The repal comes following a campaign from Rafael Mandelman, the supervisor of District 8, which includes parts of the city like The Castro, Diamond Heights and Eureka Valley.
The lone gay bathhouse in the city currently remains closed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The regulations banned private rooms with locked doors and employees had to monitor sex between patrons. The ban was introduced during the 1980s, at the height at the AIDS epidemic. San Francisco has repealed its de facto ban on gay bathhouses. San Francisco has removed its ban on gay bathhouses.
