Cannabis tax rate

Recommended a $2,500 per-acre starting rate with annual reporting, arguing the goal should be maximizing long-term participation and compliance rather than squeezing the most out of each acre.

A Lifted Farms operator from Piscinas backed accountability rules but urged a $2,000–$2,500 outdoor rate, noting no other crop pays even $1,000 an acre, and asked that new processing infrastructure be allowed.

Brookhall Ranch operator urged the county to treat cannabis like an agricultural commodity, go low and slow on the tax, allow ag-exempt buildings for storage and processing, and avoid repeating other counties' mistakes that killed their industries.