Marijuana Legalization Gets Big Boost in California

NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) -- California Democrats voted Sunday to make legalization of marijuana an official part of their platform.

According to the platform cited in The Los Angeles Times , the state's Democrats officially "support the legalization, regulation and taxation of marijuana, in a manner similar to that of tobacco or alcohol."

The San Francisco Chronicle called the decision a "major shift" given that Governor Jerry Brown had recently expressed reservations about the move to legalize pot. Also, legalization groups in California who had been targeting legalization this year decided to hold off until 2016.