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Staff outlines new state laws, entertainment zone growth and Prop M implementation for nightlife businesses
Summary
The commission heard updates on newly signed state bills affecting nightlife — SB 969 (entertainment zones), AB1775 (cannabis cafe local-implementation), AB2359 (10 new type 87 neighborhood liquor licenses in 2025) — plus local implementation steps for Prop M license fee waivers beginning in 2026.
At the Dec. 17 meeting, Ben Van Houten of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development updated the commission on recent state and local legislative changes that will affect nightlife businesses in San Francisco.
Van Houten said SB 969, which San Francisco cosponsored, expands entertainment zones statewide and includes technical cleanup that will improve the program locally once it takes effect in January. He also briefed commissioners on AB1775, authored by Assembly Member Haney, which…
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