By David Garrick / San Diego Union-Tribune / March 10, 2025
San Diego is raising its city cannabis tax from 8% to 10% — a figure equal to the highest rate in California and significantly higher than the rates of all other local cities.
Critics said the increase, which the City Council approved Monday, will have the effect of boosting the illegal cannabis delivery market by pushing the total tax paid by legal dispensaries on each sale to more than 35% on July 1.
Council members said the tax hike makes them more willing to consider longtime requests from the local cannabis industry for longer hours, on-site consumption lounges and a crackdown on illegal delivery-based operations.
By David Garrick / San Diego Union-Tribune / March 10, 2025
San Diego is raising its city cannabis tax from 8% to 10% — a figure equal to the highest rate in California and significantly higher than the rates of all other local cities.
Critics said the increase, which the City Council approved Monday, will have the effect of boosting the illegal cannabis delivery market by pushing the total tax paid by legal dispensaries on each sale to more than 35% on July 1.
Council members said the tax hike makes them more willing to consider longtime requests from the local cannabis industry for longer hours, on-site consumption lounges and a crackdown on illegal delivery-based operations.