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Business For Good San Diego

Uniting business owners to drive policy that improves San Diego for all.

Why Public Policy

We know that good, equitable policy directly impacts our businesses’ bottom line. When our communities thrive, so do we. We support the communities that support us.

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Action Areas

We focus on shaping policy in the four areas we believe are most crucial to improving the health, well-being and livelihood of our local communities.

Business For Good San Diego provides me with a voice and a collective power to pursue values and ideas, and policies that benefit my business and the social health of my community.

Juan Pablo Sanchez, Owner, Super Cocina

The Impact

Business For Good leads San Diego County in shaping local policy that works for everyone. Here are our notable victories.

First annual (Doing) Business For Good Summit - Friday, November 4th, 10AM-6PM @ Bread & Salt

Second-Annual (Doing) Business For Good Summit

2023

Hosts our second-annual Summit to bring together even more purpose-driven local business owners, individuals, nonprofits, and public sector entities to connect, learn, and grow

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Citizenship Drives

2023

Funds our grantee, Employee Rights Center, with resources to host Citizenship Drive Workshops that give eligible local immigrant entrepreneurs free legal assessments and paperwork filing assistance to become naturalized citizens

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Inaugural (Doing) Business For Good Summit

2022

Hosts our first annual Summit to bring together individuals, local business owners, nonprofits, and public sector entities to connect, learn, and grow

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Repeal of the People’s Ordinance

2022

Supports the passing of San Diego Ballot Measure B, repealing the century-old law requiring the City to pay for the trash collection of single-family homeowners, freeing up $50M a year to be spent on other priorities

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Homes for All of Us

2022

Supports initiative to make it easier to build new homes in the city that all San Diegans can afford, as a response to the housing affordability crisis

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Founding Partner of San Diego Food Justice Project

2022

Founds San Diego Food Justice Project with 4 other partners and provides $35k in business start-up training, mentorship, and technical assistance to local Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOS)

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Climate Action Plan

2022

Works with Mayor Todd Gloria’s advising team to develop and support San Diego’s landmark 2022 Climate Action Plan to take bold steps toward a more sustainable place to live, work, and play

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Revitalizing Restaurants

2021

Works with Biden Administration to establish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and High Road Restaurants nationwide, distributing $3M+ in grants to independent restaurants across the U.S., including 6 in San Diego

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Local Business Recovery from COVID Closures

2021

Works with local San Diego businesses to consult, apply for, and receive PPP loans, EIDL loans, and ERTC to keep their doors open and employees paid

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Members Represent BFG Across San Diego

2020

Members join the Small Business Advisory, Joint Powers Authority, and Mayor’s Back To Work Taskforce to advocate for socially equitable policies

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Measure E Passes

2020

Advocates for passing San Diego Ballot Measure E to revitalize local business and economic development in the Midway-Pacific District by removing the 30-foot building height limit

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Page 30 Coalition

2020

Joins Page  30  Coalition to champion the underserved and rural communities called out in CARES legislation (COVID relief) and beyond

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High Road Kitchens

2020

BFG co-founder Mikey Knab establishes High Road Kitchens to provide immediate jobs for restaurant workers during COVID & a subsidy for restaurant owners who commit to livable wages and increased equity

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Community Choice Energy

2019

Helps lead the charge in creating a Community Choice Energy Program for all who live in San Diego, allowing for cleaner, more affordable energy options

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ISDF Coalition Partnership

2018

Partners with Invest in San Diego Families (ISDF) Coalition to fight for an economy and government that puts power into the hands of regular people

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Homelessness Toolkit

2018

Develops a toolkit for local businesses to guide interaction and outreach with our unsheltered community members

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 Styrofoam Ban

2018

Initiates policy to ban the use and sale of harmful styrofoam products in the City of San Diego, which is enacted as law on April 1, 2023

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Welcoming San Diego

2017

Establishes a multi-sector effort to advance our community’s integration of immigrants and refugees, leading to the City launching the Welcoming San Diego initiative and the Welcoming San Diego Strategic Plan

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Commercial Composting

2017

Supports local policy that allows small-scale community composting, forging the path for the City of San Diego’s now mandated organic waste recycling program

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