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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
2
220970
Name:
Waiver of Permit, License, and Business
Registration Fees for Certain Small Businesses
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
9/13/2022
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
11/17/2022
Enactment date:
11/17/2022
231-22
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the program established in Ordinance No. 143-21 waiving certain first-year
permit, license, and business registration fees for certain businesses, retroactive to November 1,
2021, to 1) extend the program through June 30, 2023; 2) increase the gross receipts permissible for
a business to qualify for the tax and fee waiver from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000; 3) remove the
requirement that the business be located on the ground floor; (4) expand the business types covered
by the waiver from commercial businesses in certain Planning Code categories to all commercial
businesses; 5) extend the period for refunds to the later of one year from the date of payment or June
30, 2023; 6) revise the procedures for challenging Tax Collector determinations that a business
improperly claimed a waiver under this Ordinance; 7) increase the gross receipts above which the
waiver would be retroactively revoked from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 in the calendar year of, or in
any calendar year during the three full calendar years following, the date the business commenced
business within San Francisco or opened a new business location for commercial use; and 8) make
other administrative and reporting changes, as defined herein.
Sponsors:
Hillary Ronen, Connie Chan, Ahsha Safai, Matt Dorsey, Rafael Mandelman, Gordon Mar, Catherine
Stefani
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral FYI TTX 091922, 4. Referral SBC 091922, 5. SBC Response
101322, 6. BLA Rpt 101922, 7. Cmte Pkt 101922, 8. TTX Presentation 101922, 9. Leg Ver2, 10. Leg
Dig Ver2, 11. BLA Rpt 102622, 12. Cmte Pkt 102622, 13. Board Pkt 110122, 14. Board Pkt 110822,
15. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
9/13/2022
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
9/19/2022
1
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Small Business Commission
10/13/2022
2
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Budget and Finance Committee
10/19/2022
1
Pass
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Budget and Finance Committee
10/19/2022
2
Pass
RECOMMENDED
Budget and Finance Committee
10/26/2022
2
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
11/1/2022
2
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
11/8/2022
2
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
11/17/2022
2
TRANSMITTED
Clerk of the Board
11/18/2022
2