These regulations were put in place in 1984, when the AIDS crisis was devastating gay communities in San Francisco. It will also remove decades-old policies that required these businesses to monitor sexual activities and prohibited private rooms and locked doors.
This will amend the Heath Code, requiring the Director of Health to “adopt minimum health and safety standards” for commercial adult sex venues. Gay bathhouses could have an easier time returning to San Francisco, after the board of supervisors approved an ordinance that would ease restrictions for adult sex venues on July 21 with a unaminous vote.
