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Recently, some San Francisco restaurants have been alarmed to find their food listed for delivery on third-party apps, such as Grubhub and DoorDash, despite never giving them consent to do so. Even Michelin-starred Kin Khao, which doesn't do delivery at all (or even box up food for takeout), was listed on Grubhub.

On Tuesday, California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) — who also authored AB 5, which requires businesses to reclassify gig workers as employees — introduced legislation to stop this from happening.

Assembly Bill 2149, known as the Fair Food Delivery Act would require food delivery apps to share certain information about customers, such as location and email address, with restaurants they are delivering from.

"We need to level the playing field for mom-and-pop restaurants that are being taken advantage of by big tech," Assemblywoman Gonzalez said in a press release. "Restaurants shouldn’t fear losing their customers when they don’t agree to the conditions of some multi-million dollar food delivery app. This bill will put the power back in the hands of small business owners in California."

Having their food delivered without their knowledge by third-party apps definitely poses a threat to restaurants' relationships with customers. There is no way to guarantee food will be delivered in a timely manner, and the more time that passes, the more the quality of the food diminishes — potentially giving them a bad name in that customer's mind. Furthermore, with no way to contact consumers, restaurants can't follow up on any situations that arise.

"The tech platforms who are delivering the food and the restaurants who are preparing it both have a responsibility for the customers’ experience and satisfaction," said California Restaurant Association CEO and President Jot Condie in a press release. "If we are going to be partners in this, we both need to be part of that communication channel."

Editor's note, Feb. 13, 2020, 3:30 p.m.: A previous version of this story included a portion of Assemblywoman Gonzalez's statement on AB 2149, which stated that the bill "would prohibit restaurants from being offered on delivery apps without a prior agreement reached." After review of the bill's language, the proposed legislation makes no mention of this, and it has since been removed from the article.

Madeline Wells is an SFGATE associate digital reporter. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com | Twitter: @madwells22