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Committee advances repeal of 1970s police-code rules that restrict bathhouses
Summary
A City committee voted to send to the full Board an ordinance repealing Police Code Article 26, which committee members and public-health advocates said conflicts with modern health and planning rules and deters LGBTQ-oriented businesses; SFPD told the committee it supports full repeal so permitting moves to standard planning and health-review processes.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted to forward to the full Board an ordinance to repeal Police Code Article 26, the decades-old police regulations governing public bathhouses. Supervisor Mandelmann, who sponsored the ordinance, said the measure removes language that conflicts with more recent health- and planning-code updates and will allow review to shift to standard planning, building and health permitting.
"We don't think we do need this section," Supervisor Mandelmann said, describing legacy prohibitions…
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