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Despite safety concerns addressed by some council members, the Watsonville City Council voted by a slim margin to introduce a first reading approving amendments to the city's cannabis ordinance at its Tuesday meeting.
The Hook Outlet was given the green light to do business at the site of the former Emily's Bakery at 1129 Mission Street in Santa Cruz after an appeal opposing the dispensary was denied by the Santa Cruz City Council at its meeting Tuesday.
An attempt to impose a temporary emergency moratorium on the establishment of new cannabis businesses in the city of Santa Cruz by Mayor Fred Keeley and Santa Cruz Councilmember Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson was withdrawn at the Santa Cruz City Council meeting Tuesday before a vote on the motion could be made.
After hearing arguments for and against allowing a cannabis dispensary to operate at the former site of Emily's Bakery, the Santa Cruz Planning Commission approved the application.