In a letter late last year to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro-Tempore Toni Atkins and Speaker Anthony Rendon, 30 cannabis industry professionals demanded that lawmakers work to reduce the taxes and to eliminate the cultivation tax.
Last year, he says, many jurisdictions added licensing operations, leading to significantly more canopy. Santa Barbara, for example, increased its canopy by more than 400 acres, he says.