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Prop D Wins, LA Medical Marijuana Dispensaries To Return To 2007 Number Of Locations

Angelenos Choose The Middle Road On Marijuana
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Los Angeles voters opted to cap the city's medical marijuana dispensaries at 135 locations after voting overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition D.

The proposition, which was put on the ballot by members of the Los Angeles City Council and supported by mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, holds dispensary locations in LA to the number open before 2007. It also raises taxes to $60 per $1,000 of gross receipts. With 100 percent of precincts reporting by 3:16 a.m. Wednesday, the proposition won 62.6 percent of the vote, according to the LA City Clerk's unofficial results.

Currently, there are an estimated 472 dispensaries in LA, according to a 2012 UCLA study.

The measure was just one of three medical marijuana propositions that the LA electorate had to vote on in 2013. Proposition E also proposed capping the number of dispensaries to 2007 levels but didn't raise taxes. It essentially had no supporters as its initial sponsors, the United Food and Commercial Workers union, dropped Prop E to support Prop D. Proposition F didn't limit the amount of dispensaries but did raise taxes.

If neither proposition had won a majority, the issue could have bounced back to the Los Angeles City Council, reports the Associated Press.

The City Council has struggled to regulate the explosion of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. Council members voted to completely ban pot shops last summer, but the new ordinance never went into effect. Marijuana activists gathered enough signatures to repeal the vote and put the issue to voters.

Check out photos from Election Day 2013 in Los Angeles.

LA Votes For Mayor (2013)
Eric Garcetti(01 of14)
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti greets people along Hollywood Blvd. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Los Angels. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (credit:AP)
Eric Garcetti(02 of14)
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, right, greets riders at a Metro stop on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Los Angels. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (credit:AP)
Eric Garcetti(03 of14)
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti greets riders at a Metro stop on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Los Angels. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (credit:AP)
Eric Garcetti(04 of14)
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti greets young supporters at a Metro stop on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Los Angels. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (credit:AP)
Wendy Greuel(05 of14)
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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel talks to reporters before an election night party in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A scant turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between two City Hall regulars to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (credit:AP)
Wendy Greuel(06 of14)
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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel talks to reporters before an election night party in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A scant turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between two City Hall regulars to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (credit:AP)
Eric Garcetti, Amy Wakeland(07 of14)
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, with his wife Amy Wakeland, right, votes early morning in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (credit:AP)
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Candidate Wendy Greuel waves to supporters after casting her ballot in the Los Angeles mayoral race Tuesday May 21, 2013, in Los Angeles. A scant turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between two City Hall regulars to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa(AP Photo/Nick Ut) (credit:AP)
Wendy Greuel, Thomas Schramm(09 of14)
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Wendy Greuel votes in the Los Angeles mayoral race, standing by her son Thomas Schramm, early Tuesday May 21, 2013, in Los Angeles. A scant turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between two City Hall regulars to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. AP Photo/Nick Ut) (credit:AP)
Amy Wakeland, Eric Garcetti(10 of14)
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, right, with his wife Amy Wakeland, smile after voting early morning in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (credit:AP)
Eric Garcetti, Amy Wakeland(11 of14)
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, with his wife Amy Wakeland, right, votes early morning in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (credit:AP)
Eric Garcetti, Amy Wakeland(12 of14)
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Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti gets a kiss from his wife Amy Wakeland, as they vote early Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013, in Los Angeles. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in the mayoral runoff election. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (credit:AP)
LA Mayoral Candidates Go To The Polls On Election Day(13 of14)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 21: Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel walks from her Studio City field office on election day during her Los Angeles mayoral run-off election against Councilman Eric Garcetti on May 21, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Greuel could become the first-ever woman mayor of Los Angeles in her bid to replace two-time mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
LA Mayoral Candidates Go To The Polls On Election Day(14 of14)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 21: A man marks his ballot in an election that is expected to have very low voter turnout for the race between Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti for Los Angeles mayor on May 21, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Greuel could become the first-ever woman mayor of Los Angeles in her bid to replace two-time mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

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