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.
With cannabis-related businesses in full swing in California, the matter will return to the Watsonville City Council Tuesday to consider text amendments to the city's ordinance regarding sign standards, hours of operation, separation requirements and more.
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Three years after its shuttering, the former Kmart building on Freedom Boulevard may see new life as a supermarket with an on-site taproom. Before it can do so, a pair of Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control licenses will need to be approved, and they will be going before the Watsonville Planning Commission Tuesday.
As the city has begun to take a hard look at the state of homelessness locally, the Watsonville City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on plans to remove a private-property homeless encampment used by an estimated 20-40 people off Airport Boulevard.