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Board approves temporary cut to cannabis cultivation tax, tying review to market conditions
Summary
After extensive public testimony and ad hoc analysis, the Board adopted an ad hoc recommendation to reduce cannabis cultivation tax rates by about 80% for 2026 and extended the reduction through Dec. 31, 2027, to allow a market‑data review; vote passed with one dissent.
Trinity County supervisors voted on Feb. 3 to reduce the cannabis cultivation tax for 2026 in response to a steep drop in wholesale prices, adopting the ad hoc committee’s recommendation with an extension of the special reduction through Dec. 31, 2027.
Supervisor Lutweiler summarized the committee’s work and financial modeling, saying wholesale prices have fallen sharply and that a fixed per‑pound tax now represents a much larger percentage of growers’ revenue. "If wholesale price is down by 80%, then we could reduce by 80%,"…
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