Title
Consider Placing a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Excise Tax on the Ballot for the November 8, 2016 Election
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors receive a report and presentation from Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates regarding polling results on a potential commercial cannabis cultivation excise tax measure; if your Board chooses to place a commercial cannabis cultivation excise tax measure on the ballot for the November 8, 2016 general election, direct staff to return to your Board on July 19, 2016 for introduction of an ordinance placing such a measure on the ballot; and if your Board chooses to place a commercial cannabis cultivation excise tax measure on the ballot, determine a tax rate or tax structure for the measure.