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Long Beach Lowers Cannabis Taxes

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March 2, 2020
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Long Beach Lowers Cannabis Taxes

Supporting the regulated cannabis community saves jobs

LONG BEACH, Calif. – February 17, 2019 /Canna Newswire/ – The Long Beach Collective Association (“LBCA”), cannabis business owners, policy advocates, patients, consumers, and city officials came together to support the city’s legal cannabis business community, lower taxes, and fight the illegal market. In December 2019, the Long Beach City Council voted to lower the city’s tax rate from 6% to 1% for cannabis manufacturers, distributors and testing laboratories. On January 7, 2020, the council voted to formally amend the city’s cannabis tax ordinance reflecting the revised 1% tax rate which takes effect on February 13, 2020.

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“There’s no question that high tax rates drive people to the cheaper illicit market increasing public safety concerns,” said Adam Hijazi, President of the LBCA. “Lowering the tax rate will also help keep more jobs in Long Beach because it helps keep prices competitive. We believe in #BuyLegal.”

The successful effort to lower taxes was a grassroots, community effort to effect change in the Long Beach cannabis community. While healthy competition exists, there is an esprit de corps that unites Long Beach’s cannabis business owners from cultivators to dispensary owners. In supporting the common good and serving as a strong, independent, and credible public voice, the LBCA helps the community thrive and keep a positive perspective.

This local effort may be the model to effectuate much-needed change at the state level. The regulated cannabis market is hurting across the state and the sales numbers reflect it. In 2018, legal cannabis sales in California amounted to $341 million in collected tax revenue, far below the projected $1 billion. To make matters worse, effective January 1, 2020, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (the CDTFA) implemented a legislatively required tax rate increase. It’s website states “An analysis of statewide market data was used to determine the average mark-up rate between the wholesale cost and the retail selling price of cannabis and cannabis products. Based on this analysis…the mark-up rate will be set at 80 percent.” Bipartisan industry advocates throughout California feel it’s exactly the wrong move at the wrong time.

In a November 25, 2019 letter to the CDTFA, State Assemblyman Tom Lackey (R-36th District), wrote: “With the increased availability of purchasing power through websites and delivery services, the illicit market is able to substantially outsell the legal market due to the ever-growing price disparity.”

Government officials are paying attention. California Governor Gavin Newsom is not only proposing a structural change to the state’s cannabis regulatory agency’s structure, but he’s also considering tax policy changes as well. On January 10, 2020, Newsom’s administration proposed “In consultation with the industry and stakeholders, we will consider other changes to the existing cannabis tax structure, including the number of taxes and tax rates to simplify the system and to support a stronger, safer legal cannabis market.”

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Instagram: @theLBCA | Facebook: fb:/theLBCA | Twitter: @theLBCA

About Long Beach Collective Association
The Long Beach Collective Association is a non-profit trade association advocating for sound cannabis policy affecting businesses, patients, and consumers at the local and state level.

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Media Contact:
Pam Chotiswatdi
The Long Beach Collective Association
[email protected]
+1 714-293-8043

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