Legacy Business Program: Business Stabilization Grant Application
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Use this form if you provided a San Francisco Legacy Business with a new long-term lease of 10 or more years or extended an existing lease with a Legacy Business to 10 or more years.
Legacy Business Basics
Name of Legacy Business (Tenant):
Address of Legacy Business:
e.g. 300 Market St.
* - indicates required field
Confirming Eligibility
Is your tenant on the Legacy Business Registry?
Yes
No
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NOTE - Applicant must certify that it is a Qualified Landlord to a Registered Legacy Business as defined in Administrative Code Section 2A.242(b)
Does the lease with the Legacy Business have a term of at least 10 years or have you extended the term of the lease to at least 10 years?
Yes
No
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NOTE - Applicant must certify that on or after January 1, 2016, Applicant entered into an agreement with the Legacy Business in which Applicant leases real property in San Francisco to the Legacy Business for a term of at least 10 years or extended the term of the Legacy Business' existing lease to at least 10 years.
A “10-year lease” is defined as a lease for a full 10 years, or a lease with renewal option(s) that add up to 10 years (e.g., a five-year lease with a five-year option to renew). For a lease with renewal option(s), any number of years for which the Legacy Business has an option to renew the lease shall count towards the term of the lease, provided that the option to renew can be exercised at the Legacy Business’ sole discretion.
Are you a department, agency, commission, or other government entity within the City and County of San Francisco; other local, state, or federal government entity; or special district?
Yes
No
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NOTE - Applicant may not be a department, agency, commission, or other entity within the City and County of San Francisco (including, but not limited to, the Real Estate Division, the Port of San Francisco or the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency).
Applicant may not be any other local, state, or federal government; any entity within any other local, state, or federal government; or any special district created by state law (including, but not limited to, the Bay Area Rapid Transit District).
Do you have any ownership interest in the Legacy Business?
Yes
No
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NOTE - Applicant must not be related by ownership, either directly or indirectly, to the Legacy Business to which Applicant leases the property. Applicant is related by ownership to the Legacy Business if any of the following criteria are satisfied:
A) Applicant holds any ownership interest in the Legacy Business; or
B) The Legacy Business holds any ownership interest in Applicant; or
C) A third-party entity holds an ownership interest in both the Legacy Business and Applicant; or
D) Applicant holds any beneficial interest in any entity (including, but not limited to, a beneficial interest in a trust) that holds an ownership interest in the Legacy Business; or
E) The Legacy Business holds any beneficial interest in any entity (including, but not limited to, a beneficial interest in a trust) that holds an ownership interest in Applicant
F) Applicant, or any person who holds an ownership or beneficial interest in Applicant, must not be in an immediate family relationship with any person who holds an ownership or beneficial interest in the Legacy Business. The phrase “immediate family relationship” includes the relationships between spouses, domestic partners, parents or guardians and children (including step-parents and step-children, or adoptive parents and adoptive children), grandparents and grandchildren, siblings (including step-siblings or adoptive siblings), aunts or uncles and nieces or nephews, great-aunts or great-uncles and grand-nieces or grand-nephews, and first or second cousins. The phrase also includes the relationship with the parent, grandparent, or sibling of one’s spouse or domestic partner, or the spouse or domestic partner of one’s child, grandchild, or sibling.
Is this a "leaseback" arrangement, where the Legacy Business used to own the property?
Yes
No
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NOTE - Applicant may not have entered into a lease agreement with a Legacy Business that had previously owned the real property that is the subject of that lease agreement (e.g., leaseback arrangement).
You are not eligible for the Business Stabilization Grant. If you have questions, please contact legacybusiness@sfgov.org
Property Owner Information
First Name
You may leave this blank if the property is owned by a business
Last Name
You may leave this blank if the property is owned by a business
Business Name
You may leave this blank if the property is owned by an individual(s)
Address
Street Address
City
State
Zip Code
e.g. ##### or #####-####
Phone
e.g. ###-###-####
Email
Business Account Number
A current San Francisco business registration is required for this grant. Find your BAN on the Business Registration Certificate from the Treasurer & Tax Collector, or search for it
here
:
For the BAN provided, how many employees does your business have?
Are you registered as a Supplier with the City and County of San Francisco?
Yes
No
Unsure
What is your Supplier number?
You will eventually need a Supplier ID in order to receive a Business Stabilization Grant. Click "Next Page" to continue.
Applicant Contact Information
Please fill out contact information about the person who is completing this form.
First Name
Last Name
Phone
e.g. ###-###-####
Email
Lease Details
Lease Type
Which type of lease are you applying with?
New Lease
Lease Extension
New lease term start date
New lease term end date
Original lease term start date
Original lease term end date
If you've had numerous lease extensions, please list the most recent
Extended lease end date
What is the square footage of the leased space?
The “square footage of the leased space” is the total square footage of the improvements in San Francisco leased to the Legacy Business from which the Legacy Business operates its business. The Applicant (property owner) can certify the square footage by providing in the lease a specific section(s) that separately denotes the square footage of the “improvements area” and “common area” of the leased space, or in an addendum signed by both the Applicant and Legacy Business.
