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Guadalupe City Council green-lights upcoming cannabis dispensary

By Caleb Wiseblood

A cannabis retailer’s plan to open a new storefront in Guadalupe is moving forward with a conditional use permit.  Members of the Guadalupe City Council voted unanimously to grant Element 7, a California-based dispensary chain with shops in eight cities across the state, the permit during a public hearing on May 23.  The only condition of approval that Mayor Ariston Julian and his peers on the City Council scrutinized and agreed to revise before voting on the item was a condition regarding security bars. The new dispensary will be located at an existing 2,500-square-foot building—previously occupied by Anthony’s Sports Bar—at 859 Guadalupe St., which has several wrought iron bars in front of its entry way...