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San Francisco Board of Appeals denies rehearing request over 1001 Potrero tree removals

San Francisco Board of Appeals · June 17, 2020
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Summary

The Board of Appeals declined a rehearing request on an order allowing tree removals at UCSF’s 1001 Potrero Avenue site, finding the appellant did not present new material evidence; the board also rejected an asserted conflict of interest by President Anne Lazarus.

President Anne Lazarus and the four-member San Francisco Board of Appeals on a 4–0 vote declined a rehearing request tied to an earlier Urban Forestry order covering tree removals at 1001 Potrero Avenue. Appellant Christopher Seguin had argued the project failed to notify neighbors and concealed changes in project plans that resulted in the loss of a grove of city trees.

Seguin, who identified himself as the appellant, told the board that occupants of opposite block faces were not notified by U.S. mail and that documentation showed…

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