'Rogue Event' Planned At SF Nightclub Amid Coronavirus Health Order; City Attorney Moves To Shut It
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The San Francisco City Attorney has directed the owner of a club venue to cancel an illegal party being planned in violation of the city’s shelter-in-place health order to help stop the coronavirus spread.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera said Set San Francisco, which Herrera characterized as a “rogue event promoter,” has been selling tickets for a March 27 party titled “Lehar (Multinotes, Diynamic, Afterlife)” at 251 Cocktail Club, an event space at 251 Rhode Island St.
The promoter’s website has been offering tickets to the event as recently as Wednesday morning, with prices ranging from $5 for “guest list” purchasers to $780 for a VIP package of tickets, private booth and two “premium bottles.” The tickets are listed as nonrefundable.
In a press release, Herrera said his office was working with the San Francisco Police Department to enforce the city’s shelter-in-place order and compel the owner of the 251 Rhode Island St. venue to cancel the event. Among other things, the city’s order prohibits all private and public gatherings, except for carefully defined essential activities.
“There have been many acts of decency, kindness and quiet heroism as San Franciscans try to keep their neighbors safe during this pandemic. This party, unfortunately, isn’t one of them,” Herrera said in a prepared statement. “How someone acts in a crisis says a lot about them. The individuals behind this party have either completely failed in their responsibility to the public, are engaged in a cynical scheme to rip off people knowing this event will never happen, or are putting lives at risk in a dangerous attempt to profit off a public health emergency.”
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