Good. Let them vote on it. It’ll no doubt pass. Good. I’m sorry for all the small business owners who will have a hard to impossible time coping with it, but let them vote it in, and watch what happens. Small business guys, prepare to hunker down, cut hours way back, close on Sundays, and Wednesdays — whatever it takes to bank the fires and ride it out. The city will literally die on the vine. Good. Be idiots, and pay the price.
Anybody with brains, get outta there — the trend is hopeless when they do stuff like this. Move. Quick.
Shopping center leases often don't allow that. You have to remain open all the hours the center is open, or get fined. Whether the fine is more than the $15/hour depends on how many people your business requires.
There won't be any riding it out. Look at Detroit. It's a total mess, and yet the politicians aren't even admitting their policies are the problem. Politicians in SF aren't any different. One thing bureaucrats and politicans NEVER do is admit that they're wrong. It's always "We didn't go far enough."
Being that it is California, I would suspect that if it is by some chance defeated by the voters, it will still be enacted. Just a rerun of Prop 8. Not sure why they even go through the emotions of putting things on the ballot - such a sham!