The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday signed off on a reset of local cultivation and manufacturing taxes for qualifying cannabis operations outside city limits and approved a new cannabis business license. In a close decision, supervisors temporarily dropped certain county levies to zero for the 2026-27 fiscal year while staff finish a broader land-use and licensing overhaul. County officials pitched the move as a way to keep licensed growers and processors from bailing out of the legal market as wholesale prices sag and participation declines.
What the board approved
By a 3-2 vote, the board backed an ordinance change and a companion fee resolution that work together to exempt qualifying cultivators and manufacturers from the county cultivation tax for the upcoming fiscal year, while also creating an annual licensing program to register and inspect operations. That combination, and the razor-thin margin on the vote, was reported by The Press Democrat.
New license and the numbers
County documents show…..