fully operational, the Pegasus facility will have a cloning room, a space for marijuana extraction, a packaging area and a couple of gymnasium-size flowering rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11130318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11130318\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"One of the gymnasium-size grow rooms at Pegasus Nevada. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the gymnasium-size grow rooms at Pegasus Nevada. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Right now all the growing is concentrated in what Holmes calls the mother room, a space the size of a two-car garage. On each side, two long rows of plants are fed a steady stream of purified water and a special plant nutrient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we have 19 strains in here,” explains Holmes as he examines the plants. “Each has their own market niche.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He asks if I've heard of the variety \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK9KHSYmDRQ\" target=\"_blank\">\"Girl Scout Cookies\" \u003c/a>and points to a deep-green bushy plant. “It’s a really dense, highly resinous, very nice nose. And maybe more importantly, \u003ca href=\"http://snoopdogg.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Snoop Dogg\u003c/a> rapped about it,” he laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pegasus didn’t bring Holmes aboard just to help it grow potent, high-quality pot, but to help it grow its business beyond medical sales. Pegasus is among a slew of medical marijuana firms that have sprouted up in Nevada since the state adopted regulations for legal sales for medical purposes three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right from the very beginning we liked his approach. It was very data-driven, metric-driven,” says Ranson Shepherd, operations manager for Pegasus Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11130320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11130320\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-800x559.jpg\" alt=\"David Holmes with his ‘mother’ plants at Pegasus Nevada. \" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-800x559.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-400x279.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-1180x824.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-960x671.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Holmes with his ‘mother’ plants at Pegasus Nevada. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Each room was specifically designed accordingly and set up for full automation. So he can log in anytime of the day, take a look and see where we’re having challenges,” says Shepherd. “It’s all tracked in data, (but) a lot of guys in the industry now are still operating without those kind of systems to guide their business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s this kind of technical and scientific precision that Pegasus aims to capitalize on now that Nevada voters look like they, too, are ready to approve a \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Marijuana_Legalization,_Question_2_(2016)\" target=\"_blank\">pot legalization ballot measure\u003c/a> similar to California’s \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_64,_Marijuana_Legalization_(2016)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 64\u003c/a>, which would allow adults to legally possess up to an ounce of weed and grow up to six plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if Proposition 64 passes, you can’t sell what you grow without a license. And even if you are licensed, you won’t be able to grow anywhere you want. Towns and cities have the option of barring commercial indoor and outdoor cultivation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But as normalization of cannabis really comes about and cities start to recognize it's an agricultural product just like any other, I think that we're going to see it move into the agricultural areas, whether that be Mendocino or Southern California,” says Amanda Reiman of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.drugpolicy.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Drug Policy Alliance, \u003c/a>a major proponent of Proposition 64.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Holmes says California’s 20-year-old medical marijuana law, \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_215,_the_Medical_Marijuana_Initiative_(1996)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 215, \u003c/a>has left cultivators operating in a legal gray area that has invited law enforcement crackdowns, stifled innovation and scared off investors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11128391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11128391\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Marijuana 'mother' plants at Pegasus Nevada in Las Vegas\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-800x563.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-400x281.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-1180x830.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-960x675.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marijuana 'mother' plants at Pegasus Nevada in Las Vegas \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Whether you did all the things that your lawyer told you to do in California to be safe, there's always a potential you can get shut down,” says Holmes. “But with Prop. 64 it looks like you'll be safe from that issue, and it’s really hard to invest in something if you don't know what tomorrow might bring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of investors coming out of the woodwork eager to plough money into a legal pot market. But Holmes says few he’s encountered have the know-how or the commitment to maintain and develop a top-notch cultivation facility. He also says there are far more investors than there are skilled, qualified growers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So there's going to be big mistakes made in that gap,” says Holmes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At some point there's probably going to be some type of degree that you could study cannabis cultivation. But right now there's no textbook. We’re kind of writing it as we go, but we are definitely getting smarter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/cacounts/\">California Counts\u003c/a> is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what’s important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holmes grows a lot of weed, but for other people as a facility designer and cultivation consultant. His latest client is \u003ca href=\"http://www.pegasusnevada.com/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pegasus Nevada\u003c/a>. The company just began growing medical marijuana inside a beige two-story warehouse at the edge of the Las Vegas airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The temperature and humidity, the light intensity, all the factors that contribute to plant growth, you can control,” explains Holmes. “Indoors, you can essentially play God.