Planning Commission clears 2588 Mission Street project over community objections, 4-3

The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 4-3 on May 15 to deny a discretionary review request and adopt findings that allow the proposed mixed-use development at 2588 Mission Street to proceed under state density bonus law.

The 10-story proposal would replace the site with a 100-foot, roughly 173,000-square-foot residential building containing 181 dwelling units, about 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, 1,500 square feet of community facility space and on-site parking and bicycle facilities. Staff said the project proposes 17 percent of base density—about 19 on-site affordable units—and requests a 50 percent state density bonus along with several waivers and concessions under state law.

The vote came after a lengthy public comment period in which speakers described long-term displacement in the Mission, urged the city to buy the parcel for community or deeply affordable housing, and cited the 2015 fire on the site that displaced residents and killed a tenant. Larissa Pedroncelli of United to Save the…