Support the legislation to cut red tape and fill vacant storefronts on Van Ness!

The Van Ness commercial corridor (between O'Farrell and Broadway) is suffering from many commercial vacancies, which blights the neighborhood, reduces foot traffic, deters tourism, and harms residents. The vacancies tend to be large footprint storefronts which are especially hard for small businesses to fill. Chain stores are a natural fit for these storefronts, but they must go through a process that can take 12+ months and they can get rejected. This is an unfortunate deterrent to livening up the corridor. Recently, large retailers like AMC movie theaters, Staples, and Walgreens have left the corridor.

Fortunately, area Supervisors Stephen Sherrill and Danny Sauter have introduced legislation to streamline approvals and encourage more retailers to move into these empty storefronts. We think this is a great idea nad we