Downtown nightlife venues with ties to San Jose’s political elite have flouted city regulations by staying open past midnight without permits for more than a year — incensing other nightclub owners who pay steep to play by the rules. San Pedro Social and Kaizen Lounge in downtown San Jose have operated without conditional use permits — despite hosting large, drunken crowds past midnight — since they opened in March 2022 and September 2024, respectively. Both businesses also lack police-issued entertainment permits required of venues that sell alcohol, according to records obtained by this news organization. San Pedro Social is part…
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