. >> but san francisco restaurant owner laurie thomas says help is on the way. the small business administration's restaurant revitalization fund is giving out 28.6 billion dollars in grants to help restaurants and bars recoup their losses. she says the money can be used in a variety of ways. those payroll. there's brent, there's utilities. you can use this for costs help pay purchase you wind your food, your beer. we >> hanging on by a you know, keeping creditors at an arm's length right now and trying keep our landlords from evicting us. and so this is really, really important. san francisco bar owner ben bleiman says bars, especially those not serving food have had an even worse than restaurants. >> and still today with social distancing requirements are hurting. he says getting these grants will definitely provide many a lifeline. we need something between now and we can get back to a busy friday and saturday night standing room only of people worrying for 5 drinks at a time for the friends. that's where we make all from so it's it's really hard going right

. >> but san francisco restaurant owner laurie thomas says help is on the way.ll business administration's restaurant revitalization fund is giving out 28.6 billion dollars in grants to help restaurants and bars recoup their losses. she says the money can be used in a variety of ways. those payroll. there's brent, there's utilities. you can use this for costs help pay purchase you wind your food, your beer. we >> hanging on by a you know, keeping creditors at an arm's length right now and trying keep our landlords from evicting us. and so this is really, really important. san francisco bar owner ben bleiman says bars, especially those not serving food have had an even worse than restaurants. >> and still today with social distancing requirements are hurting. he says getting these grants will definitely provide many a lifeline. we need something between now and we can get back to a busy friday and saturday night standing room only of people worrying for 5 drinks at a time for the friends. that's where we make all from so it's it's really hard going right now. so

. >> but san francisco restaurant owner laurie thomas says help is on the way. small business administration's restaurant revitalization fund is giving out 28.6 billion dollars in grants to help restaurants and bars recoup their losses. she says the money can be used in a variety of ways. those payroll. there's brent, there's utilities. you can use this for vendor costs help pay purchase you wind your food, your beer. we >> hanging on by a you know, keeping creditors at an arm's length right now and trying keep our landlords from evicting us. and so this is really, really important. san francisco bar owner ben bleiman says bars, especially those not serving food have had an even worse than restaurants. >> and still today with social distancing requirements are hurting. he says getting these grants will definitely provide many a lifeline. we need something between now and we can get back to a busy friday and saturday night standing room only and people were in for 5 drinks at a time for the friends. that's where we make all from so it's it's really hard going rig

london breed: thank you, peter, and i want to recognize laurie thomas from the golden gate restaurant association. thank you so much for being here, and i also want to say thank you to the downtown fisherman's wharf, yerba buena, and east court benefit district, the san francisco chamber of commerce, kevin carroll's joining us, s.f. travel, the bar owners association. i think that's you behind that mask. thank you, ben. the directors of all the city departments i mentioned before. also, separately from the city departments i mentioned before, i want to mention the city administrator carmen chiu and the department of public works. i've been wearing a lot of masks during this pandemic. i would say the majority of masks that i wear look like they are very artistic and beautiful, and they usually match my outfits. not as nice as nancy pelosi and the matching of her outfits, but pretty darn close, and the person that makes these masks is an incredible local artist who's really been a fierce advocate for a lot of the programs and the investments that we're making. as a result of her advocac

the owner laurie thomas has lost 15% of her staff.to get into other lines of work. others who are dealing with things like child care issues. she says that even now as they open back up, survival is not a given. >> so much uncertainty still exists, right? we don't really know what's going to happen, and we don't know, are we going to close again in the fall? so there's a lot of uncertainty. sort of post-traumatic stress disorder from what we went through the past 15 months that really still exists for everybody. >> multiply that by an industry in california and nationally that has just been decimated by the pandemic. look at the numbers from the california restaurant association. about one-third of california's 76,000 restaurants and bars closed over the last year and a half. employment cut just about in half. and so what's happening now is the restaurant owners are talking about more relief. remember, there was $28.6 billion in relief that was mandated under the covid relief bill. the restaurant revitalization fund. well, that is alr

