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Board of Appeals to revisit rehearing request for proposed Turk Street pharmacy after extensive neighborhood testimony
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals continued a rehearing request over the proposed Bay Drugs pharmacy at 281 Turk Street to March 23 after hours of public testimony from Tenderloin residents, service providers and elected officials citing drug‑market impacts and neighborhood safety; commissioners signaled concern but split on whether the rehearing standard (new facts/manifest injustice) was met.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on March 9 continued consideration of a rehearing request for a proposed pharmacy at 281 Turk Street after lengthy public comment and debate over whether the petition meets the narrow legal standard for rehearing.
Housing Corp Incorporated and neighborhood advocates asked the board to reopen the case, arguing new and extraordinary circumstances — including renewed community organization and public‑safety evidence — and contesting the permit that the board previously left intact. David Wagner,…
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