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Planning Commission approves settlement-driven conversion of 38 residential hotel units at 447 Bush Street

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Summary

The commission recommended approval of an ordinance that would make a tourist-hotel use principally permitted at Hotel de Arts (447 Bush St.) and waive certain fees as part of a settlement; the approval includes trading residential units at two other properties to remain subject to residential protections.

The San Francisco Planning Commission on March 6, 2025 adopted a recommendation to approve a planning-code amendment to allow Hotel de Arts, at 447 Bush Street, to operate as a tourist hotel for all 51 units, in exchange for commitments that make residential units at 412 Hayes Street and 319 Ivy Street subject to the city's hotel-conversion ordinance and related protections.

Why it matters: The action implements terms of a settlement resolving federal litigation over a 2023 Board of Supervisors amendment to the city’s hotel-conversion rules. The proposal would waive…

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