Rules Committee preserves 15% delivery cap for core service, allows add‑ons by agreement

The Rules Committee on July 11 voted unanimously to send to the full Board an ordinance amendment that preserves the city’s 15% cap for a defined "core delivery service" while permitting restaurants, of their own volition, to contract for supplemental services that may exceed the cap.

Chair Aaron Peskin described negotiations between the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, the Board and third‑party delivery platforms as producing a version that keeps the 15% cap for the core delivery service — which the ordinance defines as an online service that lists and makes a covered establishment discoverable and that facilitates or performs delivery — but allows restaurants to opt into additional services such as optimization placement, credit‑card processing or marketing for separate fees.

The Chair said the draft resolves outstanding litigation (a stipulation that would lead to dismissal of remaining claims by DoorDash and Grubhub) and benefits struggling restaurants by guaranteeing a baseline, capped core service. Supervisors Connie Chan and Rafael Mandelmann asked to be added as co‑sponsors; the committee voted to forward the item to the full Board with a positive recommendation.