Posted on 03/03/2023 10:02:58 AM PST by artichokegrower
Assembly Bill 853 by Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (D-San. Diego) was introduced to address successor grocery store employer. AB 853 would add Labor Code Section 2516.1 to the Labor Code.
First, the bill would provide that, in the case of a change of control from a merger, a successor grocery employer would be prohibited from causing a grocery establishment that is located in a geographic area designated by United States Department of Agriculture as a food desert to cease being fully operational and open to the public until the establishment provides a written notice to the city council, city attorney, board of supervisors, county counsel, State Department of Public Health, and Attorney General 180 days before the establishment ceases to be fully operational and open to the public.
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“Sounds like this will substantially decrease the value of some grocer chains and reduce their appeal for acquisition.”
The Law of Unintended Consequences says that stores currently operating at marginal profit, or no profit will file their paperwork as soon as they can. Seeing this, other stores outside the effected region will realize they will soon be in the thieves’ crosshairs. They will implement whatever measures they can, which may include closing as well.
One huge reason the economy was bad under Obama despite the massive quantitative easing was he seized GM and gave part of it to “the workers.” This caused people with money to invest to keep it in cash or overseas because the rules had been arbitrarily changed and no one knew when that would happen again and how it might affect them. The grocery law will be similar in that if the rules change it frightens business and investors and they’ll take their money and flee. Stupidity has consequences.
Food deserts (an urban area where the 33% or more of surrounding population is low income and must travel a mile or more to a major supermarket). In rural areas the distance to a major supermarket would be 10 miles or or.
I am not sure what the standard is for suburban areas.
LOL - I used to ride my bicycle 3.8 miles each way to/from the nearest major supermarket (with a bike trailer for toddlers attached). Never thought I lived in “food desert”.
Directive 10-289 ping.
Progressive instruction manual.
Now, it’s a “How To” manual..................
Atlas shrugged was not supposed to be an instruction manual for the left. It was a warning to the right.
Close now before you will be destroyed and absorbed by the State.
So, WHO are the real FASCISTS???!
Liberal/progressive SCUM!!!
GO GALT!!!
Let them STARVE!!!
Why wait close NOW! Who needs the losses!
Wonder how many grocery stores in these designated areas will spontaneously catch on fire and burn down.
The “Make Food Deserts Permanent” bill.
CA is upside down.
Remind me once again the definition of fascism and why it is the right that is always being accused of advocating for it, when it is the progressive who are actually implementing such governmental policies.
For 180 days, keep the store open with a skeleton staff, send stock to other stores, keep a minimum stock and don’t restock it.
Bankrupt Store Owner: I am closing this business while I still have two nickels to rub together.
City Counsel: You must justify, to OUR satisfaction, your decision to no longer take losses, and probably several physical assaults, in your current business.
“Wonder how many grocery stores in these designated areas will spontaneously catch on fire and burn down.”
Having worked at a few stores I’d say none. They have extensive fire suppression systems. One went off at a store my company owned and believe me, no fire would have lasted very long. Those would have to be turned off. Also, large companies tend not to take risks that would send their officers to prison.
Democrats love jobs. They just hate business.
This is a form of slavery.
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