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Committee backs transfer of Daldas Market liquor license to new Tenderloin location
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted without objection to forward a recommendation that the Board find public convenience and necessity for transferring a Type 21 liquor license to Daldas Market, after the Alcohol Liaison Unit and the applicant agreed on conditions including hours and loitering prevention.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on May 23 voted to forward to the full Board a recommendation of public convenience and necessity for a premise‑to‑premise transfer of a Type 21 off‑sale liquor license to Daldas Incorporated, doing business as Daldas Market, as the applicant moves to a larger space in the Tenderloin.
Committee chair Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann said the Alcohol Liaison Unit (ALU) and the applicant had resolved earlier concerns and there was “broad community support” for the application. Mackey of the ALU told the committee the unit had recommended conditions that the petitioner limit alcohol sales to 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., actively monitor adjacent areas to prevent loitering and keep adjacent sidewalks free of litter. Mackey said the conditions were signed May 16.
The applicant’s representatives explained the business model was oriented to groceries and fresh produce as well as liquor; they said the move would allow a larger produce section and improve neighborhood food access. John McCormack of the Healthy Cornerstone Coalition told the committee Daldas is a “staple in the community” and that expanding produce availability would benefit Tenderloin residents who lack healthy food nearby. Shelly Dyer of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation said Daldas had increased produce sales and that the new location, below Eddy and Taylor family housing, would give residents easier access to affordable fresh food.
ALU and the applicant differed initially over whether alcohol sales should begin at 8 a.m. (ALU’s recommendation) or 7 a.m. (applicant’s request). Mackey said ALU agreed to the 7:00 a.m. start after reviewing letters of support and the applicant’s community role.
During public comment one speaker raised unrelated tenant‑management grievances; the committee cut off further remarks and offered to follow up offline. With no objections from committee members, Chair Mandelmann directed the clerk to prepare a finding of public convenience and necessity and moved to forward the resolution to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
The full Board will receive the committee’s recommendation; the committee record does not record a final Board vote or any conditions beyond the ALU recommendations.
