San Francisco Library owed $4.5M in overdue fines; amnesty period proposed

San Francisco Library officials have their eyes on the more than $4.5 million of fines accumulated from overdue books.

But library patrons with overdue materials — there are about 150,000 of them — needn’t worry about having to fork over wads of cash.

The San Francisco Library intends to offer an amnesty period when fines would be forgiven if books are returned between Jan. 3 and Feb. 14. It’s been eight years since the previous amnesty period.

More than 55,000 library users have had their check-out privileges revoked because they owe at least $10.01, the threshold for when book borrowing privileges are suspended. The Board of Supervisors is expected to approve the amnesty period on Nov. 15.

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