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Dr. Diana Roche, SFPD director of policy and public affairs, introduced the presentation and said the retail‑hours restriction and DMACC are multi‑agency efforts responding to community concerns about large night‑time gatherings, open drug markets, illegal vending and the associated public‑health and public‑safety impacts. Commander Derek Lou, who oversees DMACC operations in the Mid‑City/Tenderloin area, presented before‑and‑after photos of problem corners and a heat map of reported Part I crime. Commander Lou said the Tenderloin Police District and the smaller defined Tenderloin Public Safety Zone both showed declines in reported incidents during the midnight‑to‑5 a.m. period after the ordinance began. In the zone, total reported crimes in the overnight window fell about 14 percent, with nonfatal shootings and narcotics reports down in the reporting period; the department said one homicide occurred in the comparison window.

Commander Lou also described the ordinance's enforcement design: the restriction prohibits certain retail stores (primarily convenience and similar retail that sell prepackaged foods and tobacco) from operating between midnight and 5 a.m. within the defined zone (O'Farrell to the north; McAllister to the south; Jones to the east; Polk to the west). The Department of Public Health may assess administrative fines (up to $1,000 per hour of violation) based on SFPD evidence; the fines are administrative rather than criminal. Assistant Director Jen Kallower of the Department of Public Health’s Environmental Health Branch reported eight violation incidents at five businesses in the zone; two director’s hearings produced fines totaling $2,006.50 and two matters were referred to the City Attorney for litigation.

Committee members asked about displacement of activity to nearby corridors (for example, Sixth Street) and whether the pilot should be expanded; SFPD acknowledged displacement is possible and described DMACC’s tactical approach of stabilizing one high‑impact area at a time. Multiple community speakers — including neighborhood residents, tenants, Chinatown Community Development Center staff and business owners — urged the committee to continue the pilot; they attributed cleaner streets, reduced overnight gatherings, and improved sleep and safety for seniors and families to the ordinance. Some speakers called for expanding the measure to other problem areas such as Sixth Street; others stressed the ordinance is a tool among many, and that increased staffing and continued cross‑agency coordination remain necessary.

After public comment, the committee voted to continue the hearing to the call of the chair to allow further review and follow‑up on data and implementation questions. The clerk recorded aye votes from Vice Chair Bilal Mahmood, Member Danny Sauter and Chair Matt Dorsey.

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Supervisor Matt Dorsey introduced the ordinance as an amendment to the Administrative Code to establish \"the long term remission of substance use disorders for individuals\" as the primary goal of the city's substance use disorder treatment policy. Dorsey described the measure as seeking a \"policy North Star\" and said the ordinance \"doesn't replace or diminish the role of harm reduction. In fact, it strengthens our collective approach by giving departments, providers, and contractors a clear policy framework.\" He read multiple amendments into the record that were developed with the San Francisco Marin Medical Society.

Adam Francis, senior advocacy and policy director for the San Francisco Marin Medical Society, told the committee the society represents more than 3,500 physicians and supported the amended ordinance. The city’s Office of the Mayor (statement relayed by Dorsey) was represented by a statement from Kunal Modi, head of Health, Homelessness and Family Services, who wrote in part: \"Every day, 2 people are dying of drug overdose in San Francisco. The city's approach has not been working ... By focusing on pathways to treatment that aim to truly break cycles of addiction while taking aim at cycles of government failure, we can do more than encourage recovery. We can achieve it.\" The committee also heard extensive public comment from people representing recovery programs, harm‑reduction providers, health professionals and community residents; speakers expressed a range of views on abstinence‑based treatment, harm reduction and housing.

Among the amendments Dorsey read into the record were changes to the short and long titles to emphasize a \"Substance Use Disorder Treatment Policy,\" an explicit definition of \"remission\" as \"the overcoming of the illness of substance use disorder to the point of living a self directed and healthy life, free from illicit drug use,\" and an updated definition of \"recovery\" that lists medication‑assisted treatment, contingency management, outpatient or residential programs, and other participant‑determined programs as possible pathways. The ordinance as amended states that \"long term remission of substance use disorders for individuals, with the help of fully supported and staffed evidence‑based recovery and behavioral health services, shall be the primary goal of the city's substance use disorder treatment policy.\"

The committee first voted to accept the read amendments and then voted to forward the amended ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation. The clerk recorded aye votes from Vice Chair Bilal Mahmood, Member Danny Sauter and Chair Matt Dorsey on both motions.

The vote sends the amended ordinance to the Board of Supervisors for consideration; the committee record will be part of the file when the Board takes up the item.

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The vote followed a presentation by Lieutenant David Gough of the San Francisco Police Department’s Alcohol Beverage Control liaison unit, who told the committee the applicant had filed with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for a Type 48 license and that there were \"0 calls for service and 0 police reports from the time period of 03/11/2024 to 03/11/2025\" for the proposed premises. Gough also described the site as being in the Central Police District and in a high‑crime and high‑concentration area. He summarized standard Alcohol Liaison Unit conditions to mitigate neighborhood impacts, including monitoring for loitering, maintaining adjacent areas free of litter, limits on noise audible beyond the premises, and security requirements when live entertainment is provided.

Supervisor Danny Sauter, whose district includes Chinatown, spoke in support and described the venue as \"significant because it is the last, full scale banquet hall in Chinatown,\" saying approval would activate an adjacent space long vacant. A representative for the applicant, identified as Mr. Villalobos, said the proprietors (the Lee family) are respected in the neighborhood and asked for the committee's support.

There was no public comment on the item. Chair Matt Dorsey moved the resolution; the clerk conducted a roll call. Vice Chair Bilal Mahmood, Member (Supervisor) Danny Sauter and Chair Matt Dorsey cast the committee’s three recorded votes in favor and the clerk announced the motion passed.

The committee’s action is procedural: it directs staff to prepare the formal resolution and transmits the committee recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors, which will make the final determination on whether to adopt the finding for the ABC licensing process.

Votes at a glance

- Motion: \"Prepare a resolution making a determination that the issuance of a Type 48 on‑sale general liquor license to this applicant would serve the public convenience or necessity and send that to the full board with a positive recommendation.\" Mover: Chair Matt Dorsey. Vote: Mahmood — aye; Sauter — aye; Dorsey — aye. Outcome: approved (committee forwards to full Board).

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