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Committee backs transfer of liquor license to Save More Market on Third Street
Summary
The committee recommended the full Board approve transferring a Type 21 off‑sale liquor license to Abdullah F. Joseph dba Save More Market at 4522 Third Street, noting planning commission approval and neighborhood support while attaching public‑safety conditions from ALU.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted to send the Board of Supervisors a positive recommendation on a transfer of a Type 21 off‑sale beer, wine and distilled‑spirits license to Abdullah F. Joseph doing business as Save More Market at 4522 Third Street.
Sergeant George of the Police Department’s Alcohol Liaison Unit summarized the PCN report, saying the application was for a transfer from 4500 to 4522 Third Street, that there were no ballot protests or letters of support, and that the site sits in Plot 334 (characterized in the record as a low‑crime area) but in Census Tract 612, which the report described as a high‑saturation area for alcohol licenses. The ALU recommended conditions that the record lists as: sales only between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m.; packaged alcohol sold in quantities of at least three individual containers per sale; limits on premixed wine products and premixed distilled‑based cocktails; no distilled spirits sold in containers smaller than 50 ml; active monitoring of adjacent property to deter loitering; and removal of graffiti within 72 hours. Sergeant George told the committee the applicant agreed to the recommended conditions.
Mark Rennie, representing the applicant family, told the committee the transfer is essentially a relocation two doors down and noted the family’s long ties to the neighborhood and prior planning‑commission approval. "They've had two or three markets in the neighborhood beginning in the 1960s," Rennie said, and the planning commission approved the transfer by an 8–0 vote after multiple hearings.
Several neighbors testified in support. Doris Vincent, a Bayview Hunters Point resident since 1960, said the market treats customers "like family" and provides community supports beyond retail sales. Other local business owners and residents also urged the committee to approve the transfer.
A committee member moved to send the item to the full Board with a positive recommendation; the motion passed by voice vote. The item is scheduled to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on March 6, 2018.
