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    Active Entertainment Permits

    Metadata Updated: April 12, 2026

    A. SUMMARY This dataset is list of all active entertainment permits granted by the San Francisco Entertainment Commission.

    B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED After a new permit applicant has completed the necessary processes and has been granted a Place of Entertainment permit by the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, the business and permit information is logged and tracked through this dataset.

    C. UPDATE PROCESS Newly granted permits are manually input by EC staff as they are received. This dataset is updated automatically by DataSF daily

    D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET This dataset contains information on seven entertainment permits:

    POE - Place of Entertainment LLP - Limited Live Performance MAD - Mechanical Amusement Device EHP - Extended Hours Premises BP - Billiard or Pool Tables DHK - Dance Hall FPAS - Fixed Place Amplified Sound

    Additionally, the data is geocoded -- adding latitude and longitude -- so the information can be plotted out on a map.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SFO JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026
    Publisher data.sfgov.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/86e8-rfem
    Data First Published 2025-09-11
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-11
    Category Culture and Recreation
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.sfgov.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id a89e4794-e460-4994-a74f-cd59af17f76d
    Harvest Source Id 8507fa43-f429-4095-b732-2177330ce485
    Harvest Source Title SFO JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/86e8-rfem
    License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8706358029eaeeec23060b1a051c2b0e189eead5c333f53c5ccd38e731aba132
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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