State lawmaker introduces bill to help restaurants reduce operational costs

STATE ASSEMBLYMEMBER MATT HANEY, D-San Francisco, is leading a statewide push that he says would make it cheaper and easier for restaurants to stay open as the industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to battle rising costs. 

Haney on Friday introduced Assembly Bill 1470, known as The Restaurant Recovery Act, alongside Assemblymember Sade Elhawary, D-South Los Angeles, which would remove certain state rules for grease traps, interior finishes in restrooms and bars, pass-through windows and coverings for temporary food facilities.