A small San Francisco circus tried to do right by its workers. Now it may be going out of business Ironically, if Circus Bella had just waited to reclassify its workers, it might not be in this mess. Lily Janiak April 26, 2021Updated: April 26, 2021, 7:02 pm Circus Bella Executive Director Abigail Munn does plank exercises at her home in San Francisco. Munn says her 13-year-old circus company is on the verge of going out of business because of a combination of threats: the pandemic, AB5 and high workers’ comp payments that because of bureaucratic rules can’t be reduced, even though the company isn’t performing. Photo: Marlena Sloss, Special to The Chronicle