San Francisco Small Business Community: Rising Costs and Zoning Changes Threaten Our Displacement

Concerned about the future of all the small businesses that make San Francisco so unique? Meet with us to discuss business protection options for the bars, restaurants, bookstores, salons and retail shops that make this city special.

We will be hearing from small business owners and city leaders, including:

• President of the Board of Supervisors Aaron Peskin
• Nick Parker, Owner Mercury Cafe
• Christin Evans, Co-owner Booksmith and Alembic
• Yolanda Porrata, Owner VERA Skin Studio
• Justin Dolezal, Co-owner Bar Part Time

We will be discussing small business protection options, including:

• Pres. Peskin's proposal to add conditional use for legacy businesses.
• Other policy ideas to prevent small business displacement being explored by Small Business Forward

Come ready to ask questions and/or share your ideas and pinch points. There will be city leaders, other small business folks, and people interested in the issue there.

Let’s keep what we can of the San Francisco small business community, every one of us is important here.