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Council keeps safe‑and‑sane sales for 2025, approves 10% regulatory fee amid enforcement debate
Summary
After a long public hearing and more than a dozen public speakers—including nonprofit booths that rely on the revenue—the council set a 10% regulatory fee for safe‑and‑sane fireworks sales for 2025 instead of imposing a one‑year moratorium. The vote was 5–2.
The San Bernardino City Council voted 5–2 on June 4 to set the 2025 regulatory fee for safe‑and‑sane fireworks sales at 10% rather than adopt a one‑year moratorium on sales and use.
Finance staff presented the city’s enforcement cost estimate for the temporary fireworks window and described the regulatory fee as a mechanism to recover permitting and enforcement costs. The staff estimate showed regulatory and enforcement costs in the range of about $270,000, while nonprofit booths and vendors reported they provide roughly $90,000 in sales tax and local…
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