And if the ever brilliant town council says no?
Exactly. Tell the bastards to stop stealing!!!!!
California politicians. So clever.
If you won’t let the grocery store close even with rampant stealing, the end result is store owners start giving free lead samples.
Making it very difficult to close a store also makes it very risky to open a store.
But of course liberals (oops, I mean progressives) never think about consequences. It’s all about what feels good at the moment. So pass the bill, then wonder why no new stores are opening.
Sounds like this will substantially decrease the value of some grocer chains and reduce their appeal for acquisition.
“We will FORCE you to stay open and suffer huge losses to the druggies, reparationists, and homeless thieves.”
Now that is a sure-fire recipe for American greatness and success.
Being that it’s California, the grocery stores COULD just identify as hardware stores. Then, this bill would not apply to them.
If a grocery store closes down now, who gets the blame?
local govt? can’t have that.
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.
Atlas SHrugged was supposed to be fiction...
The grocery chains will just shut down stores before an acquisition. That or they will sell the bad stores to a small business that will then declare bankruptcy and shut all the stores.
“No Mr. city politician. We’re not closing. We’re just limiting hours and only carrying non-refrigerated/frozen items (and no produce) with long expiration dates with prices under $3.00 per item.
Our new hours are 8:00 to 9:00 AM Mon-Fri”
Smart store owners will close now before the politicians have a chance to do stupid stuff.
But WAIT! There is more!
“Second, the written notice must provide a written analysis and explanation of how residents living in the geographic area designated as a food desert will be able, at comparable cost to purchase food after the establishment ceases being fully operational and open to the public, as well as a profit and loss statement for the establishment for the two years prior to the merger attested to by a responsible officer of the successor employer.”
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”.
Close now before you will be destroyed and absorbed by the State.
So, WHO are the real FASCISTS???!
Liberal/progressive SCUM!!!
Why wait close NOW! Who needs the losses!
The “Make Food Deserts Permanent” bill.
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.