And idiot politicians like Kamala Harris that decriminalize crime, threaten police, defend police, and produce cashless bail.
Such policies have now led to nine Starbucks closing in The City - those menial jobs that liberal elites hate, gone.
SF GATE: Untenable': Berkeley Bowl, Boichik decry ballot measure that could ruin them"If passed, Measure GG would, beginning in January, impose a tax of $2.96 for every 100 cubic feet of gas consumed for buildings in Berkeley that are 15,000 square feet or larger. That includes restaurants, grocery stores and other businesses that use natural gas for heating, cooking and refrigeration.
"Natural gas costs fluctuate, but in the Berkeley area, the range is $1.50-$2.60 per therm. As the measure states, the $2.96-per-therm tax would increase by 6% each year, plus inflation, expiring in 2050....
"Barry Braden, CEO and co-founder of Berkeley-headquartered Fieldwork Brewing Company, predicts he'd have to move his production and manufacturing out of the city where it got its start nearly a decade ago. "It's a disaster. It's just bad policy," he said. "It's an immediate increase of $110,000 across the year for us."
"Fieldwork has already moved 60% of production and 12 warehouse operations and sales jobs out of Berkeley due to not just the rising costs of doing business there, Braden said, but also the persistence of homeless encampments that are impeding traffic to the brewery and other businesses and posing health and safety concerns."
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/berkeley-bowl-boichik-decry-measure-gg-19845333.php