Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee Hearing on Liquor License Transfer – February 23, 2023
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Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee Hearing on Liquor License Transfer – February 23, 2023
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee met on February 23, 2023, to consider one agenda item: a hearing on whether transferring a Type 48 on-sale general public premises liquor license to Francisco Javier Via Lobos for Las Margaritas at 3336 24th Street in District 9 would serve the public convenience or necessity. After hearing the police report and applicant testimony, the committee voted unanimously to prepare and forward a positive recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.
Discussion Items
- Liquor License Transfer – Las Margaritas (3336 24th Street): Officer Salmanson of the SFPD ABC Liaison Unit presented the Public Convenience or Necessity (PCN) report. The report noted zero letters of protest and zero letters of support. The officer said the location is considered a high-crime area and census tract 209 is a high-saturation area. Mission Station expressed no opposition. The ABC Liaison Unit recommended approval with conditions: the petitioner must actively monitor the area under their control to prevent loitering on adjacent property, and entertainment must not be audible at nearby residences or consideration points.
- Francisco Javier Via Lobos, the applicant, described the business as a neighborhood place where local residents and tourists can socialize over drinks. He stated the bar would operate entirely indoors, have at most two or three televisions, a maximum capacity of 50 people, and flexible operating hours. (Note: The agenda lists the business name as Las Margaritas, while the transcript reads Los Margaritos.)
Key Outcomes
- The committee unanimously (3–0) directed the clerk to prepare a resolution finding that public convenience or necessity would be served by the license transfer.
- The committee then unanimously (3–0) voted to send that resolution to the Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation from the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. The item was expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' agenda of March 7, 2023.
Meeting Transcript
This meeting will come to order. Welcome to the February 23rd, 2023 regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. I am Supervisor Catherine Stephanie, Chair of the Committee. To my right is Vice Chair, Supervisor Angardio, and to my left is Supervisor Dorsey. The clerk is John Carroll, and I'd like to thank Jason Goldammer at SFGTV for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements? Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. The Board of Supervisors and its committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow in-person attendance and public comment while still providing remote access and public comment via telephone. The board recognizes that equitable public access is essential, and we will be taking public comment as follows. We're going to hear public comment on each item on this agenda. There is one agenda item. For those attending in person, we will hear from you first. Uh folks who will provide public comment on agenda item one uh number one from in this room will line up on the curtain wall here, and then we will hear from folks on the public comment call in line. For those who are watching cable channel 26, 28, 78, or 99, or watching through streaming on sfgovtv.org. The public comment call-in number is streaming across your screen. That phone number is 415 65501. You'll be prompted to enter a meeting ID. That's uh meeting ID for today is 2496 7813022. After you've entered the meeting ID, press the pound symbol two times. You will be connected to the call. You will hear the meeting discussions, but your line will be muted and in listening mode. When your item of interest is called on today's agenda, those joining us in person should line up to speak as I indicated along the curtain wall on the west side of this room. And those folks who are connected to our meeting via telephone should dial star three to be added to the queue to speak. If you're on your telephone and you're calling to provide public comment, please remember to turn down the volume on your television or the volume on your streaming device that you may be using to access today's proceedings. That will prevent us from having any issues with echoes. Alternatively, you may submit your public comment in writing, and I invite you to send it in one of two ways. You can email your public comment to me, the public safety and neighborhood services committee clerk. My name is John Carroll, and my email address is J-O-H-N, period C A R R O L L at SFGO V dot ORG. Or you may send your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office in City Hall, that is the clerk's office, room 244. City Hall's address is one Dr. Carlton B. Goodlit Place, San Francisco, California, 94102. Whatever materials that I receive in commentary on an agenda item, I will distribute to the members of the committee, and I will add your commentary to the file on which you are commenting. Of course, all of this contact information can be consulted on the front page of any agenda for today's meeting. So if you need to look at it there, it is printed there for you. And finally, Madam Chair, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' agenda of March seventh, twenty twenty-three unless otherwise stated. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Will you please call the first item and the only item? Agenda item number one is a hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 48 on-sale general public premises liquor license to Francisco Javier Via Lobos to do business as Los Margaritos, located at through 3336 24th Street in District 9, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. Members of the public wish to provide public comment on this remotely should dial 415-65501. Enter the meeting ID of 2496-781-3022. Press the pound symbol twice, and then dial star, followed by three to enter the queue. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. I'd like to welcome Officer Salmanson from the SFPD ABC liaison unit. Okay, there we go. Okay, you have a PCN report for Francisco Javier Via Lobos.
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