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once it’s fully operational, the Pegasus facility will have a cloning room, a space for marijuana extraction, a packaging area and a couple of gymnasium-size flowering rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11130318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11130318\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"One of the gymnasium-size grow rooms at Pegasus Nevada. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/GrowRoomBig-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the gymnasium-size grow rooms at Pegasus Nevada. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Right now all the growing is concentrated in what Holmes calls the mother room, a space the size of a two-car garage. On each side, two long rows of plants are fed a steady stream of purified water and a special plant nutrient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we have 19 strains in here,” explains Holmes as he examines the plants. “Each has their own market niche.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He asks if I've heard of the variety \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK9KHSYmDRQ\" target=\"_blank\">\"Girl Scout Cookies\" \u003c/a>and points to a deep-green bushy plant. “It’s a really dense, highly resinous, very nice nose. And maybe more importantly, \u003ca href=\"http://snoopdogg.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Snoop Dogg\u003c/a> rapped about it,” he laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pegasus didn’t bring Holmes aboard just to help it grow potent, high-quality pot, but to help it grow its business beyond medical sales. Pegasus is among a slew of medical marijuana firms that have sprouted up in Nevada since the state adopted regulations for legal sales for medical purposes three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right from the very beginning we liked his approach. It was very data-driven, metric-driven,” says Ranson Shepherd, operations manager for Pegasus Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11130320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11130320\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-800x559.jpg\" alt=\"David Holmes with his ‘mother’ plants at Pegasus Nevada. \" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-800x559.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-400x279.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-1180x824.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/MotherPLants-960x671.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Holmes with his ‘mother’ plants at Pegasus Nevada. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Each room was specifically designed accordingly and set up for full automation. So he can log in anytime of the day, take a look and see where we’re having challenges,” says Shepherd. “It’s all tracked in data, (but) a lot of guys in the industry now are still operating without those kind of systems to guide their business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s this kind of technical and scientific precision that Pegasus aims to capitalize on now that Nevada voters look like they, too, are ready to approve a \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Marijuana_Legalization,_Question_2_(2016)\" target=\"_blank\">pot legalization ballot measure\u003c/a> similar to California’s \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_64,_Marijuana_Legalization_(2016)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 64\u003c/a>, which would allow adults to legally possess up to an ounce of weed and grow up to six plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if Proposition 64 passes, you can’t sell what you grow without a license. And even if you are licensed, you won’t be able to grow anywhere you want. Towns and cities have the option of barring commercial indoor and outdoor cultivation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But as normalization of cannabis really comes about and cities start to recognize it's an agricultural product just like any other, I think that we're going to see it move into the agricultural areas, whether that be Mendocino or Southern California,” says Amanda Reiman of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.drugpolicy.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Drug Policy Alliance, \u003c/a>a major proponent of Proposition 64.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Holmes says California’s 20-year-old medical marijuana law, \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_215,_the_Medical_Marijuana_Initiative_(1996)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 215, \u003c/a>has left cultivators operating in a legal gray area that has invited law enforcement crackdowns, stifled innovation and scared off investors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11128391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11128391\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Marijuana 'mother' plants at Pegasus Nevada in Las Vegas\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-800x563.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-400x281.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-1180x830.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/potrep-HAND-960x675.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marijuana 'mother' plants at Pegasus Nevada in Las Vegas \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Whether you did all the things that your lawyer told you to do in California to be safe, there's always a potential you can get shut down,” says Holmes. “But with Prop. 64 it looks like you'll be safe from that issue, and it’s really hard to invest in something if you don't know what tomorrow might bring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of investors coming out of the woodwork eager to plough money into a legal pot market. 