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Planning commission extends public comment period on 3333 California draft EIR amid preservation and traffic concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission heard the draft EIR for the 3333 California Street mixed‑use project on Dec. 13, 2018, where staff identified significant, unavoidable impacts to historic resources and transit capacity. Neighbors and preservation groups urged longer review and advanced a full‑preservation neighborhood alternative; commissioners voted 5–1 to extend the DEIR comment period 15 days to Jan. 8, 2019.
Planning Department environmental staff presented the draft environmental impact report for the 3333 California Street mixed‑use project to the Planning Commission during a public hearing on Dec. 13, 2018. The proposal would repurpose the former University of California Laurel Heights campus on a roughly 10.3‑acre site, and the draft EIR analyzed a base project (about 558 housing units, office, retail and child care) and a higher‑density variant (about 744 units).
Kei Zushi, environmental review coordinator, told commissioners that the draft EIR found significant and unavoidable impacts — even with mitigation — for historic architectural resources and transit capacity on the 43‑Masonic route, and for construction noise. Zushi said the EIR examined…
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