SF supervisor says Mayor Breed’s proposed Tenderloin curfew hurts small businesses [Video]

San Francisco District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston, who represents the Tenderloin, fired back at the mayor’s proposal to limit after-midnight retail in the troubled district. 

The proposed legislation, introduced to the Board of Supervisors this week, is essentially a Tenderloin retail curfew from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. in a 20-square block area over the next two years. Targeted retail businesses would include those that sell prepackaged food or tobacco products.  

Mayor London Breed‘s office said this ordinance is not aimed at punishing small businesses, but improving the safety of the area. The proposed ordinance has the support of the San Francisco Police Department. 

However, despite the claim that the mayor’s office is working with the community, Preston in a statement said his office only found out about the mayor’s proposal through the media. Furthermore, Preston said none of the businesses his office spoke with had been consulted about the legislation. 

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