"The new owner, Julia Baran, shared videos with ABC7 News of the shop in squalor. When she took over the business this year, she said she found hundreds of dead mice, piles of trash, and cages covered in urine and feces. When ABC7 News asked Alcaraz about these allegations on Wednesday, she didn't deny them, and said it's hard being a small business owner in San Francisco."
"ABC7 News then wanted to learn more about the financials of Alcaraz's former pet store, the Animal Connection, and obtained profit and loss statements showing Alcaraz was losing tens of thousands every year from 2020 to 2023. Baran shared text messages between her and Alcaraz in March, where Baran was asking about the financial operations of the pet store. ABC7 News has verified these text messages in which Alcaraz claims to have skimped out on taxes."
Beya Alcaraz resigned from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors one week after appointment by Mayor Daniel Lurie amid scrutiny over her conduct as a former small business owner. The Animal Connection's new owner, Julia Baran, documented squalid conditions including hundreds of dead mice, piles of trash, and cages covered in urine and feces. Profit-and-loss statements show the store reported tens of thousands in annual losses from 2020 to 2023. Verified text messages show Alcaraz claiming she skimped on taxes, asserting the business could be lucrative and describing classification of personal expenses as business expenses to alter reported profitability. The mayor requested the resignation.
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