Hospitality-rich areas of San Francisco’s struggling downtown could get a boost with the issuance of 20 more liquor licenses, according to recently proposed California legislation championed by local lawmakers.

A new state-level proposal on liquor licenses could pave the way for a flurry of new bar and restaurant upstarts in downtown San Francisco. SB 395, authored by State Sen. Scott Wiener and sponsored by Mayor Daniel Lurie,

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State legislation to add new liquor licenses in downtown San Francisco will increase momentum to the city’s economic recovery, lawmakers hope.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie touted new legislation from Sen. Scott Wiener that would make 20 additional face-value liquor licenses available in a new “hospitality zone.”