Costa Mesa planning commissioners approved the city’s first two retail cannabis permits at its regular meeting June 13.
The new retail outlets are planned for Harbor and Newport boulevards.
“We’re excited to be one of the first storefront retailers here,” Culture Cannabis Club owner Devon Julian told commissioners before his permit was unanimously approved.
Culture Cannabis Club would offer sales and delivery of cannabis products from a retail outlet at 2301 Newport Boulevard, west of the 55 Freeway, in a 3,600-square-foot building. Current businesses in the strip mall include the Newport Cosmetic Center and other medical services. The cannabis store would occupy the entire building, according to a city staff report….