Humboldt County continues to revoke cannabis permits due to non-payment of Measure S excise taxes but some debts are being addressed through payment plans and some property buyers are willing to assume the tax debts of previous cultivators.
The county's Board of Supervisors approved eight more cannabis permit revocations at its June 17 meeting. There were nine permits recommended to be revoked but the ninth was removed from the list because it's in the process of being transferred to a new owner who's agreed to pay the Measure S debt.
There have been other cases of that and planning staff described three examples of it, with properties in Bridgeville and Petrolia. In two of the three examples, Measure S tax debts of $68,610 and $9,830 have been paid in full. The third property buyer has entered into a tax debt payment plan. Supervisor Steve Madrone said revocations must proceed but there's a simple way to hold them off.
"There is an out here and that is to develop a payment plan," he said. "That's kicking it down the road, it gives time to try and hold on to that permit, make payments and finish that off by the end of the year."
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