I can't believe that Yahoo News actually posted this. But shows the hash reality of trying to open a new business in CA. And especially, SF.
He tried, and he failed. But the worst part is he never got a chance to even start. And now he’s got a $200,000 debt to pay off.
That’s the story of Jason Yu, a 30-year-old father of two who had the audacity to attempt to open up an ice cream shop in San Francisco’s Mission District. Unfortunately, the city got in his way.
As reported by San Francisco Chronicle, Yu started his project – a shop that sold green-tea-flavored ice cream – in late 2018, and ultimately found a location in mid-2019 where he got to work. After committing to a lease ($7,300 a month – this is San Francisco, remember?) he hired an architect to draw up plans for the space, which proposed no structural changes or modifications.
Then the city stepped in.
What he encountered was a byzantine permitting process that sucked all the money out of his wallet.
The article does say that perhaps the local politicians are waking up to the problem. But to honest, I doubt it. You need to vote these people out and then ban them from ever setting foot in the city ever again,
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