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Planning Commission certifies EIR and approves Potrero Hill mixed‑use project after lengthy public debate
Summary
The Planning Commission on May 12 certified the final EIR for and approved Potrero Partners’ two‑building mixed‑use development at 901 Sixteenth and 1200 Seventeenth streets, after hours of staff presentation and more than 40 public speakers both supporting and opposing the project. Approval passed 6–1; one commissioner voted no.
The San Francisco Planning Commission certified the final environmental impact report and authorized a large‑project permit for a two‑building mixed‑use development at 901 Sixteenth Street and 1200 Seventeenth Street on May 12, advancing a proposal that drew intense neighborhood scrutiny.
Planning staff summarized the Final EIR and Responses to Comments, noting errata and analyses of historic resources, transportation impacts, and the project’s contribution to the cumulative loss of production‑distribution‑repair (PDR) land in the Eastern Neighborhoods. Staff said the EIR discloses significant and unavoidable impacts that would require a statement of overriding considerations under CEQA if the Commission chose to approve the project, and recommended certification of the Final EIR and approval based on findings and conditions described in the staff report.
Potrero Partners, the project sponsor, described the proposal as two connected mixed‑use buildings that would create about 395 dwelling units, retain and restore a brick office building on Seventeenth Street, add…
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