Small biz owners rally against San Diegos ban on businesses ON the beach NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

A few local business owners gathered at La Jolla Shores on Tuesday to rally against what they’re calling a “ban” on public events and services held on city beaches.

The gathering was organized by Amy Reichert, the chairwoman of Restore San Diego.

“100 small businesses — many of them family owned, minority-owned and veteran-owned —. came to me and said that the city has slammed the doors of city hall in their face,” Reichert said.

NBC 7 spoke with Rene Contreras, the owner of Blulite Bonfires, who said he’s been running his business on the beach for about two years now without any issues. Last month, however, something changed, Contreras said.

“As of Feb.13, the ity of San Diego and our district actually amended the street vending ordinance, and in that ordinance, they added a bunch of new vocabulary to clear some things up and made it very specific that …