[SeekAndFind]

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.

[fwdude]

Yeah, that will do it. /sarc

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

[ClearCase_guy]

Close now. Take no chances.

[faithhopecharity]

Sometimes there’s at least a tiny bit of logic to the communistic dictates of the extreme left

This sure isn’t one of those times. !

[wildcard_redneck]

Simple. Give the 6 month notice, rename the store, and then keep only 1 employee and sell cigarettes, alcohol, and chips only. In the meantime sell the building.

[Red6]

Obviously you need to rob the grocery store now, while they're still open!!!!

[dynachrome]

Stock work boots and suntan spray only.

[Eccl 10:2]

One answer is to have state-run grocery stores there.

Type A Freepers: read the rest before you make fools of yourselves.

Think you can do it better, City of San Francisco?

Then when you inevitably fail miserably, perhaps you will learn.

Leftists have to hit bottom, or worse, before they will learn.

[butlerweave]

This will get thousands of businesses to move San Francisco ,LOL

[Salman]

Sue a business that no longer exists?

Or they don't "close" just leave the doors open and disappear?

Or if it's a chain closing a particular store, give notice as the law requires but stop restocking?

Or any number of dodges I haven't thought of?

In any case it will accelerate stores leaving. The first big wave just before the law takes effect.

[econjack]

Ohio did some similar as companies fled South for relief from unionization. Then Gov. Celeste place a fine of 6 months wages on companies that left the state under the guise of using those funds for retraining. Several months later, they noticed that there were no new businesses formed in OH since the law was passed. They repealed the law.

Does CA think this won't have an affect on the grocery companies and their plans to do business in CA? You clowns in CA need to think this through a little more.

[Restless]

So, when do we get to sue lawmakers for passing stupid laws?

[Billthedrill]

I haven't gotten tired of rereading it yet. Directive 10-289, point 2:

Point Two. All industrial, commercial, manufacturing and business establishments of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth remain in operation, and the owners of such establishments shall not quit nor leave nor retire, nor close, sell or transfer their business, under penalty of the nationalization of their establishment and of any and all of their property.

That last part - I doubt Fran Sanfrisco will be any better at running the stores than the current ripped-off owners but it might be entertaining to see them try.

[sten]

the city that took taxes from my business but failed to protect us from looting and rioting?

tell them to go pound sand

[FlingWingFlyer]

When the fug did anyone give azho politicians the right to award the right to sue retailers for shutting down to Randy Resident? Somebody’s ass needs to go to jail. The turd roller bottom tier political lice don’t have that authority. Then the azhos wonder why some nut with a gun goes into these meetings and starts shooting the place up. The Feddies need to get these demented boyz and gurlz under control.

[null and void]

Announce you’re closing in six months.
Stop ordering inventory immediately.
Keep the empty shelved store “open”.
Doors open, lights on, HVAC off, freezers off, employees required to show up.
Any employee who fails to show up for 3 consecutive days without notice can be terminated as “abandoning their position” under existing law...

[rdcbn1]

San Francisco’s old policies are forcing grocery stores to leave.

These new laws are making sure they never come back

[frank ballenger]

Two tiered as usual.

1) organized looters with big trash bags filled with stolen items from a retail store——don’t stop them, don’t hold them for police, don’t have police chase or arrest them.

2) grocery stores lose money and decide they have to close down. Sue them. Put the fear of the law into them.

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How much does shoplifting affect prices?
For example, grocery stores commonly operate on a 1-percent profit margin. This means that a grocery must recover $100 for every $1 worth of shoplifted inventory, according to Rutgers University. The high cost-per-dollar is typically distributed across the pricing for the store’s remaining inventory. From Chron.com

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Stores catch shoplifters roughly 2.0% of the time; the average shoplifter is arrested once out of every 100 incidents. Retailers lost $84.9 billion in fraudulent sales returns in 2022. The average shoplifting incident cost retailers $461.86 in 2020.Dec 24, 2023. CapitalOneShopping.

[Wpin]

Alerting all business that they need to get out of there before the same happens to them!

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

I can’t see anything going wrong with this...</S>