Board advances package to regulate food trucks, limit proximity to restaurants and schools

San Francisco supervisors advanced a package of ordinances to modernize rules for mobile food facilities, aiming to reconcile tensions between food trucks, brick-and-mortar restaurants and neighborhoods.

Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced the legislation and said it was the product of nearly two years of negotiation among food-truck operators, restaurant and property owners, and several city commissions. "This legislation results from almost exactly two years of work, of negotiation, of compromise," Wiener said. He described the package as a compromise that will "move us in the right direction in terms of our food scene."

The ordinance package, which the board took on the consent calendar and passed on first reading without objection, includes multiple changes: -…