Public Safety committee forwards two liquor-license recommendations for Clement Street music venue and Nob Hill store

On Feb. 13, 2025, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted to forward two resolutions to the full Board recommending approval of liquor licenses: a type 90 on-sale general music-venue license for Urban Life Inc. at 406 Clement Street and a type 21 off-sale general (beer, wine and distilled spirits) license to Dapper Nob Hill LLC at 1198 Pacific Avenue. Both items were forwarded with positive recommendations and are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on Feb. 25, 2025.

The committee, chaired by Supervisor Matt Dorsey and attended by Vice Chair Bilal Mahmud, Supervisor Danny Sauter and Member Salter, heard the items in sequence. For the Urban Life Inc. application, committee staff said the item revises a previous resolution (No. 527-24) to change the referenced liquor-license action from a transfer to an issuance and requests that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the license under California Business and Professions Code section 23958.4. Committee members noted that Supervisor Chan’s office had no issues with the permit and that planning and the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) liaison unit recommended the revision. Chair Matt Dorsey moved that the clerk prepare a resolution making the determination that issuance would serve the public convenience or necessity; the motion passed on a 3-0 vote and was forwarded to the Board with a positive recommendation.

The second item concerned a person-to-person, premise-to-premise transfer of a type 21 off-sale general license to Dapper Nob Hill LLC for a shop at 1198 Pacific Avenue. San Francisco Police Department ABC liaison Officer Froines reported zero letters of support and zero letters of protest, placed the site in Plot 136B (described as a low-crime area) and said the Alcohol Liaison Unit recommends approval with the condition that the petitioners “actively monitor their area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering of any persons on property adjacent to the licensed premises as depicted on ABC 253.” Supervisor Danny Sauter said he was “happy to support this” and described the shop as “inviting and warm and welcoming,” noting its location between Russian Hill, Nob Hill and Chinatown. An applicant representative, speaking without a full name listed in the public record, told the committee the owners had worked to revive a former neighborhood bodega and said, “it’s been an honor. It’s a great neighborhood. It’s been well received so far by our neighbors.” The committee moved to forward a resolution recommending the transfer; the motion passed on a 3-0 vote and will proceed to the Board.

Both motions were made on the record by Chair Matt Dorsey and carried unanimously by the members voting in the committee. The clerk noted that items acted upon at this meeting are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on Feb. 25, 2025. The committee then adjourned.