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Board narrows mobile food permits: Drum Street denied; Market Street and 400 California allowed with conditions
Summary
After extensive public testimony about sanitation, competition with brick‑and‑mortar restaurants and notification, the Board of Appeals on July 18 denied a DPW permit for a Drum Street pushcart (finding the area not underserved) but approved two Market Street locations; later the board denied a separate Pine Street permit and approved a 400 California location for another applicant.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals adjudicated multiple mobile food facility (MFF) permit appeals on July 18, splitting decisions across several proposed locations after prolonged public comment and department presentations.
In the first contested set (DPW order 187536, permit 16MFF0094 for Golden Gate Halal Food), appellants complained that DPW had allowed a pushcart in a densely served commercial corridor (Drum Street / Market Street), raising concerns about public‑health safeguards, pigeon waste, street congestion, and unfair competition with brick‑and‑mortar…
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