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Board continues hearing on renovation permit after tenants allege displacement
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals continued an appeal by tenants challenging a building permit for a Second Street unit, asking Planning and Building Inspection to verify whether the work triggers neighborhood-notification rules and to reconcile permit revisions; the case was continued to April 20, 2016.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on March 30 continued an appeal by tenants who said a recent interior alteration permit threatens long-term, disabled and elderly tenants at a multiunit property on Second Street.
Donald Simon, speaking for tenants William Willis and Bill Condon, told the board the permit and related actions were part of a pattern to displace protected renters and to renovate units for resale as TICs. Simon said the permit application understated the scope of work, that previous eviction litigation had been used to pressure tenants, and that the project undermines Proposition M priority guidelines adopted by voters in 1986 which aim to preserve affordability and neighborhood diversity. "Their actions speak louder than words," Simon…
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