McFarland hopes cannabis tax can help pay for emergency services | News

Voters in McFarland will face a tough decision Tuesday: Do they want cannabis stores to open in their town? And the measure’s biggest cheerleader? The city’s police chief.

The City Council for this small-town agricultural community of 14,000 unanimously voted at its March 24 meeting to place on the ballot Measure O, which would establish an 8 percent sales tax on cannabis retail, 2.5 percent for “testing labs” and 6 percent on “other cannabis businesses.” The city currently has a 7.25 percent sales tax.

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