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SF restaurateurs dispute city allegations
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 27, 2013 | Stacy Finz and Paolo Lucchesi

Posted on 01/27/2013 7:07:45 PM PST by artichokegrower

Amid a citywide crackdown to prevent restaurateurs from misleading consumers, San Francisco officials have released a list of 93 business owners who collected more money in employee health care surcharges in 2011 than they spent on health care for their workers.

The Chronicle obtained the list under a public records request after City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Friday that he would be going after at least 50 San Francisco restaurants for allegedly charging diners extra fees to cover the cost of city-mandated health care for workers and then pocketing much of the money

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: govmandates
Government intervention in the free enterprise system in uber liberal San Francisco.
1 posted on 01/27/2013 7:07:57 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Note to self - Don’t open a business in SF. Better let them starve.


2 posted on 01/27/2013 7:12:11 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: artichokegrower

...they want to play ball in SF, they deserve EXACTLY what they get.


3 posted on 01/27/2013 7:41:16 PM PST by BobL
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To: Last Dakotan

While California as a whole is unfriendly to business, unless your business is in the entertainment field or a union, places like San Francisco and Santa Monica to name just two, really seem to screw employers.


4 posted on 01/27/2013 7:44:03 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: artichokegrower

GOOD.. voters in San Fransicko need to be PUNISHED....
and L.A. and Stockton and even San Diego.. especially Berkley and Oakland..


5 posted on 01/27/2013 8:25:26 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: artichokegrower

Comments are interesting. One in particular which states that restaurant owners were saving money so they can pay for Obamacare has by far the most negative reviews - thumbs down. Would suspect that most of these people are young and don’t require much in the way of medical care. Those that don’t want to pay the freight should just eat in another nearby city, it’s not like there are no restaurants in that part of the country. Or they might try a more novel approach, like eating at home.


6 posted on 01/27/2013 8:37:15 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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In December, we went to dinner at a restaurant off Union Square in SF and when the bill came there was an additional 4% charge for “employer mandates”. There wasn’t any notification ahead of time about the additional charges that would be tacked onto the bill.
B@$t@rd$!!!!

P.S. They’ve also outlawed businesses giving people free bags for their purchases but you can buy them for $1.


7 posted on 01/27/2013 9:18:03 PM PST by TMD (Behind enemy lines.....)
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I do everything I can to avoid going to Frisco (Friscans just HATE it when you call Frisco Frisco). I think that I have been there only twice in the last two decades (Two more times if you count the baseball park). I spend as little money as I can, and as little time as I can.

I also avoid the East Bay (especially Berkely, where they were so evil and mean to USMC recruiters in their once-fair city.)

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8 posted on 01/27/2013 9:41:37 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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Berkely, of course = Berkeley


9 posted on 01/27/2013 9:43:15 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: TMD

Drive south about ten miles to South San Francisco. It’s in San Mateo County, you won’t see the bullcrap rules and fees. Many fine restaurants there, including some really good Italian ones. Drive a little bit further to Burlingame, Millbrae and San Mateo, many more fine restaurants - without the crap and with plenty of parking.


10 posted on 01/27/2013 9:51:50 PM PST by roadcat
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I live in San Mateo and I hate it. The City Council here is as liberal as they come and they just love their “Affordable Housing” and “Transit Oriented development” so much that they are in the process of destroying my neighborhood that has been here since the 50’s
I don't go to any of the restaurants in Down town San Mateo because you have to pay for parking which they just raised.
11 posted on 01/27/2013 11:39:52 PM PST by funfan
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To: BobL

Yes, just do what the commissars want without question.

You elected them - suffer, you idiots.


12 posted on 01/27/2013 11:54:01 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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I live in San Mateo and I hate it.

Sorry to hear that. I guess radical liberalism is creeping down there from SF. Point I'm making is that at least in SM county you can get reasonable parking right at the restaurant. In SF, you can't find parking anywhere close unless willing to shell out around $20 (or more). Many restaurants on the peninsula have their own free lots. Others have city parking lots within a half block that'll cost a buck or two (or less). We often dine in So.SF, Burlingame and Millbrae, very pleasant. Dining in San Francisco is now a nightmare. Can't stand the prices, crowds, lack of parking, charging for bags, etc.

13 posted on 01/28/2013 12:29:19 PM PST by roadcat
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Yes the parking is cheaper in San Mateo. But have to tell you I don't know about bags in restraunts here in San Mateo but they have just started a plastic bag ban and the stores now will charge you for a bag and in the coming years it will get more expensive and I do not think you can bring your own bag. The politicians are ruining our towns with all the rules and regulations.
14 posted on 01/28/2013 4:22:35 PM PST by funfan
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