City and County of San Francisco - File #: 230861

• File #: 230861
• Version: 3
• Name: Police Code - Fees, Applications, and Conditions for Certain Entertainment Permits
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Introduced: 10/17/2023
• In control: Clerk of the Board
• Final action: 12/14/2023
• Enactment date: 12/14/2023
• Enactment #: 250-23
• Title: Ordinance amending the Police Code to 1) waive initial license and filing fees through June 30, 2025 for certain Entertainment Permits for former holders of Just Add Music Permits; 2) waive initial license and filing fees for Entertainment Permits for applicants who are newly eligible to apply for those permits due to recent Planning Code amendments; 3) eliminate masked ball permits; 4) require applicants for Arcade, Ancillary Use, billiard and pool table, Place of Entertainment, Limited Live Performance, Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound, and Extended-Hours Premises Permits to submit a new Permit application and filing fee if their existing application has not been granted, conditionally granted, or denied within 12 months of its submission; 5) authorize the Entertainment Commission Director (“Director”) to issue billiard and pool table permits without a hearing, and provide that such permits may be suspended or revoked under the standards and procedures that apply to other Entertainment Permits; 6) exempt schools from the requirement to obtain a Place of Entertainment Permit, Limited Live Performance Permit, or Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit for any activities that occur on school premises in the regular course of school operations; 7) allow the Director or the Entertainment Commission to require an applicant for a Limited Live Performance Permit to propose a Security Plan if necessary to protect the safety of persons and property or provide for the orderly dispersal of persons and traffic, to make compliance with the Security Plan a condition of the Permit, and to require revisions to the Security Plan as necessary; and 8) clarify that a single One Time Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit may extend across multiple consecutive or non-consecutive 24-hour periods.
• Sponsors: Mayor, Ahsha Safai

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/14/2023	3	Mayor	APPROVED
12/12/2023	3	Board of Supervisors	FINALLY PASSED	Pass
12/5/2023	2	Board of Supervisors	DUPLICATED ON FIRST READING
12/5/2023	2	Board of Supervisors	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE	Pass
12/5/2023	3	Board of Supervisors	PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED	Pass
11/29/2023	2	Budget and Finance Committee	RECOMMENDED	Pass
10/23/2023	2	Clerk of the Board	REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
10/17/2023	2	President	SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED
9/13/2023	1	Small Business Commission	RESPONSE RECEIVED
8/2/2023	1	Clerk of the Board	REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
7/25/2023	1	President	ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE