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Rules Committee Advances Small Business Commission Reappointments, Urges Stronger Outreach to Micro and Latino Businesses
Summary
Supervisors advanced two Small Business Commission reappointments to the Board and pressed commissioners to increase outreach to micro and immigrant‑run businesses, and discussed a potential modest business registration fee to bolster the Office of Small Business.
The Rules Committee on April 1 moved multiple Small Business Commission reappointment items to the full Board and used the hearing to press commissioners and applicants on outreach to small and micro businesses, permitting streamlining and the commission’s role in supporting minority entrepreneurs.
The committee took up the mayor’s reappointment of Luke O’Brien (item 4) and heard more than half a dozen witnesses who described his engagement on permits, the soft‑story seismic retrofit initiative and Small Business Week outreach. Supporters said O’Brien brought private‑sector permitting experience to the commission; a written statement from O’Brien (read…
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