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Supervisors amend massage-establishment rules, remove ban tied to prostitution convictions
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an update to the Health Code strengthening regulation of massage establishments and removing a provision that would have allowed denial of permits based on prior prostitution-related convictions.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Oct. 30 passed on first reading an ordinance that tightens regulation of massage practitioners and establishments while removing a proposed bar on permits tied to prior prostitution or solicitation convictions.
The ordinance, introduced by Supervisor Catherine Tang to revise the Health Code, would authorize criminal-history checks for applicants, add operating standards, update permit penalties and reinspection fees, and declare violations public nuisances. Supervisor Mark Yi proposed an amendment to strike a provision that would have allowed the Department of Public Health to deny a massage-establishment permit to applicants with convictions related to prostitution or solicitation.
The change was framed as balancing enforcement against…
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