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City adds $500,000 to legacy-business program, pauses new applications until hire

San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission · August 4, 2021
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The Office of Small Business will distribute $400,000 in direct grants to qualifying legacy businesses in FY2021–22 and use $100,000 to hire a temporary staff member to clear application and plaque backlogs; application intake will pause until the new hire is onboarded.

The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission heard on the legacy business program’s new funding from the Board of Supervisors: $500,000 in total, with $400,000 earmarked for direct grants to qualifying legacy businesses and $100,000 to fund a one-time hire to expedite application review and plaque fabrication and distribution. Elizabeth Jean Keer, speaking for the Office of Small Business, said the $400,000 will be administered via a…

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