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"content": "\u003cp>A special session of the Nevada Legislature has approved at least $750 million in public funding for a new football stadium, which they hope will lure the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas. It would be the largest public contribution to a stadium in history. But it's far from a done deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://knpr.org/knpr/2016-10/despite-last-minute-report-stadium-related-road-costs-assembly-approves-tax-hike\" target=\"_blank\">The Nevada Senate passed the funding bill on Tuesday\u003c/a> on a 16-5 vote, and the Assembly heard hours of public comment on Thursday. Most supporters were members of local construction unions, like Dennis Cronin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of our members have been out of work for a long time,\" Cronin testified. \"They lost their houses, and this is an opportunity to get these people back into work and into housing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Las Vegas resident Steve Miller told Assembly members they shouldn't trust promises from Raiders owner Mark Davis that the team would stay in Nevada for at least 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The potential move would make the second time the Raiders have left and abandoned Oakland,\" Miller said, referring to the Raiders' 1982 relocation to Los Angeles. \"You have to ask the question: Does the ownership care about the community, or the money?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, Thursday night, legislators discovered that in addition to $750 million for the stadium itself, they'll need to find \u003ca href=\"http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/stadium/report-recommends-speeding-899m-freeway-projects-support-proposed-raiders-stadium\" target=\"_blank\">about $900 million\u003c/a> for improvements to nearby roads. The director of Nevada's Department of Transportation had to go before the Assembly around midnight to testify that those plans were already in the works for sometime in the next 20 years, and the stadium would only bring them to the front of the queue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by Friday morning, Assembly members had been persuaded by the promise of thousands of construction jobs and approved the plan on a 28-13 vote. Lobbying from \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/profile/sheldon-adelson/\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson\u003c/a>, the stadium's biggest backer, was no doubt a factor as well. Adelson is No. 14 on the Forbes 400, with a net worth estimated at $31.6 billion. He owns the Las Vegas Sands casino and last year bought the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the city's largest newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is expected to sign the bill on Monday. \u003ca href=\"http://www.raiders.com/news/article-1/Raiders-Statement/fdcf6280-2479-440b-b7f5-8f77cc5f887e?sf38907316=1\" target=\"_blank\">In a statement after the vote\u003c/a>, Raiders owner Mark Davis called it \"historic\" and said \"all parties have worked extremely hard to develop and approve this tremendous stadium project that will serve as a proud new home for the entire Raider Nation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But will the Raiders move? Sports business consultant Andy Dolich, former chief operating officer of the 49ers, published a commentary in the East Bay Times last month called \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/09/26/dolich-11-hurdles-to-raiders-vegas-move/\" target=\"_blank\">\"11 hurdles to Raiders Vegas move.\" \u003c/a>The Nevada Legislature's approval wasn't one of them that was expected by most observers when the special session was called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hurdles include getting the support of at least three-fourths of other NFL owners, and that may be the biggest obstacle. The very thing that made the stadium irresistible to Nevada legislators -- thousands of unemployed constituents desperate for high-paying jobs -- might make the league wonder who would be buying tickets. The Bay Area ranks No. 1 among U.S. cities in median income; Las Vegas is No. 80. The NFL has also been squeamish in the past about getting too cozy with the gambling industry. And the $500 million that Davis has committed as the Raiders' investment in the Vegas stadium could be canceled out by the league's relocation fee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, back in Oakland, city officials have had \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/14/report-eddie-debartolo-may-be-eyeing-coliseum-land-to-keep-raiders-in-oakland/\" target=\"_blank\">meetings with former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. and former 49ers star Ronnie Lott\u003c/a> about helping to bankroll a new stadium on the site of the current Coliseum. And wherever the Raiders end up in the long term, when they take the field on Sunday they'll be somewhere they haven't been in quite a while -- first place in the AFC West.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Nov. 8, the divisive issue of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseinside.com/tag/pensionreform/\">pension reform\u003c/a> will be once again before San Jose voters. They’ll be deciding on a ballot measure designed to end a bitter legal battle over a previous pension reform measure. If passed, Measure F would roll back cuts to employee pensions that were approved by city voters four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 70 percent of San Jose voters approved the controversial Measure B in 2012 to rein in retirement and disability benefits that city leaders said were forcing cuts to critical services. But police, firefighters and other city employee unions \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=3182\">sued to block the measure\u003c/a>. Now, both sides are asking voters to support a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/45738\">compromise settlement\u003c/a> reached last year between the city and its unions. Mayor Sam Liccardo, who supported the original pension reform package, helped broker\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=4657\"> the