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Supervisors approve ordinance limiting mobile food vendors near schools with narrow, permit carve-out for construction sites

3005747 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 13 passed on first reading an amendment to the Police Code that bars mobile catering vehicles from selling within 1,500 feet of public middle, junior high and high schools, with a temporary permit exception for trucks on private construction sites and a daytime-only restriction.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 13 passed on first reading an ordinance amending the Police Code to prohibit mobile catering vehicles from selling within 1,500 feet of a public middle school, junior high school or high school.

The ordinance includes an amendment offered by Supervisor Ellsberg that creates a narrowly drawn exception for catering trucks located on private construction sites and permits the chief of police to approve those trucks through the standard permit process. Ellsberg said the change responds to a police department concern about…

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