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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Legalize It

    No fewer than 17 different groups are working on measures to legalize recreational marijuana in California. Ten are already gathering signatures to get on next year’s ballot. And this week, the tech billionaire Sean Parker stepped into the ring, backing yet another initiative. His measure won the endorsement of Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 4, 2015 • 1 min read

    No fewer than 17 different groups are working on measures to legalize recreational marijuana in California. Ten are already gathering signatures to get on next year’s ballot. And this week, the tech billionaire Sean Parker stepped into the ring, backing yet another initiative. His measure won the endorsement of Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. The question is, can all these different pot proponents coalesce behind one ballot measure?

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    Legalizing Pot in California and High Salaries at the LA County Fair
    1. 0:17Legalize ItYou’re reading this
    2. 8:57L.A.'s Questionable County Fair
    3. 16:34Fixing L.A. Parking
    4. 25:58Terror in Little Saigon
    5. 42:33Highland Park Cuisine
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Legalizing Pot in California and High Salaries at the LA County Fair
    1. 0:17Legalize ItYou’re reading this
    2. 8:57L.A.'s Questionable County Fair
    3. 16:34Fixing L.A. Parking
    4. 25:58Terror in Little Saigon
    5. 42:33Highland Park Cuisine
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