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Residents and contractors press DBI on permit extensions and allege improper permits
Summary
Two public commenters asked the Commission to act: one seeking a hearing on a contested permit extension and another alleging permit fraud and preferential treatment in a separate case; the Commission assigned a new hearing date and did not act on fraud allegations at the meeting.
SAN FRANCISCO — During public comment at the Building Inspection Commission's Sept. 19 meeting, a permit appellant and a neighbor raised procedural and fraud concerns about separate permit matters and asked for Commission action.
Joe Aliotto Veronese told the Commission he had filed an appeal asking the Department of Building Inspection to expire a permit he said had legally expired in February for a property he identified as 770 California St and that the permit was later extended while the director was on leave. He said notice problems and an administrative extension delayed his hearing and asked for a prompt hearing date.
"All I want is my hearing date so that I can come before you and argue appropriately and have the other side argue," Aliotto Veronese said. Staff provided a new hearing date of Oct. 17; he said that date was later than he had requested but said he would attend.
Another speaker, Tony Fu, alleged that a permit for 838 Alabama St had been obtained by providing false information and that the permittee, identified in the record as Leo Mafadin (the record contains multiple spellings of the name), may have received preferential treatment because of prior department connections. Fu asked the Commission and Director to suspend or revoke the permit and require a new application and inspections.
Fu presented a list of alleged discrepancies — including claims about non‑existent windows, unpermitted extensions and incorrect square footage — and asked the Commission to "take action." The Commission did not take an immediate formal action on Fu's allegations at the meeting; the director and staff did not announce any enforcement action on the record at that time.
Commissioners did set a new hearing date for Aliotto Veronese's appeal (October 17) and apologized for the scheduling confusion. The Commission did not adjudicate or rule on the fraud allegations during the Sept. 19 meeting.
