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Board votes 3-2 to cut Sonoma County cultivation tax, sends ordinance to May consent calendar
Summary
After extensive public comment and debate about program sustainability and community impacts, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to lower cannabis cultivation tax rates (equivalent to a 2.5% gross‑receipts crosswalk) and return the revised ordinance for adoption on the May consent calendar.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted in a 3-2 decision on April 15 to reduce the county’s cannabis cultivation tax and asked staff to return the revised ordinance for adoption on the May consent calendar.
The measure follows a staff presentation that said verified cultivation canopy has stabilized near 13 acres and that market prices have fallen sharply, reducing projected tax revenue. McCall Miller, the county’s cannabis program coordinator, told the board HDL Industries’ voluntary survey showed outdoor average saleable…
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