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Supervisors forward police-code reforms to ease entertainment permitting and limit commission handling of criminal-history data
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to send mayor‑sponsored police‑code amendments to the full Board, including fee waivers for eligible businesses transitioning from pandemic authorizations, reduced mandatory hearings, clarified security‑plan authority, and removal of criminal‑history collection from the Entertainment Commission while retaining police referrals.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Nov. 29 advanced police‑code changes intended to simplify permits for nightlife and entertainment businesses and to modernize the Entertainment Commission’s application process.
Maggie Weiland, director of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, said the package would waive initial application and license fees for businesses transitioning from pandemic 'just add music' permissions or newly eligible because of recent zoning changes, eliminate outdated permit categories and mandatory hearings for…
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