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Entertainment Commission amends bylaws, approves multiple place-of-entertainment permits
Summary
At its August meeting the San Francisco Entertainment Commission voted to extend the presidency term, approved permits for several venues including Gold Dust Lounge, the Armory Club and FAME (443 Broadway), and continued one application; police conditions and neighborhood outreach featured in deliberations.
The Entertainment Commission of the City and County of San Francisco approved a series of governance and permit actions at its August meeting, voting to amend commission bylaws and granting multiple places-of-entertainment permits while attaching police-recommended conditions to several approvals.
The commission voted to amend its bylaws to allow the presidency to extend up to three years and to remove a sector-rotation requirement. The motion passed in a roll call that recorded Aye votes from Commissioners Tan, Lee, Joseph and President Newland and a No from Commissioner Hyde. The commission discussed preserving rotation of voices but supporters said the change would let commissioners pick a president best qualified to run meetings efficiently.
On permits, the commission approved a place-of-entertainment permit for the Gold Dust Lounge at 165 Jefferson after a noise study and community outreach. The commission also approved permits for the Armory Club (1799 Mission) with police-recommended security conditions and for FAME at 443 Broadway, which applicants described as a combined venue for fashion, art and live music. Staff requested and the commission granted a continuance for the Gold Star Bar application because the applicant requires further planning authorization.
Several approvals included explicit police conditions. For example, Northern Station and Central Station recommended minimum certified-security staffing and maintenance of video surveillance; for one venue the commission amended police language so either in-house or outside security could meet the requirement provided the staff were PSO- or GuardCard-certified. Commissioners emphasized that the commission retains enforcement authority and can suspend permits if conditions are violated.
The meeting also approved routine business: the minutes of July 24 were adopted by roll call earlier in the meeting.
The commission concluded with comments about ongoing planning issues, including dissolving a Western SoMa subcommittee for now and returning to that work when the planning commission schedules hearings.
