State Sen. Scott_Wiener of San Francisco wants bars to stay open into the wee hours of the morning: 4 a.m. to be exact. But some bar owners in The City question the logic of the two-hour extension.
State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco wants bars to stay open into the wee hours of the morning: 4 a.m. to be exact. His revived bill, SB 930, aims to give a financial lift to California’s pandemic-struck nightlife industry.
But some bar owners in The City question the logic of the two-hour extension. At the June San Francisco Entertainment and Nightlife Summit and on social media, many nightlife entrepreneurs gave support to SB 930. Others, like Peter Athanas, owner of the Kilowatt Bar in the Mission District, say there isn’t an appetite for later operating hours.
Now in its fourth iteration since Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the bill in 2018, the current amendment to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act looks like it has a chance of becoming law. It passed in the Senate and sailed through the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee this spring. When the Legislature reconvenes on Aug. 1, the Assembly Appropriations Committee will again consider the bill.
Each of the proposed participating cities — Cathedral City, Coachella, Fresno, Oakland, Palm Springs, West Hollywood and San Francisco — will have autonomy over which bars are approved and in which areas, Wiener told The Examiner. Weiner said between community input and permit processing, the implementation of the bill, if passed, would take at least two years.
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