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Planning Commission signals intent to deny American Apparel on Valencia Street after hours of public testimony
Summary
After a long, often emotional hearing with hundreds of residents and merchants turning out, the Planning Commission voted a motion of intent to disapprove American Apparel’s conditional-use request for 988 Valencia Street. Commissioners said neighborhood character and commercial diversity weighed heavily in the decision.
San Francisco — The Planning Commission moved Feb. 5 to signal intent to deny a conditional-use request from American Apparel to open a 2,100-square-foot store at 988 Valencia Street, after about three hours of public comment and testimony from the company.
The application, presented by Ryan Holiday of American Apparel, would have allowed the national retailer to occupy a vacant storefront in the heart of the Valencia Street commercial corridor. Holiday told the commission the company operates in many neighborhoods and describes its stores as “community stores” focused on fair labor and locally relevant merchandising. “We don’t expect the neighborhoods to change for us,” Holiday…
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