Dallas voters decriminalized marijuana and approved two of the three citizen-led propositions to amend the city's charter. The amendments that passed would allow residents to sue the city if they think it is not compliant with the charter and require the city to put at least 50% of excess revenue toward law enforcement.
The rest of the propositions can be found here.
PROPOSITION R: Reform Marijuana Enforcement
IN FAVOR: 69.9%
AGAINST: 33.1%
Shall the Dallas City Charter be amended by adding a new section in Chapter XXIV that reforms marijuana possession enforcement by prohibiting the Dallas Police Department from making arrests or issuing citations for marijuana possession or considering the odor of marijuana as probable cause for search or seizure, except as part of a violent felony or high priority narcotics felony investigation; making enforcement of Class A (currently, two to four ounces) and Class B (currently, up to two ounces) misdemeanor marijuana possession the Dallas Police Department’s lowest enforcement priority; and prohibiting city funds or personnel from being used to test cannabis-related substances to determine whether a substance meets the legal definition of marijuana, except in limited circumstances?
PROPOSITION S: Granting Standing to Residents and Waiving Governmental Immunity
IN FAVOR: 55.0%
AGAINST: 45.0%
Shall the Dallas City Charter be amended by adding a new chapter that grants standing to any resident of Dallas to bring a lawsuit against the city to require the city to comply with provisions of the city charter, city ordinances, and state law; entitles claimants to seek declaratory and injunctive relief against the city and recover costs and reasonable attorney’s fees; and waives the city’s governmental immunity from suit and liability in claims brought under this amendment?
PROPOSITION T: Annual Community Survey
IN FAVOR: 44.8%
AGAINST: 55.2%
Shall Chapter VI of the Dallas City Charter be amended by adding a new section compelling the city to conduct the city-commissioned Community Survey on an annual basis, to be completed by a minimum of 1,400 Dallas residents on their satisfaction on quality of life issues, the results of which will result in the city manager earning additional performance compensation (between 0 percent and 100 percent of the city manager’s annual base salary) or the termination of the city manager?
PROPOSITION U: Police and Fire Funding Appropriation
IN FAVOR: 50.5%
AGAINST: 49.5%
Shall Chapter XI of the Dallas City Charter be amended by adding a new section compelling city council to appropriate no less than 50 percent of annual revenue that exceeds the total annual revenue of the previous year to fund the Dallas Police and Fire Pension, with any monies remaining of that 50% to be appropriated to increasing the starting compensation of officers of the Dallas Police Department and to increase the number of police officers to a minimum of 4,000, and to maintain that ratio of officers to the City of Dallas population as of the date of passage of this amendment?
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