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San Francisco rolls out emergency 'JAM' permit to let venues add outdoor amplified entertainment
Summary
The Entertainment Commission heard a presentation from Director Weiland on the new free 'JAM' (Just Add Music) permit to allow limited outdoor amplified entertainment during the COVID-19 emergency; staff described application rules, sound and hours limits, initial permit statistics and enforcement plans.
Director Maggie Weiland told the San Francisco Entertainment Commission on Sept. 15 that the department would begin issuing a new emergency permit named "JAM" (Just Add Music) to let businesses add outdoor amplified entertainment under current COVID-19 health rules. "So essentially since COVID happened we have not been issuing many permits at all," Weiland said, arguing the permit would be a free, user-friendly path to help venues and musicians resume activity while complying with public-health directives.
Weiland said the JAM permit applies to a range of outdoor locations — shared-spaces permit holders, cafe tables and chairs, parklets, qualifying private outdoor business property, parking lots tied to a permissible activity, farmers markets and outdoor fitness classes…
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