On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted to bring the county’s cultivation taxes down to $5 per square foot for greenhouses, $8 per square foot for indoor grows, and $1 for nurseries. And that’s not all. Manufacturers, distributors, dispensaries, and testing laboratories will all see significant breaks.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s office has released its marijuana revenue figures for the first three months of 2018.
The figure is well below expectations, however.
Voters in Santa Barbara County will weigh in on an important marijuana tax measure on June 5. The passage or failure of Measure T could have major implications, not only for the county budget, but for the viability of the county’s marijuana industry as a whole.
"Nowhere is this process upending a culture and economy more than here in Humboldt, where tens of thousands of people who have been breaking the law for years are being asked to hire accountants, tax lawyers and declare themselves to a government they have famously distrusted."
In 2004, California voters approved a 1 percent income tax on millionaires in the hopes of fixing the state’s mental health crisis. Fourteen years later, much of the money has not been spent.
In a 4-1 vote last week, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted to increase its own pay by 36%. The increase will take effect June 4.
Los Angeles County has 60 days to transfer some 280 youths out of the Barry J. Nidorf and Central juvenile halls following a decision by state regulators on Tuesday.
Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a $306.5 billion revised budget proposal Friday amid a shortfal