San Francisco is planning to establish a downtown retail district that will offer discount full-service liquor licenses to new restaurants and bars to create a thriving “24/7” neighborhood that will draw foot traffic back to the area.
The plan, unveiled by Mayor Daniel Lurie at a press conference on Tuesday, envisions a district encompassing at least 1M square feet of retail shopping space.
Central to the plan is SB 395, a bill introduced by State Sen. Scott Wiener and backed by the mayor, that would amend an 80-year-old state law that ties available full-service liquor licenses to population by county, effectively capping their numbers.
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