What page(s) in the lease can we find the square footage?
Grant Details
This is the auto calculation of the award amount you could be potentially eligible for.
The grant allocation is based on $4.50 per square foot, up to a maximum of 5,000 square feet, per location of the improvements area leased to the Legacy Business from which the Legacy Business operates its business in San Francisco, except that the total grants paid to all Qualified Landlords in a fiscal year shall not exceed the appropriations into the Legacy Business Assistance Program Fund. The grant is an annual grant with a maximum grant amount of $22,500 ($4.50/sq. ft. x 5,000 sq. ft.)
What percentage or amount of the eligible annual grant will you share with the Legacy Business?
You are required to share at least 50% of the grant with the Legacy Business
How will the Legacy Business receive their portion of the grant?
Direct Payment
Rent Reduction
Other
If other, please describe
Legal Terms
(* all required)
Sanctions for Willful or Material Misrepresentation
I certify that if I willfully or materially misrepresents any information in any application for a Business Stabilization Grant, the Office of Small Business may terminate any pending grant to me, order me to return any grants previously awarded and/or prohibit me (conditionally or otherwise) from applying for future grants for any period of time, and take any other legal action the Office of Small Business deems necessary.
Yes, I certify
No Amounts Owed to the City
I certify that the Applicant (property owner) does not owe any amount to the City as a result of fines, penalties, interest, assessments, taxes, fees, or any other financial obligations imposed by law, regulation, or contract that were delinquent as of the date of application for this grant.
Yes, I certify
No Determinations or Violations of Any of City Labor Laws
I certify that the Applicant (property owner) has no current determinations or violation of any of the City’s labor laws and/or does not owe any outstanding penalties or payments ordered by the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE).
Yes, I certify
Lease Cancellation
I certify that the Applicant (property owner) has not cancelled an existing lease or lease extension that was ineligible for a Business Stabilization Grant and executed a new lease or lease extension that is eligible for a Business Stabilization Grant for the sole purpose of applying for and receiving a grant.
Yes, I certify
Retroactivity
I understand that the Business Stabilization Grant shall be retroactive to the fiscal year (July through June) in which the Legacy Business was listed on the Legacy Business Registry. For example, if the Legacy Business was listed on the Legacy Business Registry in November 2024, which is fiscal year 2024-25 (July through June), and the qualifying lease is a new 10-year lease that commenced July 1, 2023, and ends June 30, 2033, Applicant would be eligible to apply for 9 years’ of grants retroactive to July 1, 2024, the same fiscal year the Legacy Business was listed on the Legacy Business Registry.
Yes, I understand
Advance Payments
I understand that the Applicant (property owner) may receive a Business Stabilization Grant as early as the fiscal year in which the lease or lease extension is executed, even if the lease or lease extension does not take effect until a later fiscal year. Applicant need not wait for the qualifying lease or lease extension to take effect before applying for or receiving a Business Stabilization Grant. The maximum allowable time between Applicant receiving a grant and the qualifying lease or lease extension taking effect shall be three years.
If, however, Applicant applies for a Business Stabilization Grant before the lease or lease extension has taken effect, Applicant must—as a condition of receiving a grant —agree to return the entire amount of the Business Stabilization Grant in the event that the qualifying lease or lease extension does not take effect, unless Applicant shows, to the satisfaction of the Office of Small Business, that Applicant is not responsible for the fact that the qualifying lease or lease extension does not take effect.
Yes, I understand
Amount of Grant
I acknowledge that the Business Stabilization Grant is subject to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the City Charter, and total grants paid to all Qualified Landlords in a fiscal year shall not exceed the appropriations for Business Stabilization Grants in the Legacy Business Assistance Program Fund. Both Applicant and Legacy Business understand that the amount of the grant could vary and might be less than $4.50 per square foot due to funding constraints.
Yes, I acknowledge
Disclosure to Legacy Business
I certify that I have informed the Legacy Business the following in writing: (1) that Applicant is applying for a Business Stabilization Grant; (2) that the City and County of San Francisco does not guarantee it will have sufficient appropriations in the Legacy Business Assistance Program Fund to fully fund Business Stabilization Grants; and (3) that the City does not guarantee it will award any grant of any amount under Administrative Code Section 2A.246.
Yes, I certify
Copy of Lease
I will submit the executed lease and any addenda with this Business Stabilization Grant application and acknowledges the following confidentiality statements:
The Office of Small Business must comply with the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Whenever an application for a grant under Administrative Code 2A.246 is approved, the Office of Small Business shall, to the extent permitted by law, keep confidential all provisions in any lease submitted by a landlord in connection with the application, except to the extent that the Office of Small Business relied on the content of any such provisions in deciding to award a grant to the applicant landlord.
Whenever an application for a grant under Administrative Code 2A.246 is denied, or before such an application has been either approved or denied, the Office of Small Business shall, to the extent permitted by law, keep confidential the entirety of any lease submitted by the landlord in connection with the application.
Yes, I acknowledge