Union City residents push back against proposed dispensary
Some residents in Union City are pushing back against a proposed marijuana dispensary site they say will be too close to a residential area. The mayor says the council plans to discuss the dispensary’s location at Tuesday night’s meeting.
UNION CITY, Calif. – Some residents in Union City are pushing back against a proposed marijuana dispensary site they say will be too close to a residential area. The mayor says the council plans to discuss the dispensary’s location at Tuesday night’s meeting.
“It’s not fitting for that to be here based on what we’ve seen happen at other dispensaries in other areas. Just locate it in a more industrial area,” said Delila Flint, of Fremont.
In Union City and nearby Fremont, some residents say they don’t want a new marijuana dispensary operating so close to where people live. Bruce Gill says he lives just a few blocks away from the proposed dispensary site and across from Learn and Play Montessori School on Alvarado-Niles Road.
“We don’t want to preach that or have an environment for the kids growing up to see availability or just inoculate them right off the
