At the last public meeting, I requested that Conditional Use Authorization (CUA) for Bars, Restaurants and Entertainment Venues with ABC licenses be removed from the Planning Code on all citywide commercial corridors.

There's a bogus cap on the number of eating and drinking places in the Mission ONLY. This cap creates fear and red tape for new businesses and should be removed from the Mission Street corridor!

Mission was left out in 2020 out of Prop H (“Save our Small Businesses”), a carveout decided behind closed doors! Community Business Priority Processing Program (“CB3P”) is also not available in the Mission. We are claiming to streamline while doing NOTHING!

Supervisor’s offices, in conjunction with non-profits, make decisions for small businesses in the name of “community”. With due respect to some of the staff members of these organizations, they are holding small businesses, entertainment and service industry workers back.

Why is the process of opening a restaurant, bar or a music venue the same as large scale urban agriculture, hotels, hospitals and gas stations? Service and entertainment industry workers need jobs, NOW!!!!

Why are we consulting organizations who have absolutely no idea how to open, operate and thrive as a small business? Let alone understand the economy and what it means to be sitting for months if not years, burning cash and not creating jobs?

CUA process is in place because a nonprofit doesn’t like your wall colors or food menu, or a neighbor doesn’t like the type of music business plays, or a competing business doesn’t want to see you succeed? How is this even allowed? Who is supporting this?

Oh and god forbid if two techies meet at a random cafe a decade ago, that is now tarred for some activist groups who will use the weaponized CUA to bring down the cafe, its owner and workers. How's this ok? See:

These political power plays and their decision-making for commercial corridors are unethical and abuse their positions to obtain an undue advantage. They are not helping the growth of our community, they are harming the service workers who are majority immigrants and creatives.

If you’re a business owner on Mission corridor and want to see real change in our city, please reach out to me and let’s organize. If you otherwise care for the welfare of the Mission and our beloved City, do support and listen to real business owners and not phony nonprofits.

If you agree with me and you live, work or come to the Mission for other reasons, please take 5 minutes to fill this form and send to one more person who is interested in helping our sunny Mission. Thank you,

@nazkhorram @sfbos San Francisco owes you for continuing to push this issue to the forefront.

@nazkhorram @sfbos What restaurants need more traffic?? Let me Know so I can send my followers there and support local businesses.

@nazkhorram @sfbos Thank you for speaking out! I didn't realize prop H excluded the mission.

@nazkhorram @sfbos Shout it from the rooftops. Thank you for speaking out on these important issues. You're a champ!

@nazkhorram @sfbos 100%! Thank you for being such a powerful voice for small business, hospitality, and nightlife. At a time when we should be making it as easy as possible to start and grow a small business, our city continues to erect needless barriers