When Roberto Guerrero and his family emigrated from war-torn Nicaragua in the 1980s, they hoped to share their family’s love of coffee with the residents of San Francisco. Starting with one store in 1987, members of the family opened several coffee shops in the Bay Area, including two Cumaica Coffee stores owned by Guerrero.
Guerrero loves the city of San Francisco and its coffee-loving residents. “San Francisco has been very generous,” he said. “It’s where the doors of opportunity are opened,” he adds. Unfortunately, California’s version of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has created opportunity for plaintiffs’ lawyers to target small businesses like Guerrero’s.