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Commission approves permits to legalize dozens of live‑work units after heated exchange over past permit irregularities
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 5‑0 on June 11 to approve permits legalizing dwelling units at several properties (535–548 Bridal Street and 208 Pennsylvania Street), while critics accused prior developers of permit fraud and urged stronger enforcement and short compliance timelines for remaining live‑work notices of special restriction violations.
SAN FRANCISCO — After a prolonged hearing dominated by questions about past permitting and enforcement, the San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously on June 11 not to take discretionary review and to approve permits that would legalize dozens of dwelling units at properties on Bridal Street and Pennsylvania Street.
Planning staff said the applications would legalize multiple units across four properties: legalization proposals would yield, by building, 32 live‑work/10 dwelling units at one site, 36/9 at another, 34/7 at a third, and 22/4 at 208 Pennsylvania (figures presented in the staff presentation). Planner Ritz Soukray recommended the commission not take discretionary review and to approve the project, noting the proposals do not alter exteriors and that the department found the projects…
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