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Cannabis Tax Goes Before Voters in Santa Rosa, Calif.

If approved by voters, Measure D would allow the city to tax up to 8 percent of gross receipts or $25 per square foot of growing area for marijuana businesses.


Should Santa Rosa tax cannabis businesses to help offset the cost of regulating the fast-growing industry?

That question will be answered by voters, who will decide the fate of Measure D on the June 6 ballot.

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There is no formal opposition to the measure. Tawnie Logan, executive director of the Sonoma County Growers Alliance, said her group of cannabis growers supports the city’s plan.

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“It’s a good framework that’s representative of a tax structure that’s more approachable for the industry,” Logan said. “It’s still a little high but it’s far more accessible than the rates proposed by the county.”

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