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Board moves to modernize secondhand-dealer rules, reduces fees and reporting requirements
Summary
Supervisors passed an amendment to the police code to remove general permit requirements for most secondhand dealers, reduce fees for higher-risk items and narrow daily reporting obligations after negotiations with the Police Department.
The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance amending the police code to eliminate the permit requirement and many of the reporting and fingerprinting obligations for businesses that sell secondhand goods.
Supervisor Wiener described the measure as "pro-small business," saying current rules treat used bookstores, vintage clothing stores and antique shops like pawn shops and impose onerous costs including a roughly…
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