Los Angeles Has Apparently Decided that Small Business Must Go

Communists hate small business people.

Part 1: City of Angels Puts Business Owners Through Hell - Ignoring Open-Air Fentanyl Markets and Samurai Sword-Wielding Homeless.

On Saturday afternoon, a business owner in his 50s was stabbed to death during an attempted robbery on the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Two teens were taken into custody. Unfortunately, this type of story has become all too common in the City of Angels, and in this report, we discuss how criminals have taken over formerly safe neighborhoods and businesses.

Part one brings you the story of Paul Scrivano, a restaurant owner, and reminds you of the plight of Angela Marsden, a bar owner, who LA made shut down her inside and outside dining, and then used a parking lot near her business to set up catering tents, and outdoor dining, for a movie production. (All animals are euqal, but some animals get to have outdoor dining and some don't.)

And that bit also starts to talk about life after COVID, where homelessness and drug use are part of the background of life in LA.

California’s leaders have failed small business owners. Angela Marsden and Paul Scrivano are just two of many battling worse than third-world conditions outside their establishments

Part 2: Criminals, Homeless, and Big Labor Thrive While LA Businesses Are Crippled by Government.

Part 2 details more of life after COVID with the city ignoring crime, but not ignoring petty regulations. (They are bureaucrats, after all.)

Now, we bring you details on some of the policies, regulations, and laws that are making the lives of small-businesses owners even more of a misery.

I spoke with Marsden Friday afternoon. When I walked into her Pineapple Hill Saloon and Grill, was she overseeing the staff? Checking on the kitchen? No, she was dealing with yet another demand about posted notices. The city is unable to keep the streets outside her establishment safe, or remove the dangerous homeless people harassing her patrons and staff, but they’ll always find time to nitpick from their giant list of infractions.

Go read both parts. They are a bit on the long side, but worth it. Grab a coffee.