deal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/287177699\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The lesson learned here is that we can achieve the savings we need in reforming our pension system and retiree benefits,\" Liccardo says. \"And we can achieve them through agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo says Measure F would restore disability and pension benefits while still saving $42 million a year -- primarily through closing the retiree health care program to new employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no organized campaign to oppose Measure F. But \u003ca href=\"http://protectpensionreform.com/\">critics\u003c/a>, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.svtaxpayers.org/\">Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association\u003c/a>, say the union-backed compromise reneges on the city’s commitment to curb retirement costs under the 4-year-old Measure B. Former City Councilman Pete Constant is the association’s vice president. He says the measure would restore pension benefits to unsustainable levels and once again saddle San Jose taxpayers with millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's really about: Can we afford to continue making promises that we don’t know that we can keep?\" says Constant. \"And are we going to become more realistic in our projection of costs and realistic in providing benefits to employees?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conflict over pension reform in San Jose has taken its toll on city personnel, especially in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2AzaTWQNM&feature=youtu.be\">Police Department \u003c/a>which has lost more than 600 officers -- many leaving for other agencies with better benefits. \u003ca href=\"http://protectsanjose.com/content/vote-yes-measure-f\">Union president Paul Kelly\u003c/a> says that exodus has officers stretched dangerously thin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now, that’s where we’re at,\" Kelly says. \"We’re at a state of emergency. If Measure F doesn’t pass, it’s much worse than that. Much.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure F is supported by some major backers of Measure B, including the Chamber of Commerce and Measure B’s chief architect -- former Mayor Chuck Reed. He says it’s not a repudiation of his flagship legislation but rather an affirmation. He says it locks in savings from the previous Measure B and shields them from the threat of litigation.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Nov. 8, the divisive issue of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseinside.com/tag/pensionreform/\">pension reform\u003c/a> will be once again before San Jose voters. They’ll be deciding on a ballot measure designed to end a bitter legal battle over a previous pension reform measure. If passed, Measure F would roll back cuts to employee pensions that were approved by city voters four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 70 percent of San Jose voters approved the controversial Measure B in 2012 to rein in retirement and disability benefits that city leaders said were forcing cuts to critical services. But police, firefighters and other city employee unions \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=3182\">sued to block the measure\u003c/a>. Now, both sides are asking voters to support a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/45738\">compromise settlement\u003c/a> reached last year between the city and its unions. Mayor Sam Liccardo, who supported the original pension reform package, helped broker\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=4657\"> the deal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/287177699&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/287177699'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The lesson learned here is that we can achieve the savings we need in reforming our pension system and retiree benefits,\" Liccardo says. \"And we can achieve them through agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo says Measure F would restore disability and pension benefits while still saving $42 million a year -- primarily through closing the retiree health care program to new employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no organized campaign to oppose Measure F. But \u003ca href=\"http://protectpensionreform.com/\">critics\u003c/a>, including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.svtaxpayers.org/\">Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association\u003c/a>, say the union-backed compromise reneges on the city’s commitment to curb retirement costs under the 4-year-old Measure B. Former City Councilman Pete Constant is the association’s vice president. He says the measure would restore pension benefits to unsustainable levels and once again saddle San Jose taxpayers with millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's really about: Can we afford to continue making promises that we don’t know that we can keep?\" says Constant. \"And are we going to become more realistic in our projection of costs and realistic in providing benefits to employees?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conflict over pension reform in San Jose has taken its toll on city personnel, especially in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2AzaTWQNM&feature=youtu.be\">Police Department \u003c/a>which has lost more than 600 officers -- many leaving for other agencies with better benefits. \u003ca href=\"http://protectsanjose.com/content/vote-yes-measure-f\">Union president Paul Kelly\u003c/a> says that exodus has officers stretched dangerously thin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now, that’s where we’re at,\" Kelly says. \"We’re at a state of emergency. If Measure F doesn’t pass, it’s much worse than that. Much.