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Commission deadlocks on Shotwell conversion; community urges preserving board-and-care use
Summary
After hours of public testimony, the commission failed to take discretionary review and deny a developer's proposed conversion of a fire-damaged former board-and-care at 628 Shotwell; a motion to take discretionary review and deny the application failed on a 3-3 tie, and a follow-up motion to continue also failed 3-3, leaving the building-permit application effectively able to proceed.
A heated public debate over the fate of a fire‑damaged building at 628 Shotwell dominated the Planning Commission’s Dec. 16 meeting. Neighbors, homelessness and aging-services advocates, and local nonprofits urged the commission to take discretionary review and deny a developer’s request to convert the former boarding care facility into private residential units — an outcome they said would further erode scarce care housing in the Mission.
Staff told the commission the structure was fire‑damaged in 2015, has remained vacant since and that the project, as revised, proposes two residential units (a five‑bed…
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