The measure would also establish a system for licensing, regulation and tax marijuana
California is poised to decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes, said the office secretary of state, and would be in November should come out to vote.
They proposed a so-called "law for adults who use marijuana", supported by the Governor Gavin Newsom. This would allow people aged 21 onwards to use marijuana for private purposes and to enable them to private cultivation to six marijuana plants.
"Today marks a new beginning for California as we prepare for the replacement of costly, harmful and inefficient system of prohibition of marijuana," said spokesman Jason Kinney initiatives.
The measure would also establish a system for licensing, regulation and tax marijuana, which the city authorities will achieve local control or prohibit commercial distribution within its borders.
Initiative is required just over 402,000 valid signatures to qualify for ballot. That number is exceeded, said the office secretary of state, and the initiative will confirm Secretary Alex Padilla June 30
Opinion polls show that people's attitudes shifted in favor of liberalization of marijuana compared to 2010, when voters in California defeated the initiative for the recreational use of cannabis.
California was the first state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes in 1996 although it remained classified cannabis as an illegal narcotic under US law.
