Pot entrepreneurs with social equity licenses would be able to open downtown under a proposal from Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36). [budding via Unsplash]

Cannabis dispensaries with “social equity” licenses would be allowed to bypass many of the city’s built-in zoning restrictions under a new ordinance introduced by Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36) last week designed to help minority-owned firms break into the city’s fledgling legal weed industry.