At first blush, a new poll makes it look like San Jose voters overwhelmingly support a sales tax increase. But a closer look shows that the poll is "a prescription for disaster."

San Jose voters appear open to paying higher taxes to restore services and doubling the tax on pot clubs, according to a new survey commissioned by the city.

While the budget approved Tuesday by the City Council avoided cuts, it fell short of enough money to restore and ramp up services, like repaving streets and hiring more cops.

Two years after the marijuana industry overturned local regulations on collectives, city officials aim to give it another shot.

Under a regulatory proposal making its way through City Hall, all but a handful of local pot clubs would have to shutter or relocate.

A group of dispensary owners filed an initiative to bring a full set of marijuana regulations to San Jose voters this fall. The “Medical Marijuana Regulation for San Jose Act of 2014” aims to set a minimum of 50 pot clubs. It also asks the city to form a cannabis commission similar to the advisory boards it has for libraries and parks, land use and transportation, among other interests.