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Planning Commission upholds PMND but approves 1066 Market Street project amid neighborhood displacement debate
Summary
Commissioners upheld staff's preliminary mitigated negative declaration and then approved Shorenstein's 12‑story housing project at 1066 Market Street after hours of public testimony. Opponents argued CEQA should consider displacement; staff and proponents said socioeconomic claims are not CEQA triggers and emphasized the project's permanent below‑market units.
The Planning Commission on March 17 upheld a challenge to the preliminary mitigated negative declaration (PMND) for the 1066 Market Street proposal and then moved to consider the project itself, drawing one of the meeting's largest public turnouts.
Appellant Sue Hester, representing San Franciscans for Reasonable Growth, argued the PMND failed to account for cumulative displacement and socioeconomic impacts in the Mid‑Market/Tenderloin corridor. She urged a broader planning discussion about what rapid market‑rate development is doing to services, emergency rooms and long‑term residents.
Planning staff responded that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)…
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