CLA Consulting-Liquor Licensing SF

'NORTH BEACH'S FORMER DOC RICKETS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP'. I'm so honored that the new business owners of what was Doc Rickets chose my business associate and myself to assist with their liquor licensing and permitting. The new owners have exciting business plans for this space and have extensive business experience. With a winery in Sonoma we can expect a fine wine experience once they are open for business. David J. Villa-Lobos, CLA Consulting SF

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM & DAVID VILLA-LOBOS, (CLA CONSULTING): I Believed in Gavin before he was SF D-2 Supervisor, was an outspoken supporter of Supervisor Newsom; and worked my butt off on his Mayoral campaign getting more signatures than anyone working on his campaign. For nine years of my life my days and nights were consumed with promoting GAVIN, GAVIN, GAVIN!! I tonight am personally so proud of my friend Governor Gavin C. Newsom!!

MAY 2018:This week, the following bill is heading to the Senate floor for a vote SB 905 to allow - but not require - cities to extend sales of alcohol at bars, nightclubs, and restaurants (but not liquor stores) to as late as 4 a.m.

Frm: State Senator Scott Wiener Re: (SB-384) To allow, but not require nightlife past 2:am Our new version of the LOCAL Act - which will be officially introduced in January - contains the exact same provisions as the previous bill, but instead of allowing every city in the state to extend hours (which had caused concerns in some cities that never would have extended hours anyway), the new bill is a 5-year pilot program limited to the six cities whose Mayors have expressed int...erest in having the local option to extend hours: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, Long Beach, and West Hollywood. These cities will have the opportunity to engage in a local process and determine for themselves whether to extend hours past 2 a.m. I want to thank San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, and West Hollywood Mayor John Heilman for expressing support for allowing local control to extend alcohol service hours. Each of these cities is unique in so many ways, but they have a shared embrace of nightlife and the positive benefits it brings to a community. To be clear, this bill will not automatically extend alcohol sales hours in bars, nightclubs, and restaurants in these cities. Rather, it will simply create local control by allowing locally elected officials (i.e. the city council or Board of Supervisors) in the six cities to deliberate and decide if it makes sense to extend hours. The bill also allows these local officials, as with the original version of the bill, total control over how and where such changes might be implemented. A city can decide to extend hours only in certain areas or certain days of the week or year (ranging from one night a year to 365 nights a year). The hours could be extended to any time between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. (for example, 3 a.m.). The entirety of those decisions are left up to local officials and the communities they represent, after engaging in a public process that includes public safety and transportation assessments. This bill is a balanced and nuanced pilot program that allows these six cities to explore extending nightlife in a thoughtful manner. As always, it’s an honor to represent you and to work with you. Have a wonderful holiday season. Sincerely, Scott Wiener