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Rules Committee backs ordinance to create five entertainment zones, duplicates file to pursue Bayview addition
Summary
The committee recommended forwarding an ordinance to the full Board that would create five entertainment zones (Valencia Street, Pier 39/Northern Waterfront, Folsom Street, Ellis Street, and Yerba Buena Lane), and agreed to duplicate the file to continue work on adding a Bayview zone.
The Rules Committee on April 21 voted to recommend an ordinance that would create five entertainment zones in San Francisco and duplicated the file to continue work on adding a Bayview entertainment zone.
Ben Van Houten, director of nightlife initiatives at the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD), told the committee that entertainment zones allow adjacent restaurants and bars to sell "to-go" open beverages for consumption in shared outdoor areas within a delimited zone. He said the tool has been used to activate streets with events that support local businesses and neighborhood recovery. "This is a tool that we have seen successfully activate streets in our neighborhoods with entertainment, community-driven events that are really helping accelerate economic…
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