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Committee narrows and advances fee‑waiver program for neighborhood outdoor events
Summary
The committee adopted a limit of 12 fee‑waived qualifying events per sponsor per year, approved a substantive Sunset night‑market carve‑out, duplicated the file and forwarded the amended ordinance to the full Board for final action; BLA estimated the fiscal cost at roughly $1.8 million annually.
The Budget & Finance Committee considered mayoral legislation that would authorize the Municipal Transportation Agency and other departments to waive certain city fees for qualifying neighborhood outdoor events to make small community gatherings more affordable.
Alessandra Lozano of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development summarized eligibility criteria: events must be outdoors between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., free and open to the public, primarily serve local residents/workers, occupy up to three continuous blocks…
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