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San Francisco has seen the largest year-over-year decline in sublease space availability

San Francisco’s Entertainment, Nightlife Businesses Granted Relief

San Francisco will provide $2.5 million in support for entertainment and nightlife venues in the form of additional fee and tax waivers. City Mayor London N. Breed and Treasurer José Cisneros indicated these businesses have been in large part unable to open due to COVID-19 and need assistance now.

Mayor Breed says, “We need to do more to support those businesses that contribute to San Francisco’s unique and vibrant culture, which is a cornerstone for our economic recovery as a city. As we recover and keep up our progress on reopening, we want to make sure these businesses are still around to bring music, performances and excitement, as well as provide jobs for so many.”

The City will provide financial relief for roughly 300 businesses that are permitted as entertainment venues and that have gross receipts of less than $20 million, representing a total of about $2.5 million in support for these businesses. Relief will be provided by waiving these businesses’ regulatory license fees and Business Registration Fees for two years and by waiving their Payroll Expense Taxes for 2020. This is a fee waiver, not a deferral, so businesses will not have to pay back these fees at a later date. Businesses will still be required to file all business tax returns.

Meanwhile, a group of California restaurants filed claims on Monday against the state and against the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, San Diego and Monterey seeking to recover more than $100 million in fees for liquor and health permits and tourism charges. The group says they were hit with assessments even though COVID-19 orders caused them to close businesses, or they were operating on a limited basis. Additional claims are expected to be filed soon for restaurants in San Francisco and in Fresno and Placer counties.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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