Requiring San Francisco Grocery Stores to Provide 6-Month Notice Before Closure Would Not Address Root of Problem: Expert

The move would discourage new grocers from investing in the area, a California Grocers Association director says.

Customers leave a Safeway store in San Francisco on March 5, 2014. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

SAN FRANCISCO—A proposed ordinance requiring grocery stores to give a six-month notice before closing their doors seeks to resurrect a 1984 law that was vetoed by Mayor Dianne Feinstein at the time.

The ordinance aims to secure access to groceries for seniors and families within their own community.