Posted on 05/30/2021 7:44:03 PM PDT by grundle
He tried, and he failed. But the worst part is he never got a chance to even start. And now he’s got a $200,000 debt to pay off.
That’s the story of Jason Yu, a 30-year-old father of two who had the audacity to attempt to open up an ice cream shop in San Francisco’s Mission District. Unfortunately, the city got in his way.
As reported by San Francisco Chronicle, Yu started his project – a shop that sold green-tea-flavored ice cream – in late 2018, and ultimately found a location in mid-2019 where he got to work. After committing to a lease ($7,300 a month – this is San Francisco, remember?) he hired an architect to draw up plans for the space, which proposed no structural changes or modifications.
Then the city stepped in.
After submitting plans to the department of building and inspection in November 2019, which required him to notify his neighbors, one of said neighbors – a competing ice cream shop no less – contested the idea and Yu was forced to wait until the following June before he could plead his case in front the city’s planning commission (more legal fees), who ultimately gave him the go-ahead.
So we’re ready to open, right? Wrong.
As the Chronicle explains: “Yu won approval, but then got stuck in the city’s never-ending web of securing permits. The Department of Building Inspection’s online permit tracker shows Yu faced 15 hurdles to secure his permits including getting the sign-off from a host of departments. The last to weigh in was the Department of Public Health, which said in December its review was complete, but that Yu owed more money in permit fees before the department could give the OK.”
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Moral of the story, avoid California .
What was he thinking?
It’s just as well. He never would’ve made it. The homeless population, poop in the streets, high crime rates, high tax rates, and faggotry everywhere.
Who in their right mind would open up a business in San Francisco?
Is he a Democrat or a decent person?
“We’re from the government, and here to help you. Give us all your money.”
I think you are supposed to hire the mayor’s nephew as general contractor. He charges 8 times the going rate but he is a bargain.
If San Fran Mayor London Breed (real name!) was half the mayor she should be, she would go out of her way to apologize to this man for the city bureacracy that jerked him around financially for months and she would help him get that business going.
As it is, Mayor Breed is far more concerned with making sure black and brown and gay people get preferential treatment to get their business financed first! That’s right, open race discrimination.
“fecal swirl” didn’t sell well.
The ripe smell of overactive Bureaucracy in the morning. Stinks, don’t it?
Which lawyer of the nepotistic persuasion does he have to grease/kiss ass to hasten his journey through the GoSF offices?
I’m supposed to feel sorry for someone wanting to operate a business in California? Nah
Government legalized thievery via extortion fees. Outrageous but not surprising from the California-cRats in charge.
Never start paying full rent until you are open. Put it in the lease. Have a “build out” provision with a contingency clause that if permits cannot be obtained, the lease can be terminated. Especially at those prices!
See #12. He's probably thinking "I saved $1000.00 by not hiring a lawyer to negotiate the commencement terms of the lease.
My cousin had a very successful business in Truckee, Californian. He was building the motherboards for the slots in Nevada. He needed to expand his business due to success. California put many hurdles in his way of expansion. He moved his business to Nevada and took all his essential personnel. The non essential were laid off.
Amen. It’s become the stupidest place for anyone to start a business.
That’s why so many are leaving.
Leave California before the exit taxes. The Gimmees are killing business.
Would this have happened (i.e. no debt forgiveness) if he were black?
Exactly. That’s why so many of us are getting the hell out.
Back in the 80s the corporate rule for new facilities was ABC - Anywhere But California.
It hasn't improved since then...
OMG $200,000 for an ice cream shop is absolutely ABSURD!! GEEZE go to Texas where it is REALLY HOT and people gobble up ice cream NO damn regulations, cheap taxes, and instead of renting your shop you can BUY the damn thing!!
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