Board sends 2300 Harrison environmental review back to Planning after residents say project will displace PDR and Latino jobs

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Aug. 18 directed the Planning Department to do further environmental review of a proposed mixed-use project at 2300 Harrison Street after months of public criticism that the project would convert industrial space to offices and accelerate displacement in the Mission District.

The board voted to table the motion to affirm the Planning Department’s community plan evaluation and instead conditionally reverse the department’s determination, approving two motions that send the project back to Planning for additional findings and analysis. The vote to reverse and send the matter back carried by the full board (11 ayes).

Supporters of the appeal — including neighborhood residents, artists, small manufacturers and community groups — told supervisors that the project would add roughly 96,000 square feet of connected office space while providing just 24 dwelling units and a token amount of PDR (manufacturing and repair) space. Appellant Carlos Bocanegra said the project exploited a state density‑bonus process “intended to increase housing” to secure broad office…