Quick Take
The Hook Outlet cannabis dispensary, through a partnership with the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, will be able to open at the old Emily’s Bakery location at Mission and Laurel streets following months of community uproar over its proximity to two schools.
Following months of community tension that even pulled state legislators into the fray, the Santa Cruz City Council decided Tuesday evening that a new cannabis dispensary could move into the old Emily’s Bakery lot at the intersection of Mission and Laurel streets, against the loud and organized objection of school district officials and parents.
The 6-1 vote, with Vice Mayor Renée Golder dissenting, allows locally owned retail cannabis company The Hook Outlet to continue transitioning the old bakery into a dispensary, which will be set up as a partnership with the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, or WAMM, to serve its members free or low-cost medicinal cannabis.
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The dispensary proposal caused an uproar from the Santa Cruz City Schools district community, as it will