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City staff brief commissioners on Senate Bill 276 (Safe Streets Act) targeting sale of stolen goods on sidewalks
Summary
Office of Economic and Workforce Development staff outlined Senate Bill 276, which would allow local authorities to identify commonly stolen items and enable police intervention against unpermitted street sales of those goods; the measure is pending the governor's signature.
City staff briefed the Small Business Commission on Senate Bill 276, the Safe Streets Act, a state measure intended to give San Francisco an additional tool to address the street sale of commonly stolen goods.
Diana Ponce de Leon, director in the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, and Rafael Moreno, senior program manager in the same office, explained that SB 276 would permit the city to adopt an annual local list of commonly stolen items and, under certain conditions, allow targeted police intervention against unpermitted sellers on sidewalks.
Ponce de Leon said the measure grew out of neighborhood concerns about fencing operations and retail theft and that the city had worked “very closely” with Senator Scott Wiener and with affected communities while crafting local…
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