Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
San Francisco lays out citywide "Home for Halloween" plan, vows strict enforcement while porta-potty policy remains undecided
Summary
City officials told the Police Commission the Castro Halloween party has been canceled and described coordinated police, transit, fire, probation and public-works plans to manage crowds citywide; residents and merchants raised civil-rights, outreach and sanitation concerns that remain unresolved.
San Francisco city officials told the Police Commission on Oct. 10 that the city is treating Halloween as a coordinated public-safety operation and is rolling out a "Home for Halloween" public-outreach campaign while preparing contingency policing and transit plans.
Martha Cohen of the mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development said the city and the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau hired David Perry and Associates to urge people to stay away from the Castro and to provide alternatives across the Bay Area. "The theme of this effort is called Home for Halloween," Perry said, introducing PSAs, flyers and a website (homeforhalloween.com) the city will use to list alternative events.
Deputy Chief David Shin described a unified police command that will redeploy officers across district stations…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
