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Committee accepts DPH amendments to compact mobile food operations ordinance, vendors press for MECO legalization and support
Summary
The committee took amendments from the Department of Public Health to waive city permit and license fees for compact mobile food operations and continued the ordinance for a second hearing; Mission District vendors urged simultaneous implementation of Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MECO) legalization and funding for carts, commissaries and spaces before enforcement.
The Budget and Finance Committee accepted technical and substantive amendments to an ordinance that would align San Francisco code with state law on compact mobile food operations (CMFOs), then continued the item to a second hearing to finalize changes.
DPH senior inspector Phillips Ozai and acting branch director Jennifer Kallower outlined the ordinance’s three CMFO risk categories (low, moderate, high) and proposed committee amendments to waive municipal permit and…
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