"Back when London Breed was still mayor, her idea to clamp down on the notorious drug trade and nighttime street circus that pervaded the Tenderloin District was to shut down corner liquor stores earlier in parts of the Tenderloin, and prohibit them from doing business between midnight and 5 am. That proposal got passed into law in June 2024 (taking effect the following month), and liquor stores on this 20-block area of the Tenderloin are now forced to close at midnight."
"But as seen above, Supervisor Matt Dorsey wants midnight curfews slapped on more corner stores particularly in his South of Market District 6, and very particularly on the notoriously beleaguered Sixth Street. Dorsey floated the idea of a SoMa corner store curfew a couple months ago, but now it's a concrete proposal with a specific map of where the liquor stores would be forced to close between midnight and 2 am."
"This is a strategy that works, and it's absolutely worth expanding to the 6th Street corridor and adjacent parts of SoMa that are disproportionately harmed by drug-driven lawlessness, Dorsey aid in a Tuesday press release. At the same time, I also recognize we're asking many law-abiding small businesses to sacrifice to help solve problems they haven't caused. I truly appreciate the many businesses willing to do their part, so we"
A pilot law enacted in June 2024 forces liquor stores within a 20-block area of the Tenderloin to close between midnight and 5 AM, effective the following month and running through July 2026. Supervisor Matt Dorsey proposes expanding midnight curfews to additional corner stores in South of Market, including a mapped proposal to require closures between midnight and 2 AM along Sixth Street and adjacent corridors. The policy aims to reduce public drug use and street disorder. The proposal includes a planned hearing and acknowledges the burden placed on law-abiding small businesses asked to sacrifice to improve neighborhood safety.
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