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Folsom Street large project continued as Latino Cultural District concerns persist

San Francisco Planning Commission · August 4, 2016
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Summary

Commission continued action on a proposed 117‑unit development at 2675 Folsom to Sept. 22 after sustained neighborhood objections about displacement, PDR loss, and requests for more affordable housing and better community benefit assurances; sponsors agreed to additional outreach.

Commissioners at the Aug. 4 hearing continued the large project authorization and conditional use request for a proposed 4‑story, ~117‑unit project at 2675 Folsom Street in the Mission, sending it back for further work and a Sept. 22 hearing. The project drew intense public comment from neighborhood groups and the emerging Latino Cultural District, who urged preservation of PDR (production, distribution and repair) space, stronger affordable‑housing commitments, environmental review and community benefits. Labor and construction trade groups supported the project for jobs and local hiring commitments.

Developers presented a design that includes 19 on‑site below‑market units and community art space; sponsors said they are working with the Mexican Museum and committed to local hiring and contribution of impact fees. Neighbors objected to scale of market‑rate housing in the Latino Cultural District and sought a pause pending the board and ballot measures on PDR replacement and the Special Use District work (MAP 2020). Planning director and staff said the ballot PDR initiative, if it passes, will impose a replacement requirement on this site based on the project's environmental filing date.

After substantial discussion the Commission voted 6–1 to continue the item to Sept. 22 and instructed staff to convene meetings between developers and Latino Cultural District representatives and to study PDR replacement, art‑space options and other design/affordability measures to bring back more concrete mitigation options.

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