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Committee approves port-only vending pilot to regulate waterfront street vending, citing SB 946 compliance and vendor outreach
Summary
The committee forwarded a port-only pilot ordinance to regulate mobile vending on port property, aligning with California's SB 946; the pilot establishes a port vendor permit, administrative penalties (no criminal liability), business registration and a vendor outreach/technical assistance program led by Mission Economic Development Agency.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted July 12 to send a port-only vending ordinance to the Board that would create a sidewalk vending pilot program along Port of San Francisco property.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin said the ordinance responds to a rise in unpermitted vending on waterfront property during the pandemic and is designed to comply with Senate Bill 946 (the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act), which decriminalized street vending in California but allows local…
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