I cannot make "Rapid changes" on things in my team in weeks, I would wager that is the same for anyone on this forum, any bureaucracy (company or city) takes ma

I cannot make "Rapid changes" on things in my team in weeks, I would wager that is the same for anyone on this forum, any bureaucracy (company or city) takes many months if not years to come up with plans for new policy, delaying the temporary relief to businesses to get inputs from all departments in the middle of the pandemic especially frontline staff like in Fire Service were working non stop does not seem realistically feasible. My recollection is that temporary permissions only happened in late June 2020 [1] not before. It was announced always as temporary it was sold as a way to help businesses comply with aggressive seating capacity restrictions then and still make some money. Those capacity restrictions are broadly relaxed now, additional costs for compliance to make it permanent, a change that is also bringing in additional new revenue - given capacity restrictions are largely removed doesn't seem unreasonably harsh to me. [2][3] --- [1] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/61107/637435841268300000 https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/61107/6... . This is Emergency Order for San Jose, I don't think San Fransisco did it much earlier than SJ [2] The low /weak recovery argument cannot really made either, if there is no demand then indoor is adequate, what is the point of outdoor extra seating when no one is eating? . [3] Some people do prefer to eat outside more so than before the pandemic, but unless most customers refuse to eat indoor, this does not seem to be major factor as far as i have observed.