Neighbors press Board to deny St. Ignatius stadium lights after lengthy public hearing; board continues appeals

Lede: The Board of Supervisors heard more than two hours of public testimony — much of it from neighbors living across from the school — on a proposal by Saint Ignatius College Preparatory to install four 90-foot light standards and a macro wireless facility at JB Murphy Field. The hearing focused on whether the Planning Department properly exempted the project from further CEQA review and whether the Planning Commission's conditional use authorization should stand.

Nut graf: Neighbors argued the lights would create new nighttime impacts — light spill, noise, parking and traffic — that merit a full environmental review. Planning department staff and the school said the project fits the city's categorical exemptions, pointed to comparable lit athletic fields around San Francisco, and said modern Musco LED fixtures limit off-site glare. The Board did not decide the appeals at the meeting; procedural steps and a recusal were taken, and portions of…