you should see the bin of paper work I saw today. they want to tax: the grower per oz/or per SF then tax the distributor, and then the consumer. growers will have to pay for their own inspections/testing which can be done at anytime, or as many times as the county wants.
my brain is just screaming fuck!! this such a massive money grab. there is no other industry not even oil that is bent over this much.
permits, are now cancelable at any time for any reason. no refunds, and you pay to reapply. even alcohol lets you reinstate your status w/o charging if the fines and codes/violations are corrected. just he reinstatement fees 25k is better then 135k.
ADD: and you can end up on a ban list too.
to make things worse every county can draw up their own tax/licensing plans. if any: Chula Vista is doing the outright ban on all sales and cultivation, thanks councilman diaz.
this rec launch is gonna be worse then the medical stumble the last ten years. I hear medical cards are going to triple in price as well, just a rumor though.
why do all this, why not just make SoCal illegal fuck it, honestly its better off, lots of good people are going to loose a lot of money. and I have a feeling most of the legal outlets are going to have registration of some sort.
I couldnt make heads or tails of some of the double-print I was trying to read.; it should be all up on the CA.GOV web site Monday morning.
you guys take a crack at it.
