Tomorrow, March 24, 2020, the Board of Supervisors (Board) will take action on a Board Letter introduced by Supervisor Kristin Gaspar and myself to defer fees collected by the Department of Environmental Health from March 1, 2020 through August 30, 2020 for restaurants and bar businesses impacted by the Health Order. Fees to be deferred include annual food facility health permit fees, late fees, and plan check correction fee. This applies to all restaurants including cities and the unincorporated areas!
The cost savings range from $200 to $1,930 per establishment. The request also asks all County departments to analyze local regulations that may be barriers for businesses to reopen when the Health Order is lifted and report back to the Board with solutions to reduce or remove those barriers.
Earlier today, I was joined by Supervisor Gaspar, San Diego City Councilman, Chris Cate, Jeff Rossman (California Restaurant Association), Phil Pace (Owner of Phil’s BBQ), Daniel Fitzgerald (Associate Regional Director of the San Diego & Imperial S-B-D-C Network), Debra Rosen (President & CEO of the North San Diego Business Chamber), Jim Floros (President & CEO of San Diego Food Bank) for a press conference.
