I'm confused...
So, I'm reading through the November 7 voter information pamphlet and something catches my eye as a little odd.
Proposition F...
Summary: This proposition requires businesses to provide employees one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked. There would be a cap of 40 hours for businesses with less than 10 employees and a cap of 72 hours for all others.
On the surface this seems like a mediocre, somewhat anti-business proposition because it represents an additional required costs for doing business in the city. It was put on the ballot by Daly, Ammiano, Maxwell, Mirkarimi and McGoldrick. I can only assume that these supervisors are aware of the anti-business nature of the proposition and felt it should be added to the ballot anyway. It is opposed by the SF Chamber of Commerce, the Haight Ashbury Improvement Association, Marina Merchants Association, Inner Sunset Merchants Association, the Greater Geary Boulevard Marchants Association and the SF Council of District Merchants Association. I'm guessing these groups represent a pretty good cross-section of business interests in SF.
Proposition G...
Summary: I will call the "The Anti-Walgreens" proposition, or TAW for short. TAW would amend the city's Planning Code for NCDs (neighborhood commercial districts) where formula retail use is currently permitted to require a Planning Commission hearing for approval of a conditional use authorization before an establishment can proceed. TAW would also allow the Board of Supervisors to adopt more restrictive criteria for conditional use authorization for formula retail or to prohibit formula retail in any NCD.
Ironically, the very first sentence in the voter pamphlet in support of TAW says this:
Yes on The Small Business Protection Act! It goes on to say this: Small businesses employ more than half of the City's workforce and are the linchpin of San Francisco's economy. Proposition G helps to ensure their survival by preventing monopolization. Who signed their names at the end of this?? You guessed it, Ammiano, Daly, and Miriarimi.
So, lets do the math. Daly & Co. support the passage of an anti-small business proposition (F) but at the same time supprt the passage of another proposition that supposedly favors small businesses (TAW, err... Prop G).
Proposition F...
Summary: This proposition requires businesses to provide employees one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked. There would be a cap of 40 hours for businesses with less than 10 employees and a cap of 72 hours for all others.
On the surface this seems like a mediocre, somewhat anti-business proposition because it represents an additional required costs for doing business in the city. It was put on the ballot by Daly, Ammiano, Maxwell, Mirkarimi and McGoldrick. I can only assume that these supervisors are aware of the anti-business nature of the proposition and felt it should be added to the ballot anyway. It is opposed by the SF Chamber of Commerce, the Haight Ashbury Improvement Association, Marina Merchants Association, Inner Sunset Merchants Association, the Greater Geary Boulevard Marchants Association and the SF Council of District Merchants Association. I'm guessing these groups represent a pretty good cross-section of business interests in SF.
Proposition G...
Summary: I will call the "The Anti-Walgreens" proposition, or TAW for short. TAW would amend the city's Planning Code for NCDs (neighborhood commercial districts) where formula retail use is currently permitted to require a Planning Commission hearing for approval of a conditional use authorization before an establishment can proceed. TAW would also allow the Board of Supervisors to adopt more restrictive criteria for conditional use authorization for formula retail or to prohibit formula retail in any NCD.
Ironically, the very first sentence in the voter pamphlet in support of TAW says this:
Yes on The Small Business Protection Act! It goes on to say this: Small businesses employ more than half of the City's workforce and are the linchpin of San Francisco's economy. Proposition G helps to ensure their survival by preventing monopolization. Who signed their names at the end of this?? You guessed it, Ammiano, Daly, and Miriarimi.
So, lets do the math. Daly & Co. support the passage of an anti-small business proposition (F) but at the same time supprt the passage of another proposition that supposedly favors small businesses (TAW, err... Prop G).
posted by Help SF at 12:34 PM
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