San Francisco is hemorrhaging businesses. Soaring crime and homelessness have forced long-time businesses to close up shop for good. Some of those businesses are grocery stores, leaving many residents in the neighborhood without a place to buy food. But now, a city official may have found a way to make those businesses stick around a while longer, even if it is not financially feasible for them to do so.
As San Francisco spirals and businesses exit, the city’s lawmakers are focusing their efforts on punishing property owners and empowering homeless squatters. https://t.co/HFALSkXNXQ
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San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Dean Preston introduced what he is calling the “Grocery Protection Act.” It is based on a similar proposal in 1984 and was wisely vetoed by then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein. It would require grocery store owners to…