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Committee adopts amendments to massage‑permit overhaul; advocates warn measures could harm workers
Summary
San Francisco’s committee advanced health‑code changes to align local massage regulation with state oversight, add background checks and enforcement, and inserted an exception protecting trafficking victims whose convictions were vacated; multiple community speakers said the rules could push workers underground and urged more resources and decriminalization.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Oct. 15 advanced an amendment package to a Department of Public Health ordinance that significantly revises how the city permits and regulates massage establishments and practitioners.
The measure, sponsored by Supervisor Katie Tang on behalf of DPH, deletes local practitioner certification when the state California Massage Therapy Council becomes the primary regulator, clarifies director hearing procedures and transfer‑of‑ownership rules, requires background checks and…
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