San Francisco's Chinatown Businesses Hit With Awning Fines

Dozens of small businesses in San Francisco’s Chinatown were recently hit with citations for their awnings, among other violations.

Lily Lo, founder of BeChinatown said she received more than 20 notice of violations or “NOVs” from San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection.

“Everybody’s really scared and am I the next one who’s going to get one?” she said.

In addition to maintaining the history, Lo also serves as an advocate for the small businesses around.

On the same block of Waverly, Lo said that she can count many shops that got the citations for not having permits for gates that some store owners told NBC Bay Area they inherited,

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