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Cannabis businesses hoping to set up shop in National City, including an applicant proposing to operate what would be the county’s first consumption lounge, are moving into the final stage of the three-part permitting process.
“It was a very competitive process, just from the scores. If we’re talking about a test, everyone got an A-plus, but how good of an A-plus they got is really the question. It was a close race,” said Pedro Garcia, the city’s economic development manager who is overseeing cannabis permitting.The most points an applicant can receive is 3,000, though they can earn more. Scores ranged from 3,150 to 1,290, but most of them earned 2,900 points, according to the city.
“The reason for that is most cities have cannabis departments and teams. I’m the cannabis person so I have to handle this accordingly and the consumption lounge is going to be the trickiest,” he said. “I think there are probably very few businesses to get into that are as complicated as cannabis and lounges are even more complicated,” said Alex Ayon, a San Diego resident who would co-operate Sessions by the Bay with his wife Pearl Ayon. “It’s primarily because it’s a new thing … and we don’t have other places that we can look at to see what works and what doesn’t.”
With a high score and as the only applicant, Sessions by the Bay is off to a promising start. Ayon, who formerly owned two dispensaries in San Diego and La Mesa and operates another in Lone Pine, said he has already invested “six figures” into bringing the lounge into fruition and projects investing $4 million total.
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