California is home to over 90,000 restaurants, bars and nightclubs generating $97Billion to the States economy and 1.9 million jobs in 2019 – 11% job employment.
- Los Angeles had over 27,000 restaurants and bars, over 300,000 employees and over 18million in annual sales in 2018 and growing.
- With such a sizeable contribution to the State’s economic vitality, there is a resounding need to prioritize and assure sustainability of these industries making them profitable and efficient while still meeting the community’s needs and creating jobs.
- The goal of adopting a Night Mayor Program is to establish a point person to better understand the industry’s concerns, implement and streamline a fair and successful permitting process along with implementing attainable regulatory policies and procedures that meet both the industry and the communities needs.