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Committee adopts amendments and forwards two‑year Tenderloin retail‑hours pilot to the Board
Summary
After an SFPD presentation and extensive public comment, the committee adopted amendments narrowing the midnight–5 a.m. retail-hours restriction in the Tenderloin, required a six-month impact report, and forwarded the amended ordinance to the Board while duplicating the file for further work on the private right of action.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on June 17 advanced an amended ordinance authorizing a two‑year pilot program that would prohibit certain retail food and tobacco establishments from operating between midnight and 5 a.m. in a defined high-crime area of the Tenderloin, and would authorize the San Francisco Department of Public Health to impose administrative fines for violations.
Commander Derek Lou of the San Francisco Police Department presented photos and a heat map of Part 1 crimes and narcotics incidents that SFPD says concentrate near late‑night retail outlets. "What we're asking for is a restriction for operating hours for nighttime retail food and tobacco establishments from midnight till 5AM for a period of 2 years," Commander Lou said, noting community meetings and recent incidents, including a shooting near 77 McAllister.
Vice Chair Dean Preston moved a package of negotiated amendments aimed…
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