What happens when a restaurant can't pay the rent?

What happens when a restaurant can't pay the rent? What's happening in Los Angeles, what options the restaurants have and what the experts say.
Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • September 16, 2020
Greg Morena owes the city of Santa Monica about $31,000 each month in rent. The former City Council member owns and operates two restaurants on the Santa Monica Pier, the Albright and Rusty’s. When the city shut down the tourist attraction in...
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