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San Luis Obispo County board holds cannabis business tax at 6% after public pleas
Summary
After public comment from local cannabis operators and a staff review of revenue history, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to maintain the cannabis business tax at 6% of gross receipts for fiscal year 2024–25 rather than let it rise to 8% on July 1.
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on a motion to keep the county's cannabis business tax at 6% for fiscal year 2024—— 25, rejecting an automatic increase to 8% set to take effect July 1.
The action came at a special meeting that opened with a staff presentation by Justin Cooley (ACTTCPA), who summarized the 2018 voter-approved measure that set a 4% baseline and allowed automatic increases up to 10% unless the board acted. Cooley told supervisors the county could let the rate increase, hold it at 6% or lower it, and offered revenue estimates: roughly $125,000 per percentage point; letting the rate rise to 8% would be about $1,000,000 in projected revenue versus about $750,000 at 6% for the coming year.
The meeting drew a series of…
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