Posted on 09/09/2024 10:07:44 AM PDT by Vendome
Retail stores are fleeing San Francisco in droves as the California city collapses under the weight of rampant crime and theft. And rather than deal with the crime problem, city leaders instead want to punish the stores trying to leave.
The so-called “Grocery Protection Act,” introduced by city Board of Supervisors member Dean Preston (Democratic Socialist), says stores that try to leave San Francisco would have to provide the city with six months’ notice, allowing city leaders time to look for a replacement retail tenant.
This bill was introduced not long after Whole Foods Market closed down its flagship San Francisco store after just a year of being there. Crime was so rampant at Whole Foods that the store was losing more than it was selling, prompting it to vacate the premises.
Not only that, but workers at the now-closed Whole Foods location were routinely threatened with weapons as vagrants flooded the store. Homeless people would throw food at staff and provoke fights, with some even defecating on the floor, creating a health hazard.
An astounding 570 emergency calls were logged at the now-defunct location, all of these occurring in just a single calendar year. One of the calls involved an employee reporting that a “male [with] machete is back,” and another in which “another security guard was just assaulted.”
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Naughty boy, and with that screen name.
But, but, but ... Where was that social-communist plan ever written out so plainly? /s
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.
So it was basically a second underground railroad: secret paths into PA.
I bet you didn’t know about this. The people who did the packing were Hell’s Angels. They were told it was to help an embassy move and didn’t know what they’d really be doing until they got there.
Can’t have a Grocery Protection Act when nobody can afford to buy it and it rots.
I’m leaning real hard towards execution by IMPALEMENT!
“stores that try to leave San Francisco would have to provide the city with six months’ notice, allowing city leaders time to look for a replacement retail tenant.”
And how many Replacements are going to show up for this, knowing when they start to hemorrhage money they are stuck doing it for 6 months.
That was one of Obama's main campaigns, to infect every neighborhood, apartment complex and community with the crime-prone population. Make us all fear the same thing.
Trump's HUD director Dr. Ben Carson tried to reverse these policies, and was viciously attacked for it.
Funny thing is they don’t have a pipeline of businesses just waiting for space to take over.
Besides, they prefer the tried and true meaningless DEI businesses that only exist on subsidies...
Sadly, I think your prediction is fairly accurate.
They murdered all those that had balls or drove them into exile for their own survival.
I absolutely did not. I had read about some fraternity guys who worked for Mayflower but didn't know about the Hell's Angels.
I suspect most companies have a "get out of Dodge" contingency plan, certainly after the Rodney King Riots and the Democrat Riots in Ferguson Missouri.
OK, so the stores can cut their losses by announcing closure in 6 months, lay off most staff, cut store hours, eliminate frozen & fresh meat sections, & fail to restock shelves.
Sounds like the Soviet grocery store that they so richly deserve.
Change your inventory to 100% work boots. The theft will stop immediately, but you can move out in 6 months and take the inventory with you to a place where people work.
They are getting there.
Holy carp! They read FR and took it as a suggestion!!!
Vlad, is that you?
Napoleon had balls enough for all of them.
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