CA Prop 47 (2014)

A viral post highlighting open-air wine fencing at 7th and Market in San Francisco — two blocks from where legal restaurants wait six months and pay thousands in fees to serve the same bottle — has renewed criticism of Prop 47's real-world enforcement gaps. The contrast has become a flashpoint for a broader argument: that California systematically burdens law-abiding businesses while offering little consequence to petty theft, a dynamic Prop 47's reduced penalties for sub-$950 theft have reinforced since 2014. With SF's Prop M having just eliminated some local licensing fees in 2025, the regulatory picture is shifting slightly — but the enforcement gap remains.