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Board grants jurisdiction request for contested Folsom Street tree‑removal permits
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals granted a jurisdiction request from Joshua Klipp challenging a San Francisco Public Works tree‑removal permit affecting multiple addresses on Folsom/Second/Beale streets, finding the revised permit could be treated as a new permit subject to appeal and giving Klipp five days to file a formal appeal.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on July 17 granted a jurisdiction request from Joshua Klipp asking the board to take jurisdiction over a San Francisco Public Works Bureau of Urban Forestry tree‑removal permit (Public Works order cited in the record, permit No. 778941).
Klipp told the board that Article 16’s permit extension language applies to active permits and that the permit before the board had been “revised,” not properly extended, and therefore could not be revived without notice and process. He pointed to a recently issued Public Works order involving…
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