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure F is supported by some major backers of Measure B, including the Chamber of Commerce and Measure B’s chief architect -- former Mayor Chuck Reed. He says it’s not a repudiation of his flagship legislation but rather an affirmation. He says it locks in savings from the previous Measure B and shields them from the threat of litigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Aiming to attract and keep top-notch talent, a growing number of companies are dangling family-friendly perks such as lengthy paid leave for new moms and dads, backup child care and on-site infant vaccines. But the attention-grabbing headlines — such as \"\u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2015/07/13/ibm-ship-employee-breast-milk/\">IBM plans to ship employees' breast milk home\u003c/a>\" — obscure the reality that for many workers, basic benefits such as guaranteed parental leave, even unpaid, is unavailable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, long a \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/10/07/496936072/how-californias-paid-family-leave-law-buys-time-for-new-parents\">trailblazer on paid leave\u003c/a>, work-life advocates suffered a setback recently when the governor vetoed a bill that would have required small businesses to guarantee employees' jobs after they take a parental leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at larger employers already have that protection under federal law. The Family and Medical Leave Act allows workers at companies with 50 or more employees to \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs28.pdf\">take up to 12 weeks off without pay\u003c/a> following the birth or adoption of a child without jeopardizing their job. It also applies for care for themselves or a family member with a serious health condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California takes it a step further, however. It's one of just four states that \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationalpartnership.org/research-library/work-family/paid-leave/state-paid-family-leave-laws.pdf\">replace a portion of workers' wages\u003c/a> while they're on unpaid family leave. New Jersey, Rhode Island and, beginning in 2018, New York, are the others. Washington state also has passed a law but never funded it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though other states have expressed interest in this type of coverage, \"change is glacial, and most people still don't have access\" to paid family leave, said Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women and Families, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, workers at companies of all sizes who take family leave can receive up to 55 percent of their wages, going up to a maximum 70 percent in 2018, for up to six weeks to care for a newborn, newly adopted or foster child or ill family member. The leave is financed by a payroll tax on employees that was added to the state's existing temporary disability program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even though workers pay into the fund and are entitled to the state payments during a family leave, people who use the benefit can find themselves out of work at smaller companies. In some cases, workers reluctantly use their more limited paid vacation instead, or they may skip parental leave entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Charles and Angelique Anderson's daughter was born in July, Charles asked his company for a month off to bond with the baby. But the debt collection company he works for turned down his request because, he said, they told him his office of roughly 30 workers isn't bound by the family leave law. So when the baby was born, Anderson, 32, took just a week of vacation before returning to his Sacramento job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was angry,\" said Anderson, who has worked at the firm since 2007. \"Now I have my first baby and they deny me leave because it would have hurt their money.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB654\">bill vetoed\u003c/a> by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 30, would have allowed workers at small businesses with between 20 and 49 employees to take up to six weeks off after the birth or adoption of a child without losing their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_654_Veto_Message.pdf\">veto message\u003c/a>, Brown said he was worried about the effect on small businesses. The California Chamber of Commerce \u003ca href=\"http://advocacy.calchamber.com/2016/08/23/sb-654-is-attack-on-small-business-calchamber-issues-call-to-action/\">opposed the bill\u003c/a>, calling it a \"job killer\" because it would impose another protected leave of absence on small businesses. The chamber didn't respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small businesses, however, didn't necessarily agree with that assessment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Small employers need to compete for talent and they want to be able to offer their employees the whole suite of benefits,\" said Mark Herbert, California director of the Small Business Majority, an advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the organization didn't take a position on the bill, Herbert said the financial consequences of such a law might be positive for small businesses. That's because employers don't pay workers' wages while they're on family leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A survey of 250 California employers in 2010 found that roughly 90 percent \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/asp/evaluation/reports/PaidLeaveDeliverable.pdf\">reported no problems\u003c/a> with morale, productivity, profit or costs because of the family leaves. That's generally consistent with national employer surveys about family leave laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, just 13 percent of private sector workers have access to paid family leave, while 87 percent have access to unpaid family leave, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's \u003ca href=\"http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/benefits/2016/ebbl0059.pdf\">annual national compensation survey\u003c/a> of employee benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixteen percent of workers who were eligible for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act in 2012 took it, usually because of their own illness. Of those, about one in five took leave because of pregnancy or a new child, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/asp/evaluation/fmla/fmla-2012-technical-report.pdf\">according to a report\u003c/a> prepared by Abt Associates for the Department of Labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although big-name companies offer generous paid family benefits — sometimes months of leave for both parents — many workers can't take more than a few days off, even without pay. 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