San Francisco Community Program Offers Aid To Small Businesses

By Sharon Chin, CBS San Francisco:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A trio of friends created a new model of community giving in San Francisco that has fed nearly three million people and helped rescue several hundred small businesses since the pandemic began.

In one day, Lenore Estrada, owner of Three Babes Bakeshop, dropped from 33 employees to six, as San Francisco sheltered in place two years ago.

“It was really devastating to lay everyone off,” Estrada said.

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