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Entertainment Commission backs limited live-performance permit, recommends ordinance citywide
Summary
The Entertainment Commission voted 4–2 to recommend Board of Supervisors File 11506, a limited live-performance permit that would create a lower-cost option for modest live music in restaurants and small businesses; commissioners raised concerns about amplification, conditional-use removal and enforcement.
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission voted to recommend a proposed limited live-performance permit ordinance to the Board of Supervisors and asked staff to work with the ordinance sponsor’s office on remaining concerns.
The commission’s motion, made by Commissioner Joseph and passed on a 4–2 roll call, urges adoption of Board of Supervisors File 11506 without neighborhood exclusions and directs staff to coordinate with Supervisor Mercarini’s office on issues raised by commissioners.
The ordinance (BOS File 11506), as introduced to the commission, would create a lower-cost permit for modest live performance as an accessory use in restaurants, cafes and other small businesses where entertainment is not the primary activity. Robert Selma, an aide in Supervisor Mercarimi’s office, told commissioners the…
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