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Entertainment Commission to study permit system for amplified sidewalk performers, forms subcommittee
Summary
The Entertainment Commission opened a months-long review of permitting for amplified sidewalk performers, heard hours-and-sound complaints from businesses and neighbors and pleas from performers to avoid costly permits, and agreed to form a three-member subcommittee to draft recommendations.
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission on Cinco de Mayo opened a months-long conversation about whether and how the city should create a permit system for sidewalk performers who use amplified sound, with staff warning that changes raise free-speech and enforcement issues and public speakers urging a lightweight approach.
Executive staff told the commission that an ordinance on residential development and entertainment venues recently passed first reading at the full board and is slated for final action next week; that timing means the commission may need to prepare hearing guidelines quickly. The presentation traced the issue to a 2005 legislative…
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