News item: The Santa Ana City Council unanimously approved a new operating permit for a gay nightclub and restaurant after Velvet Lounge's owners agreed to forgo boxes and poles for go-go dancers to dance on.
Insta reaction: Buying drinks for possessors of boxes and poles will be allowed in the downtown hot spot, however.
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