The last time California tried to legalize weed it failed. What happened?

Nov. 4, 2016 12 AM PT

Voters are about to decide if Californians will be able to legally possess an ounce of marijuana, grow up to six plants and purchase retail marijuana, all without a medical recommendation.

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Thomas Suh Lauder

Thomas Suh Lauder is an assistant editor with the audience angagement team. He has been with the Los Angeles Times since 2000, specializing in informational graphics, data journalism and digital mapping.

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Former graphics and data journalist Jon Schleuss left the Los Angeles Times in December 2019 when he was elected president of the NewsGuild, which represents about 20,000 journalists and other workers in the United States and Canada. Schleuss previously taught journalism students how to code at the University of Southern California. An Arkansas native, he graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2013.