San Francisco authorities shut down underground nightclub

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More than 150 people packed into an illegal nightclub in San Francisco during two days of secret partying before authorities shut it down.

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott and City Atty. Dennis Herrera announced Monday that they shut down an underground nightclub for violating the city’s public health order in the first such move to enforce the measure to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

“The operators of this illegal club senselessly put lives at risk in a time when our city is doing everything within our means to slow the spread of this pandemic and safeguard the health and well-being of the public,” Scott said.

San Francisco, which was among the first cities in California to implement a stay-at-home public health order, has seen 15 deaths and 957 residents who tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday morning.

“Cramming dozens of people into an illegal club during this outbreak is like dropping a lit match in the woods during fire season. Who knows how far the damage will spread? It’s the epitome of irresponsibility,” Herrera said

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-13/coronavirus-underground-nightclub-shut-down

[jimfields33]

1. Holy cow. I bet there are places like this all over the country

Nobody can tell me that San Francisco is the only place that thought of this.