Committee backs Target's request for off‑sale alcohol license with strict conditions

The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on May 24 advanced a recommendation to the full Board to approve Target Corporation's application for a type 21 off‑sale alcoholic beverage control license for a proposed store at 233 Winston Drive.

PCN/ALU staff told the committee there were no letters of support or protest and that the location sits in a plot identified as high crime but not in an area of undue alcohol concentration. ALU recommended multiple conditions if the license is approved: sales hours limited to 7 a.m. to midnight daily; no more than 5% of the public retail space may be used for alcohol display; distilled spirits in containers smaller than 375 milliliters would be prohibited; beer and malt beverages larger than 32 ounces would be prohibited; single‑serve 16‑ounce beer/malt beverages must be sold in manufacturer prepackaged multi‑unit quantities; and no wine above 15% ABV may be sold except for dinner wines aged at least two years and sold in corked bottles. The ALU report noted the applicant agreed to the listed conditions.

Bridget Dusan, the store manager for the new Target location, said the company seeks to be a good corporate partner to San Francisco, described partnerships such as hiring through Mission Hiring Hall and that approximately 85% of their San Francisco workforce are city residents, and asked the committee to approve the license to support store operations.

No members of the public spoke on the item when the committee opened the public comment period. Supervisor Sheehy moved to send the item to the Board with a positive recommendation; with no objections the committee approved the recommendation.

The file will reflect ALU recommendations and the committee's positive recommendation to the Board.