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Supervisors send cannabis business tax to voters, delay collection until 2021 to fund equity and compassion programs
Summary
The Board voted 8–3 to place a citywide cannabis business tax measure on the November ballot. The measure delays implementation until 2021, exempts medical sales and small receipts, and includes a Wayfair amendment to start some revenue earlier.
San Francisco supervisors voted 8–3 on July 31 to place a local cannabis business tax before city voters in the November 6, 2018 election.
Board President Malia Cohen, sponsor of the ballot measure, framed the proposal as infrastructure for an equity program and a city‑funded compassion program for low‑income patients who use cannabis as medicine. Cohen said the ordinance is “an infrastructure and a tool” that includes special exemptions for medical cannabis and a lower rate for start‑up businesses while giving the board authority to adjust rates later.
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