LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County voters will be asked in November to consider a ballot measure that would impose business taxes on cannabis operations in unincorporated areas, once such businesses are permitted.
The county is still developing regulations for cannabis operations in unincorporated areas, with an ordinance expected to come before the Board of Supervisors next year.
In the meantime, the board voted Aug. 9 unanimously—with Supervisor Janice Hahn absent after testing positive for COVID—to place a proposed tax measure on the Nov. 8 ballot.
The measure will require a simple majority of voters to be approved.
The proposal would enact a series of initial tax rates—4 percent for gross receipts for retail operations, 3 percent for manufacturing and distribution, $4 per square foot for mixed-light cultivation, and $7 per square foot for indoor cultivation….