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Your dog's on notice San Francisco, the hearings are back.

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Your dog is probably getting off with a warning, for now.

Okay so, remember when the City shut down the "vicious and dangerous dog" court almost a year ago? Yeah, well, it's back. San Francisco's public safety chief just announced at a Board of Supervisors committee hearing that those hearings for dangerous dogs are officially returning. This isn't some niche thing, fam; the city had to figure out how to deal with dogs that were, you know, actually dangerous without a formal process. It's been wild.

### What This Means for Your Walks

For nearly a year, if your dog bit someone or showed aggression, the process for what happened next was kinda… in limbo. Animal Care and Control still responded, but the official path to determine if a dog was truly "vicious" was halted. Now, it's getting reactivated.

Here's the deal:

* The "Vicious and Dangerous Dog" hearings are back on.

* These hearings determine if a dog needs special restrictions, muzzling, or in extreme cases, euthanasia.

* This impacts dog owners across the City, from Golden Gate Park to Dolores Park, where folks are always walking their pups.

Look, whether you're dodging off-leash dogs on Ocean Beach or trying to navigate the crowded sidewalks of the Castro, this matters. We're a city of dog lovers, but we're also a city of neighbors. Reinstating this process means more accountability and, hopefully, safer streets for everyone—two-legged and four-legged. That's the City, fam — fog, hills, and all.

Vivian Leung is talking about this and more on the morning show, you should listen in at mornings.live.

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