It’s an absolute disincentive to try to supply food to all the local residents in the area, and for those without cars, of which there are many, they’re looking at two-hour journeys by the lousiest city buses, driven by the meanest union drivers, with the highest number of bums onboard in close quarters in any urban area.
As for the owners, it’s no treat either. Under the new law, this cumbersome regulation to businesses that are clearly in distress is nothing more than insult added to injury. They pay high taxes for the privilege of operating there, they sustain so much thievery they have to put their goods behind plexiglass cases, which costs money, they get zero law enforcement help when they get robbed because thefts are so common, and as a last resort, they try to close doors, they get hit by a raft of lawsuits.
But for the thieves of San Francisco, who steal and fence stolen goods as a lifestyle choice to pay for illegal drugs, the six-months’ notice, plus the right to file lawsuits, is a gravy bonanza.
There have been massive efforts in my city, and in many large cities, to ameliorate the problem of “food deserts” in predominately black urban areas by infusing a LOT of taxpayer and grant funds into building food retailer establishment with tax abatements and other incentives in these ghettos. They are almost ALWAYS failures. Businesses don’t want to build where they are going to be victimized to the point of bankruptcy.
As a result, the few convenience stores and other food outlets in these areas charge highly inflated prices to make up for the loses by theft.
move the family first to points unknown, liquifate the holdings, selleverything to Ollie’s, .