Coachella approves Canna Club project and contributes to May Day celebration
The Coachella City Council on Wednesday approved the Canna Club Project, making way for a new cannabis dispensary and fast food business in the city.
Because 46156 Dillon Road, the building that will house the Canna Club, had previously been designated for sexually-oriented businesses, questions of re-zoning as well as requests for modifications to the eating area held up the project during past council meetings.
Council members acknowledged that, legally, they have to allow space for sex-oriented types of businesses, but some called zoning matters a separate conversation. As far as what the Canna Club has been trying to do for a while now, they ve met all the requirements. They came back. They put seating in there. So, for me, it s (about) moving the item forward, Councilmember Denise Delgado said. In March, Delgado mainly pushed for interior dining to be added to the project.
A new California bill would lay the groundwork for farmworkers, grocery store employees and other food sector workers to be prioritized for vaccine distribution and rapid testing during this pandemic and future ones.
While still short on specifics, AB 93 is intended to ensure the food sector workers, as essential workers who have been hard-hit by COVID-19, are near the front of the line for vaccination. Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, a Democrat from Coachella, said he expects the bill to start conversations, shaping the legislation that “could potentially become a model for the nation.
Garcia introduced the bill this week with Assemblymember Robert Rivas, a Democrat from Hollister.