Committee recommends Type 90 music‑venue license for Arena SF after SFPD conditions

The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on June 8 recommended that the full Board find that issuing a Type 90 on‑sale general music‑venue liquor license to Qualia Entertainment, doing business as Arena SF at 2565 Mission Street (District 9), would serve the public convenience or necessity.

Committee Chair Supervisor Catherine Stephanie said the district supervisor is supportive, and the committee heard a presentation from the SFPD alcohol‑licensing liaison that the application has one letter of protest and zero letters of support and that the site sits in a census tract and plot the liaison described as high‑saturation and high‑crime. The liaison recommended approval with conditions: the petitioner must actively monitor the area under its control to prevent loitering; entertainment must not be audible at nearby residences or consideration points; and when entertainment occurs between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m. the premises must provide at least one uniform security guard licensed by the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

Mark Grenny, representing Qualia Entertainment, told the committee the Arena SF operation would not change and that the company accepts the police conditions. "We're fine with the police conditions," he said.

After no public speakers appeared in person and no callers raised objections during the remote call‑in period, Chair Stephanie moved that the clerk prepare a resolution finding the issuance would serve public convenience or necessity. Supervisors Dorsey, Engadio and Stephanie voted aye, carrying the motion.

What happens next: the committee will send its prepared resolution and recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors for a final decision on the license application.