Many people are not aware that the Board of Supervisors on 1/25/22 gave the cannabis industry a tax holiday. Our Supervisors will revisit this gift in April when the holiday expires. Why did our Supervisors grant this delay? The so-called “legacy” growers are complaining they are not making any money because prices have cratered, and they can’t pay their taxes. Prices have plummeted because they overplanted.
The industry uses the term, “legacy” which generally has a positive connotation implying a gift from the past. My question to the Supervisors is: when Prohibition was repealed did we give the “legacy” moonshiners and distillers a tax break to help them become legal? These “legacy” growers are singing the blues and the Board of Supervisors is harmonizing along.
After passing Measure A in 2017 we were told that revenue would be pouring in to fix our potholes. Now it appears that the “whine” industry will get a tax break!
— Charlene Stone, West Sonoma County
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