New state law can help revive Oakland’s Jack London Square, open doors for small businesses

With a new California law that lifts restrictions on the types of businesses to lease from Jack London Square, many Oakland business owners hope that new doors of opportunity could open for them.

Rene Johnson walked down an empty Jack London Square and reminisced about her family memories by the waterfront.

“It is completely dead down here, but why?” Johnson, the owner of Blackberry Soul Fine Catering, told CBS News Bay Area…

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