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SF Entertainment Commission, the mafia-like overlord of entertainment permits, wants more control over San Francisco nightclubs. This time, though, they want club owners to take more responsibility for the trash that lingers outside their venues (i.e., 715 Harrison, 1025 Folsom, wherever women congregate to do "the whore dance" [you know, where two girls "freak" each other while waving one hand in the air?]) The new nightlife law would double "the area outside a venue the club is legally responsible for, from 50 to 100 feet." Also, according to the Chronicle, the new Newsom- and Maxwell-introduced legislation would the SFEC executive director to "unilaterally shutter a club for up to three days if a crime occurred on the premises. The changes also would allow the director to fine a business for excessive noise or for not following city-approved security plans." What we want to know is, who is responsible for removing the locks on single-occupancy bathrooms at bars and clubs? That's just downright mean.
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well okay.
Man, when did this city become so anti-fun? Has SF finally lost what made it the mecca of madness?
What would be great is if there was a consistently updated list of places whose permits were in danger of being revoked.
I feel like you are missing something. I was at that hearing and as it stands now, the cops+ABC decide if a club gets shuttered. Uniform enforcement is the name of the game here. Please check out what the owner of the DNA has to say about it. He has been very eloquent and involved with this topic. Our city nightlife is threatened by people who never bother to go out at night.
http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2009/10/14.html
I won't even get into the appalling attack by the ABC on every all-ages venue in San Francisco. I do hope you are aware of that.