I worked at Stanford in the dept which supported housing and dining. Concessions agreements and relationships have to be engaged and signed before setting up s

I worked at Stanford in the dept which supported housing and dining. Concessions agreements and relationships have to be engaged and signed before setting up shop in an area, regardless of whether someone believes it to be "public." In this instance, it would have meant engaging smctd. [0] It seems like they don't have any sort of formal concessions process or outreach, which is business-unfriendly (uphill battle). Otherwise, the relationship will be adversarial / nonexistent and the business will be finished unless it can legally skirt on a technicality (by moving just far enough out of the muni authority's jurisdiction). There are certain municipalities / area which need certain types of permission... CalTrain land is not technically under the local city's jurisdiction... They like other U.S. transportation authorities have their own police and own rules, like Stanford (ZIP code 94305) and some other universities too. 0. http://www.smctd.com/ http://www.smctd.com/