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Supervisors certify environmental finding for 2750 19th Street project; opponents said CEQA review is outdated
Summary
The Board of Supervisors certified the planning department's categorical exemption determination for a 60-unit project at 2750 19th Street while opponents urged a full project-level environmental review, citing traffic, TNC impacts and displacement risks.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Oct. 30 certified a community-plan-level environmental determination for a 60-unit mixed-use project at 2750 19th Street, rejecting an appeal that asked the city to require a project-level environmental impact report.
Appellants led by the group Our Mission No Eviction argued the project's community plan exemption, tiered to the Eastern Neighborhoods EIR, failed to account for changed conditions since that plan-level study — in particular the growth of transportation network companies (TNCs), higher-than-anticipated building of market-rate housing, increased delivery traffic and the cumulative impacts on displacement and neighborhood infrastructure.
"This project will further exacerbate traffic congestion, pollution, greenhouse gases, and noise as a result of adding private cars, the heavy use of TNC ride-hails, and constant household deliveries," appellant Larissa Pedroncelli said. She…
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