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Committee amends cannabis tax ordinance and refers it to full Board without recommendation after heated debate
Summary
After extensive debate and public comment, the committee amended an ordinance to suspend the local cannabis business tax through Dec. 31, 2035 and then voted to forward the amended ordinance to the full Board without recommendation. Supervisors split over budget offsets and enforcement strategy.
The Budget and Finance Committee on Dec. 3 debated an ordinance proposed by Board President Mandelmann’s office to repeal—or as amended, suspend—the local cannabis business tax that was scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2026.
Sophie Marie, legislative aide to President Mandelmann, told the committee the local tax (a 1–5% gross-receipts levy authorized by voters in 2018) would disproportionately burden already-struggling legal cannabis retailers and further push customers to an illicit market estimated in the presentation at 50–60% of local sales. She asked the committee…
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