Entertainment Zone Designation Approved for Multiple Downtown Streets

• When: 2025/04/08
• Address: Valencia Street between 16th Street and 21st Street; Pier 39 area including northern waterfront of The Embarcadero between The Embarcadero on the south, Kearny Street on the east, Powell Street on the west, and the San Francisco shoreline on the north; Folsom Street between 7th and 8th Streets, Hallam Street between Folsom Street and Brush Place, and Langton Street between Folsom Street and Decker Alley; Ellis Street between Stockton Street and Powell Street; and Yerba Buena Lane between Market Street and Mission Street (northern side only) and including Jessie Square, San Francisco, CA
• City: San Francisco
• State: CA
• Category: Zoning Code Modification
• Subcategory: Definitions Update
• Asset Class: Land
• Property Type: Parks & Placemaking

The Board of Supervisors approved amendments to the Administrative Code to establish new Entertainment Zones in San Francisco’s downtown and neighborhood corridors. The ordinance creates the Valencia Street Entertainment Zone (16th–21st Streets), Pier 39 Entertainment Zone, Folsom Street Entertainment Zone (7th–8th Streets, Hallam, and Langton Streets), Ellis Street Entertainment Zone (Stockton–Powell Streets), and the Yerba Buena Lane Downtown Activation Location including Jessie Square. The changes allow open alcoholic beverage consumption in designated areas during Entertainment Zone Events when purchased from licensed premises, subject to state and local requirements. Management plans to be developed by the Office of Economic and Workforce Development will set operational rules and coordinate with existing street closure and permitting processes. The amendment clarifies that non-street closures within certain zones need not secure separate street use permits. The Pier 39 Zone will remain subject to Port of San Francisco controls. The ordinance affirms the Planning Department’s CEQA determination that the action is not a project under CEQA.

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