The coronavirus crisis could permanently close 30 percent of California’s restaurants (Via EaterSF)
Also in the CRA’s list of demands: mandated changes to insurance laws to ensure payouts for shutdown-related business interruptions, postponements of property tax payments, deferrals for sales/payroll tax and “all annual State, County and City license fees,” and a freeze on “unemployment insurance rate increases due to employers being forced to unexpectedly lay off exceedingly high numbers of people.
In addition, the CRA asks that a statewide anti-eviction policy be enacted for all restaurant leases; that utilities like gas, electric, and telecommunications shouldn’t be cut-off for non-payment; and that credit card payment processors should be called upon to waive or refund fees related to “large events that were cancelled due to state closure orders.
And don’t assume that a local restaurant doesn’t need the dough just because it’s busy with delivery and takeout. Stacy Jed, the president of the GGRA and the owner of, tells Eater SF that restaurateurs she’s spoken to who have shifted to takeout and delivery are making so little money — barely enough to cover labor and food costs — that it seems the decision to stay open is “not a business decision, but kind of a morale decision.
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