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Supervisors press mayor’s office to speed legacy business registry after months of delays
Summary
Dozens of long-running businesses and nonprofits told the committee that the Legacy Business Registry and Fund (Prop J) has been slow to launch; OEWD and the mayor's budget office committed staff and funding steps, and the committee ordered written status reports and a follow-up hearing in two weeks to clear the backlog.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee held a lengthy hearing on implementing the Legacy Business Registry and the accompanying grant fund created by Proposition J. Supervisor David Campos, the author of the registry, said the voters had authorized the program but "not a single" nomination had been forwarded to the Historic Preservation Commission despite more than 55 nominations, describing the delay as a form of broken promise to voters.
Dozens of legacy business owners and nonprofit leaders testified about lease insecurity, missed deadlines and apparent nonresponsiveness from the Office of Small Business (OSB). Speakers included Nikki Cooper (2 Jacks), Dan Macchiarini (Macchiarini Creative Design),…
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