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Board reduces Silver Arco tobacco permit suspension to 30 days after contested notice and closed-session review
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals upheld a Department of Public Health 50‑day suspension for a gas station that sold cigarettes to a minor but reduced the penalty to 30 days after commissioners raised due‑process concerns about earlier notice delivery and inspected decoy evidence in closed session.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 20 upheld a suspension of a tobacco‑sales permit at the Silver Arco gas station but reduced the period from 50 days to 30 days, after debating whether the seller should be treated as a first or second offender.
Dr. Johnson Ojo of the Department of Public Health told the board the department’s enforcement action followed an incident in which a 16‑year‑old decoy bought cigarettes from the Silver Arco clerk during a police‑conducted sting on Jan. 8, 2009. "The Department of Public Health ordered the suspension of the permit and related tobacco sales at Silver Arco for…
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