According to the BAR, there now exists a need for "the creation of an Office of Special Events" at City Hall, a "'dedicated and separately funded' office to oversee annual events like Halloween."

But isn't that the Entertainment Commission's job, you ask? Doesn't it "plan and coordinate the provision of City services for major events for which there is no recognized organizer, promoter, or sponsor," as it says on SFGov?

No, it seems. "The Entertainment Commission's first mission is to permit and bring into compliance [pft] nighttime entertainment establishments. It doesn't have the staff for large events," they told the BAR.

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