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Committee backs bill letting San Francisco create hospitality zone with 20 low-cost liquor licenses
Summary
SB 395 would allow the City and County of San Francisco to designate a downtown hospitality zone and authorize up to 20 nontransferable, low-cost restaurant liquor licenses to spur restaurant openings; the Senate committee passed the measure to Appropriations unanimously.
A Senate committee advanced SB 395, a bill that would allow the City and County of San Francisco to designate a downtown "hospitality zone" and request up to 20 new, nontransferable restaurant liquor licenses from the state Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to encourage small restaurant openings in a specified downtown area.
Senator Scott Wiener, the bill's author, said the licenses would be available only in a local-designated hospitality zone such as Union Square and Yerba Buena to help vacant storefronts attract nightlife operators and support downtown…
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