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Local business owners and residents urge Porterville to simplify business licenses and permitting
Summary
Several business owners and residents used oral communications to tell the council that Porterville's business-license and permitting processes are slow and inconsistent; staff and managers acknowledged isolated problems and said staff helped resolve at least one case the same day.
Multiple speakers at the June 17 Porterville City Council public-comment period urged the city to simplify business licensing and permitting rules, citing long delays, routing of paperwork through multiple departments and inconsistent requirements.
Darren Garrett described an incident in which a young entrepreneur lost a construction job because the city's licensing process required routing…
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