Commissioner Catherine Eng applauded her colleagues on the Business License Commission in an Instagram post Wednesday, singling out the efforts of Danny Hang in overturning City Hall’s denial of a license for a massage parlor in West Hollywood.
Here is what she wrote:
At last night’s Business License Committee meeting, the commission took an uncommon stance and overturned the denial of a license from the city. The City’s Staff Report recommended that the license be denied based on the findings of a sheriff’s investigation.
It made sense- when I read the reports, I understood why that conclusion had been reached. The applicant wasn’t properly licensed and had made false claims. But Commissioner Danny Hang stepped in and began to ask questions and dig deeper: Why had false claims been made- deception or a lack of comprehension of things stated in a foreign language? And then he made this statement: ‘This Operator is TRYING to do the right thing, and could continue to operate unregulated but is applying to have a legitimate operation and to be licensed and tax paying within the city.’ All of us understood the wisdom in this statement. We have to stop putting up barriers for people who want to PARTICIPATE.
Unanimously, the Commission voted to overturn the denial and allow this entrepreneur the opportunity to do licensed work in West Hollywood.
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