Small stores won’t have to compete with big grocery stores that come in and out of their neighborhood. You don’t understand what’s happening in SF. You’re just hating on a law that’s trying to help a difficult situation, without actually understanding the context. I don’t see any drawbacks to trying it, and there is a lot to gain.

And honestly, I looked for the wording of the law but wasn’t able to find it. So I don’t know how you can say that it’s extremely open to liability. They have to provide spaces for community conversations, and put in a good-faith effort to make sure there is a replacement, and give six months notice before closing. Super reasonable, and not millions of dollars work of worth. Over time, what qualifies as a good-faith effort will be worked out through the courts (or perhaps is already defined in the law, we don’t know). You’re pulling numbers out of your ass to make an argument that this law is too much of a deterrent. Super gross.