No Starbucks in SF Japantown

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STOP STARBUCKS FROM COMING TO SAN FRANCISCOS JAPANTOWN!

We, the undersigned are opposed to a Starbucks occupying the commercial space at 1600 Webster Street in San Franciscos Japantown. A Starbucks will compete with long-standing neighborhood businesses that sell coffee such as Benkyodo(100 years), Mays Cafй(33 years old), and Cafй Hana(17 years).

According to the Starbucks website there are already 55 Starbucks within a two-mile radius of the proposed site.

There are only three Japantowns left in the entire United States. A Starbucks in the area would not only compete with existing Japantown businesses, but it would also work against preserving and sustaining these important community businesses. The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency did not first consult with those most deeply affected by the decision to bring Starbucks into Japantown despite the communitys efforts to work with them.

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  • Kimi K
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    • We all know change is inevitable, but it would be so painful to me and so many other people if Japantown was taken over by a giant,, green-lit Starbucks! All the west coast Japantowns were hardly hit by relocations during WWII and now they need all the help they can get to survive and continue to provide cultural and recreational entertainment for Japanese Americans and other people. Please don't let Starbucks build in Japantown!
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    • Gunma-ken, Japan
  • sam c
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    • let japantown represent the culture of japan
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    • palo alto, ca
  • Varick E
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    • I have read this petition and agree wholeheartedly that there should be no Starbucks in this area.
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    • berkeley
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    • Kyoto, Japan
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    • San Francisco
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    • Berkeley
  • Howard F
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    • Yeah, stop it cold. It was too late to stop the one in Chinatown.
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    • Alhambra, CA
  • j.m mac m
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    • Please keep Japantown's unique neighborhood character intact. No Starbucks in Japantown.
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    • Octavia Street
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    • Leave Japantown as Japantown
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    • San Francisco
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    • San Francisco
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    • WE should strive to help sustain local businesses instead of allowing franchises into areas that would eventually close businesses down/
  • Donna
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    • New York City
  • michaela
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    • if theres already 55 in near walking distance surly you dont need another, where i live theres 2 in a 10 mile radius
  • Allanis
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    • Since I signed your petition, could you please sign mine? http://www.petitiononline.com/sideudy/ Its about getting Sid Vicious in next years WWE hall of fame. thank you.
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    • Winnipeg Manitoba
  • Frances Y
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    • Previously a SF Japantown resident
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  • Tina A
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    • family owned businesses are being wiped out all over, let's not let that happen here in japantown...
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    • San Francisco
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    • please go to http://www.petitiononline.com/Yido/petition.html
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    • Brooklyn, NY
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