March 14, 2011
Formula Food For You But Not For Fido Along Geary As Proposed
It’s a relatively quiet day for San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee with only two items on its regular agenda, a resolution related to proposed water pipelines and another informational hearing on the proposed Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island Redevelopment Project.
In terms of legislation in the works, the item headline that couldn’t help but catch our eye: Prohibiting Formula Retail Pet Supply Stores in the Geary Boulevard Fast Food Subdistrict.
∙ Land Use and Economic Development Committee Agenda: 3/14/11 [sfbos.org]
∙ The (SOM) Master Plan For San Francisco’s Treasure Island [SocketSite]
∙ Prohibiting Formula Retail Pet Supply Stores Along Geary [sfbos.org]
First Published: March 14, 2011 9:00 AM
Comments from "Plugged In" Readers
Hmmm... Could this measure have been proposed by a current non-formula purveyor of pet food in the neighborhood?
Posted by: diemos at March 14, 2011 9:34 AM
Don't you just love the jargon?
"Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco"
Somehow I have the feeling that the People would not ordain half the nonsense the Supervisors inflict on us.
Posted by: conifer at March 14, 2011 10:40 AM
Hmmm... Could this measure have been proposed by a current non-formula purveyor of pet food in the neighborhood?
Or perhaps by their customers who appreciate the wide range of products at lower prices.
Posted by: BobN at March 14, 2011 11:28 AM
Only in the People's Republic of Yerba Buena do you have NIMBYs trying to keep a pet store out of a fast food subdistrict, along with the irony of naming a subdistrict after what's not allowed in it.
Posted by: sfrenegade at March 14, 2011 12:52 PM
Does it bother anyone else that a group of store owners are using Supervisor Happy Meal to erect a Berlin Wall to keep more efficient competitors out? First kids, and next dogs will be priced out of San Francisco....
Posted by: Empnor at March 15, 2011 9:18 AM
I think the fast food subdistrict is around 4th-12th - KFC, taco bell, jack-in the-box... There's a nice little fantastically overpriced pet shop on geary around 12th that's pushing this measure.
Posted by: Stu at March 16, 2011 11:03 AM
I like the store at 12th and Geary. It isn't overpriced and I want the big box stores to stay in the burbs where they belong with the rest of the non-culture.
Posted by: Tony at April 24, 2011 5:45 PM
Who says a better pet store needs to be a big box store? There are plenty of non-big box pet stores in the Bay Area, shockingly many in the suburbs, that are far better than some of the overpriced pet stores I've seen in SF.
Posted by: sfrenegade at April 25, 2011 2:08 PM
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