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Supervisor Chu proposal would let Entertainment Commission revoke permits for venues posing substantial safety risks or continuing nuisances
Summary
Supervisor David Chu’s office presented an ordinance to expand the Entertainment Commission’s authority to revoke place‑of‑entertainment and extended‑hours permits when operations pose a substantial risk of physical harm or cause persistent public nuisances. Commissioners asked staff and the city attorney to clarify statutory citations and definitions before the Board of Supervisors hears the measure under the 30‑day rule.
Catherine Rauschaber, representing Supervisor David Chu, told the San Francisco Entertainment Commission on June 8 that the supervisor is sponsoring an ordinance to add two specific grounds for revoking entertainment and extended‑hours permits: where operation creates a "substantial risk of harm or injury to individuals" and where a permittee’s persistent actions or inaction cause serious, continuing problems amounting to a public nuisance. Rauschaber said the change would leave the commission’s existing suspension tools in place and provide an additional enforcement option in the most compelling cases.
Rauschaber said the…
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