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Commission votes intent to disapprove 2918 Mission housing project after shadow concerns at school playground
Summary
After extensive public comment about shadow impacts on nearby Zaida T. Rodriguez schoolyards and community concerns over the state density‑bonus reducing on‑site affordability, the Planning Commission voted 4–3 on an intent to disapprove the 2918 Mission project and continued the matter to Oct. 11 to draft formal findings.
The commission on Sept. 27 took a motion of intent to disapprove the 2918 Mission Street housing project after a contentious hearing that focused on shadow impacts to adjacent school yards and the implications of invoking the state density bonus.
Planning staff described the project as a merger of three lots to permit an eight‑story mixed‑use building with 75 residential units that seeks concessions under California’s state density‑bonus law. Environmental planning staff updated the commission with a supplemental community plan evaluation and a shadow study that measured net new shadows on two school yards at Zaida T.…
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