Board grants jurisdiction over 111 Taylor letter of determination after public outcry over GEO Group use

The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 7 granted a jurisdiction request from neighborhood advocate Chandra Laborde, allowing a late appeal of a January 2025 letter of determination for 111 Taylor Street to proceed. The board voted 4–0 to find that the city’s notice procedures had inadvertently prevented Laborde from filing a timely appeal.

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The board’s action clears the way for a substantive review of the planning department’s January 2025 determination, which classified use at 111 Taylor — currently occupied by GEO Group/Geo Reentry Services — as a form of “legal noncomplying group housing” under city code. Laborde told the board she subscribed to the planning department’s block notification (BBN) system to receive notice about 111 Taylor but received no notice of the January letter; she said the absence of notice materially deprived her of the right to appeal within the 30‑day window.

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Laborde and scores of community speakers — including historians and representatives of the Compton’s Transgender Cultural District — urged the board to take jurisdiction, saying the site is historically significant (the location of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot) and that the city’s notice practices had denied the neighborhood the opportunity for…