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Carpinteria council grants consent to Santa Barbara County Wine Business Improvement District
Summary
Carpinteria City Council voted to adopt Resolution 6354 consenting to a county-led Santa Barbara County Wine Business Improvement District that would assess a 1% levy on retail wine sales; the city has one winery that supports the proposal.
Carpinteria City Council on Feb. 3 adopted Resolution 6354 giving the County of Santa Barbara consent to form the Santa Barbara County Wine Business Improvement District (WID), a county-led effort that would impose a 1% assessment on retail wine sales in the district.
The WID proposal was presented to the council by Allison Laslett, chief executive officer of the Santa Barbara Vintners Association, who told the council the assessment is levied on sales that incur California sales tax so collections can be audited through HDL, the county's tax contractor. Laslett said about 60% of the wine industry in the county supports…
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