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Small‑business working group urges permit transfers, fee reviews and expanded outreach to immigrant merchants
Summary
A Small Business Commission working group presented 15 recommendations to the Board through the committee, urging easier transfer rules for tobacco retail permits, interagency outreach and language-access improvements, fee waivers for micro‑businesses, and expanded grant programs to help corner stores weather pandemic-era losses.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on Dec. 10 received a report from the Small Business Commission and Office of Small Business outlining 15 recommendations intended to reduce regulatory burdens on small grocers and corner stores.
Dominica Donovan, senior policy analyst at the Office of Small Business, said the working group — convened before the pandemic and including merchants, merchant associations and city agencies — proposed pragmatic…
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