. >> but san francisco restaurant owner laurie thomas says help is on the way. the small business administration's restaurant revitalization fund is giving out 28.6 billion dollars in grants to help restaurants and bars recoup their losses. she says the money can be used in a variety of ways those payroll. there's brent, there's utilities you can use this for vendor costs help pay purchase you wind your food, your beer. we >> hanging on by a you know, keeping creditors at an arm's length right now and trying keep our landlords from evicting us. and so this is really, really important. san francisco bar owner ben bleiman says bars, especially those not serving food have had an even worse than restaurants. >> and still today with social distancing requirements are hurting. he says getting these grants will definitely provide many a lifeline. we need something between now and we can get back to a busy friday and saturday night standing room only and people were in for 5 drinks at a time for the friends. that's where we make all from so it's it's really hard going r

. >> but san francisco restaurant owner laurie thomas says help is on the way. the small business administration's restaurant revitalization fund is giving out 28.6 billion dollars in grants to help restaurants and bars recoup their losses. she says the money can be used in a variety of ways those payroll. there's brent, there's utilities you can use this for costs help pay purchase you wind your food, your beer. we >> hanging on by a you know, keeping creditors at an arm's length right now and trying keep our landlords from evicting us. and so this is really, really important. san francisco bar owner ben bleiman says bars, especially those not serving food have had an even worse than restaurants. >> and still today with social distancing requirements are hurting. he says getting these grants will definitely provide many a lifeline. we need something between now and we can get back to a busy friday and saturday night standing room only and people were in for 5 drinks at a time for the friends. that's where we make all from so it's it's really hard going right no

. >> but san francisco restaurant owner laurie thomas says help is on the way.nistration's restaurant revitalization fund is giving out 28.6 billion dollars in grants to help restaurants and bars recoup their losses. she says the money can be used in a variety of ways those payroll. there's brent, there's utilities you can use this for vendor costs help pay to purchase you wind your food, your beer. we >> hanging on by a you know, keeping creditors at an arm's length right now and trying keep our landlords from evicting us. and so this is really, really important. san francisco bar owner ben bleiman says bars, especially those not serving food have had an even worse than restaurants. >> and still today with social distancing requirements are hurting. he says getting these grants will definitely provide many a lifeline. we need something between now and we can get back to a busy friday and saturday night standing room only of people worrying for 5 drinks at a time for the friends. that's where we make all from so it's it's really hard going right now. the only co

london breed: thank you, peter, and i want to recognize laurie thomas from the golden gate restaurantfor being here, and i also want to say thank you to the downtown fisherman's wharf, yerba buena, and east court benefit district, the san francisco chamber of commerce, kevin carroll's joining us, s.f. travel, the bar owners association. i think that's you behind that mask. thank you, ben. the directors of all the city departments i mentioned before. also, separately from the city departments i mentioned before, i want to mention the city administrator carmen chiu and the department of public works. i've been wearing a lot of masks during this pandemic. i would say the majority of masks that i wear look like they are very artistic and beautiful, and they usually match my outfits. not as nice as nancy pelosi and the matching of her outfits, but pretty darn close, and the person that makes these masks is an incredible local artist who's really been a fierce advocate for a lot of the programs and the investments that we're making. as a result of her advocacy, what we're doing in her budge

london breed: thank you, peter, and i want to recognize laurie thomas from the golden gate restaurant association. thank you so much for being here, and i also want to say thank you to the downtown fisherman's wharf, yerba buena, and east court benefit district, the san francisco chamber of commerce, kevin carroll's joining us, s.f. travel, the bar owners association. i think that's you behind that mask. thank you, ben. the directors of all the city departments i mentioned before. also, separately from the city departments i mentioned before, i want to mention the city administrator carmen chiu and the department of public works. i've been wearing a lot of masks during this pandemic. i would say the majority of masks that i wear look like they are very artistic and beautiful, and they usually match my outfits. not as nice as nancy pelosi and the matching of her outfits, but pretty darn close, and the person that makes these masks is an incredible local artist who's really been a fierce advocate for a lot of the programs and the investments that we're making. as a result of her advocac