SANTA CRUZ — Divides over local cannabis policy were on display at a recent Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting, as the lawmakers continued efforts to establish rules for on-site consumption lounges.

At the same meeting , the board agreed to levy a vector control benefit assessment that was approved by local property owners and also heard an update on the state of tourism across the county and region.

When it came to the leafy green herb, what was before the board was a proposal to exempt non-cannabis goods sold at unincorporated cannabis companies from the county’s cannabis business tax rate of 7%. This would mean that, like other retailers in unincorporated territory selling T-shirts, stickers or other merchandise, only the county’s sales tax rate of 9.5% would apply.

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