Corner stores in parts of SoMa would be forced to close at midnight if the district’s Supervisor Matt Dorsey gets his way, as Dorsey proposes a corner store “curfew” similar to the one that’s been placed on parts of the Tenderloin.
Back during the London Breed administration, she proposed that corner stores in certain parts of the Tenderloin be forced to shut down between midnight and 5 am in hopes of discouraging the notorious drug trade and nighttime street circus in that area. That proposal became law in June 2024 (it went into effect the following month), and liquor stores on this 20-block area of the Tenderloin are now forced to close at midnight. The law is a pilot program that’s set to last for two years, until July 2026.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey says he likes the results he’s seen, and KGO reports that Dorsey wants a similar corner store curfew in his South of Market district. Just as with the Tenderloin curfew, this would mean that many liquor stores now open until 2 am would be forced to close at midnight…