San Francisco City board upholds abatement order for 21 Buena Vista East Avenue after appellant's absence

The San Francisco City Abatement Appeals Board upheld an order of abatement for the property at 21 Buena Vista East Avenue after the listed appellant did not appear at the Oct. 16, 2013 hearing.

Staff identified the case on the agenda as case number 678021 for 21 Buena Vista Avenue East and named Joaquin Q. McCoy as the owner and appellant (transcript listings). When the appellant failed to appear, an unidentified board member stated, "The order of abatement stands if the appellant doesn't appear." Board staff later said an abatement order would be issued for the property.

The board also handled routine business: a member moved to adopt the minutes from the board's June 19, 2013 meeting (the motion was made and seconded on the record), and the clerk recorded that all commissioners indicated they were in favor; the minutes were approved. A motion to adjourn was then made, seconded and approved; the meeting ended at 11:03 a.m.

The transcript provides no record of a formal, contested hearing on the merits at this session, and no vote-by-name roll call was recorded for the minutes approval or the adjournment in the transcript. The appellant did not appear to present argument or evidence requesting reversal of the abatement order; the board treated the appellant's absence as the procedural basis for allowing the order to stand and directed staff to issue the abatement notice for 21 Buena Vista East Avenue.

Actions taken at the meeting were procedural in nature: approval of minutes and formal confirmation that the abatement order for 21 Buena Vista East Avenue will be issued following the appellant's nonappearance. The transcript records case numbers and the property address but does not provide further detail on the underlying code violations or abatement timeline.