The request is intended to provide relief to San Diego s local restaurant industry.
Council President Pro Tem Stephen Whitburn, together with Councilmembers Marni von Wilpert and Raul Campillo, sent a memo this week to Mayor Todd Gloria asking him to consider enacting an executive order to place a Temporary Fee Cap on third party delivery services operating in the City of San Diego. Such a measure would provide needed relief to the city’s restaurateurs who are relying on take-out and delivery services as their sole source of revenue while the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders are in effect.
The three councilmembers joined together in support of this issue after hearing from many local restaurant owners that the fees charged by third-party delivery services such as DoorDash, Postmates, and UberEats were creating a greatdeal of economic hardship. Capping these fees on the delivery services will result in additional income going into the pockets of San Diego’s small business owner
San Diego resumes efforts to create city-run public bank [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
San Diego city leaders want to explore creating California’s first government-run public bank, which could loan out tens of millions of dollars in city reserves for projects related to affordable housing, climate change, social equity or other goals.
A supermajority of City Council members recently asked Mayor Todd Gloria to hire an economist to write a proposed business plan for a public bank to assess the feasibility of the proposal and evaluate any risks.
Because such a study was requested by six of nine council members, Independent Budget Analyst Andrea Tevlin has launched a separate analysis so she can help guide the council on the issue.
Gloria's planned action is in response to a request from 3 council members who say many restaurateurs feel the fees are a financial burden at a time when eateries can't offer in-person dining
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San Diego city leaders want to explore creating California’s first government-run public bank, which could loan out tens of millions of dollars in city reserves for projects related to affordable housing, climate change, social equity or other goals.
A supermajority of City Council members recently asked Mayor Todd Gloria to hire an economist to write a proposed business plan for a public bank to assess the feasibility of the proposal and evaluate any risks.
Because such a study was requested by six of nine council members, Independent Budget Analyst Andrea Tevlin has launched a separate analysis so she can help guide the council on the issue.
Updated on January 22, 2021 at 8:43 am
Several San Diego City Councilmembers asked Mayor Todd Gloria to use an executive action to place a cap on third-party delivery services fees Thursday, with the intention of helping struggling businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Councilmembers Stephen Whitburn, Marni von Wilpert and Raul Campillo sent a memo to Gloria Thursday urging him to use his power as mayor to restrict high fees from applications such as DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub, which charge fees to the restaurant for pickup and delivery. These third-party apps began taking advantage of the on-site dining prohibition by charging restaurants delivery fees of over 30% of the total order, creating an economic hardship, they wrote.