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1. Thanks to the Bay Area, a majority of California voters — 54 percent — now favor legalizing marijuana, taxing it, and regulating it like alcohol, according to a new Field Poll, the Chron reports. In the Bay Area, 66 percent of voters want to legalize pot for recreational use. Statewide, senior citizens were the only group that favors keeping cannabis illegal. An overwhelming majority of residents — 72 percent — also favor keeping medical pot legal.