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Board backs waiver of business-registration and license fees for businesses closed by COVID health orders

3006337 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

The Board approved an ordinance to waive business registration and certain license fees for qualifying small businesses affected by COVID-19, applying to restaurants and businesses ordered closed by health orders. The threshold for eligibility was set at $25 million in gross receipts; board members debated cost estimates and fairness.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Feb. 23 voted unanimously on first reading to waive business registration and certain license fees for qualifying small businesses that were prevented from operating by local COVID-19 health orders.

The ordinance, carried by Supervisor Stephanie, would waive registration and annual license fees and related penalties for two categories: restaurants and businesses that were ordered to shut down by a health order (including salons, barbers, massage therapists, gyms and entertainment venues).…

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