Why Is Jack in the Box any Concern of the Entertainment Commission?

You severely mischaracterize the situation here.  First of all, "a bevy of angry concerned citizens"?  Who is angry?  I fully support the closing of this JIB between the hours of 2 a.m. - 4 a.m.  This is not a witch-hunt. I want Mr. Saeed to be successful and he has wanted to work with the neighborhood.  Perhaps you have not lived in the neighborhood, as I have, for more than 30 years, and known that for that ENTIRE period of time, this location has continuously been a problem in this neighborhood.  This is not Broadway and Columbus or the Mission -- this location is on a quiet street.  And the trash, noise, frequent police calls, fights, etc. have been an ongoing problem for years.  Mr. Saeed has made good-faith efforts to work with the neighborhood and we thank him for that.  Unfortunately, the problem does not stem from his actions, but from the very fact that this location is 1) fast food 2) tiny 3) extremely near a number of bars.  When they close at 2 a.m., different "groups" of people who get along fairly well with each other, suddenly mix in an EXTREMELY tiny space and parking lot.  It has always been a recipe for trouble - -but the trouble has grown worse.  Twenty years ago, when a couple of drunk 20-somethings exchanged words, they might take a swing at each other; these days it is sadly likely to be a gun.  It astonishes me how many people want to say "it's none of your business."  REALLY?  My own neighborhood, where I live, shop, go out to eat and drink (yes, I do, too), where I own property is NOT MY BUSINESS? 

I am really not supposed to care when a someone living in my area who is 29 and a father is run over (and is still fighting for his life more than a month later)?  That's how places like Oakland and Richmond city become as they are.  It IS my business to keep my neighborhood safe for people to live and work.   

 We are asking only that Jack in the Box be closed from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. -- the time when police records show the problems are at their peak.  We hope that, in doing so, we can keep people who want to cause problems form meeting people they don't like, get them out of the neighborhood and to places where they won't encounter each other in a tiny space.  By asking for closure only until 4 a.m., we are trying to have the minimal effect on Mr. Saeed's revenues and also keep this locatioh open for people who go to work early and like to stop for a bite on the way.

Characterizing me and the 500+ other Richmond residents who are looking for a sensible solution to a 30+ year problem and danger spot in the neighborhood adn NIMBY and "angry" is ridiculous -- and it's also not at all helpful.  It discourages people from taking resonsibility for problems in their neighborhood and - -it seems to me that's what everyone it trying to get people in Richmond and Oakland to be -- TAKE responsiblity and stop those who would shoot and run down people with their car, etc.   Or -- perhaps you think it's preferable to live in a neighborhood where people are terrified to go out at night because of violence?  I don't.