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Cannabis operators urge city to cut business fees, citing Measure M and risk to local market
Summary
Multiple public commenters, including a dispensary operator, told the joint meeting that high local taxes and fees (described in the transcript as a 10% business-license fee) are threatening cannabis businesses and urged the City Council to act on a prior commission recommendation to reduce taxes.
Daniel Sosa, who identified himself at the meeting as the operator of four cannabis dispensaries in the city, told the joint Public Works and Sanitation meeting that local taxes are squeezing businesses and urged the City Council for immediate relief.
Sosa said the city’s cannabis business licenses are subject to a 10% fee and called that rate "extraordinary,"…
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