The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors held a meeting to discuss and evaluate the Cannabis Cultivation Excise Tax, considering setting the rate for 2025, addressing past due payments and implementing regulations.
"In Humboldt County, there is measure tax for cannabis cultivation, which is an excise tax that's applied to cannabis production, and only to cannabis production, so this is a tax that cannabis farmers pay, that no other form of agriculture, or no other industry actually in Humboldt County pays," said Humboldt County Growers Policy Director, Ross Gordon.
Cannabis growers are asking the county for the normalization of cannabis by suspending this special tax so that cannabis businesses are treated the same as other local businesses and industries.
"We have seen studies recently that show that cannabis in Humboldt still accounts for about 10% of our economic activity here so I think for all of us in Humboldt, we want a thriving local economy," said Gordon.
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