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Board overturns Planning Commission, denies micro-hotel at 824 Hyde and upholds appeal

3006185 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to overturn the Planning Commission's approval of a 30-room micro-hotel planned for 824 Hyde Street, siding with neighbors and tenant advocates who said the site should be rebuilt with housing after a 2010 fire destroyed the prior rent-controlled units.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to uphold an appeal and overturn the Planning Commission's conditional-use authorization for a 30-room micro-hotel at 824 Hyde Street.

The project sponsor proposed a six-story building with 30 tourist rooms on a parcel where a four-story, eight-unit rent-controlled residential building burned in 2010. A separate, previously approved housing entitlement for a 14-unit residential project remained on the record. Appellants and neighborhood groups urged supervisors to require that the destroyed housing be replaced rather than allow a tourist use.

Why it matters: The board's decision prioritizes replacement housing in a neighborhood advocates say has experienced strong…

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