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Committee continues La Cocina interim-activation lease at 101 Hyde amid community concerns about housing delays
Summary
The committee continued action on La Cocina’s proposed interim lease and $1M San Francisco Foundation gift for 101 Hyde to March 13 after community members and some supervisors expressed concern a seven‑year interim lease could delay promised permanent affordable housing on the site.
The committee continued two related items — a commercial lease with La Cocina to activate 101 Hyde as a food hall and incubator and a $1,000,000 gift from the San Francisco Foundation to support interim activation — to the March 13 meeting to allow further community engagement and to work through lease length and timing concerns.
OEWD’s Lisa Pagan outlined the interim‑use plan: a 7,500 sq. ft. food hall and business incubator with a commercial kitchen, seven full‑time vendors and rotating pop‑ups intended to provide neighborhood jobs and business training. La Cocina’s marketplace director, Linda Esposito, said the project expects to hire 30–40 people from the Tenderloin and aims to hire 75% from the neighborhood.
Public commenters from the Coalition on Homelessness and other community speakers welcomed activation but expressed concern the proposed lease term (through Dec. 31, 2025) could delay permanent affordable housing planned for the site. Supervisor Matt Haney (cosponsor) and others said they supported continuing the item to work with OEWD, MOHCD and La Cocina to shorten the interim period or include guaranteed triggers to accelerate housing should funding or political changes make earlier construction possible.
Committee members requested more detail on timing, fundraising for tenant improvements (La Cocina is responsible for approximately $1.4 million in tenant improvements with $1M from the Foundation reimbursable), and coordination with MOHCD to ensure interim activation does not unreasonably delay the 100% affordable housing that was the original public commitment. The committee set March 13 for further consideration and outreach.
