Oakland voters will consider a new 5 percent tax on medical marijuana businesses in the November election after a divided council narrowly approved a proposal by Council Member Desley Brooks.

A city resolution declaring a “public health emergency” over access to medical marijuana is expected to pass at Tuesday’s council meeting, but two other pot proposal will likely draw more debate at council meetings this week.

I'm the last person that needs to be writing a blog about marijuana, after getting caught recently for possession in Hayward. This though is about my hometown of Oakland, and what I believe is slow progression towards not only legalization of "the plant" (It is not a drug, as many anti-marijuana supporters like to argue).