"Before Julia Baran, the proprietor of the pet store the Animal Connection, shared videos with reporters documenting the state of the store she took over in May, she twice called the mayor's office to let them know her concerns about its former owner, Beya Alcaraz. She wasn't taken seriously. The responses from Mayor Daniel Lurie's office ranged from offering to refer her to business programs to questioning the messenger. Twice, a staffer asked what Baran expected the mayor's office to do."
"Her surprise came from her own disappointing experience with Alcaraz, who left her a pet store in disarray, as reported by the San Francisco Standard. When she took over the shop, Baran discovered hundreds of dead mice on the sales floor, rodent feces and urine, and a freezer filled with dead animals. Baran also blamed Alcaraz for not being transparent about the lease, which the landlord will not renew beyond January."
"As recently as Sept. 14 - almost two weeks before Alcaraz reportedly approached Lurie at the Sunset After Dark night market to ask him for the job of supervisor - Baran posted a video of cleaning up mouse droppings and a mouse nest at her new store. "It was my 'oh sh*t what did I get myself into' kind of moment," she wrote. "Everyone working here has cleaned a lot," she said in another video in July."
Julia Baran purchased the Animal Connection in May and twice called Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office to report concerns about former owner Beya Alcaraz but was not taken seriously. Lurie’s staff offered business program referrals and questioned what Baran expected the office to do. Baran learned of Alcaraz's appointment as District 4 supervisor when Lurie announced and swore her in on Nov. 6. Baran found the shop in disarray with hundreds of dead mice on the sales floor, rodent feces and urine, and a freezer full of dead animals. Baran said the lease will not be renewed beyond January and posted videos documenting the conditions.
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