12/10/2023 0 Comments Edward siuThis request will bring our neighbors around the city returning to shop and enjoy our restaurant in Chinatown. To offer free shuttle bus from different neighborhoods (Sunset, Richmond, Oceanview, and others) to Chinatown. It will cut down drivers, or visitors coming in San Francisco.Ħ. Disagree to extend parking meter enforcement on Sunday and extension from 6-9 pm on Monday to Saturday and SundayĪny parking meter extension is hurting our business in San Francisco. By reducing the parking lot tax rate will encourage parking lot owners to reduce their price therefore, more private parking spaces will be affortable to the public in our area.ĥ. Parking lot surcharge tax is too high in San Francisco which forces parking lot owners to increase their parking fee. It helps many merchants to have a tax cut, so they can use the funds to contribute back to our Chinatown community. Some merchants request to increase the current Gross Sales Tax pay from One Million to Two Million. To increase Gross Sales tax up to two million instead of one million If the city continues to ignore this issue, our community will take the necessary actions to protect our people.ģ. We hope that the city is able to provide support. Please give us suggestions and help us to fight against this law. Therefore, the same groups of criminals return to prey on the community. There is a lack of a deterrent for these crimes. When culprits are caught, the only response from the city is to issue citations. Our concern comes from the response to these crimes by the city. Under Prop 47 small businesses are the victim who could not afford to lose merchandise even if it is under $950. Criminals are protected by Prop 47 who would only be charged for stealing merchandises over $950. It is often young adults, and teenagers who target women and small businesses. Starting about two years ago, Chinatown became the victim of Prop 47. We need more oversight to secure our business and our neighborhood. To increase police forces in order to prevent crimeĬrime is one of the major problems in Chinatown. There are people living on the street who need help, and there is a lack of a response from the cityĢ. This issue is causing fear among residents, visitors, business owners, and property owners. We are dealing with homelessness, and people who may need help with mental illness in Chinatown. Homelessness / mental disorder people destroy business in Chinatown! Merchants in Chinatown answered the above questions and have suggested the following feedbacks which will help their business and safety in their community:ġ. Second set of questions: How can the city government help your business? Do you believe that the city government should pay more attention, and provide more grants to support our small businesses in Chinatown? We asked merchants to consider two sets of questions:įirst set of questions: What is the underlying problem Chinatown faces? What can we, the merchants, do in order to bring more customers to Chinatown? Do you support the action of having more advertisements, and road signs that would lead people to Chinatown? We have considered the suggestions of merchants from different types of businesses such as: restaurants, tea shops, ice cream shops, salons, skincare, massage parlors, supermarkets, seafood markets, herbal shops, tourist shops, gift shops, jewelers, and electronic stores. Our members are merchants who own businesses in Chinatown. We have collected information from our Chinatown merchants, and decided to propose the following requests in hopes to improve the businesses and the safety of our community. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to express our concerns and feedbacks regarding safety, business, and health issues in our Chinatown community. It has been our pleasure meeting you, and Calvin on February 28, 2020. On March 4, 2020, CMUASF wrote a letter on behalf of its members to the district supervisor Aaron Peskin.
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